Best fights of the week 14, year 2018

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 14: (Mon-Sun) from April 2, 2018 to April 8, 2018.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Erislandy Lara vs Jarrett Hurd Boxing Knockout of the Week: Renold Quinlan vs Damien Hooper   Mma Fight of … Read more

2018 BOXING fight – Jhonny Gonzalez vs Marlyn Cabrera – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, fight not so exciting between Jhonny Gonzalez and Marlyn Cabrera: it gets two stars.

The former world champion in two different weight classes Jhonny Gonzalez entered this fight with a pro record of 65-10-0 (54 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.14 super featherweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Jonathan Oquendo in 2015 (Gonzalez vs Oquendo), since then he has won seven consecutive bouts beating Francisco Contreras (Gonzalez vs Contreras), Jessie Cris Rosales (Gonzalez vs Rosales) and Irving Berry in 2017 (Jhonny Gonzalez vs Irving Berry).
His opponent, Marlyn Cabrera, has an official boxing record of 24-1-0 (11 knockouts) and he suffered his only loss when he faced Javier Fortuna in 2016; after this bout he fought twice in 2017 beating Richard Carrillo and Anderson Rangel. Gonzalez vs Cabrera is valid for the WBC Latino super featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Tony Yoka vs Cyril Leonet – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, pretty good finish between Tony Yoka and Cyril Leonet but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The 2016 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Tony Yoka entered this fight with a professional record of 3-0-0 (2 knockouts – while his amateur record is 60-12-0) and he is ranked as the No.82 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Cyril Leonet, has an official boxing record of 13-9-3 (4 knockouts). Yoka debuted last year winning over Travis Clark (Yoka vs Clark), Jonathan Rice (Yoka vs Rice) and Ali Baghouz (Tony Yoka vs Ali Baghouz) while Leonet lost once in 2017, against Raphael Tronche; after this bout he has beat Alban Galonnier in 2018. Yoka vs Leonet is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Julian Williams vs Nathaniel Gallimore – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, pretty good fight between Julian Williams and Nathaniel Gallimore: it gets three stars.

Julian Williams entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 24-1-1 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Erislandy Lara). He suffered his only loss against Jermall Charlo in 2016 (Charlo vs Williams) but he came back to win in 2017 with Joshua Conley (Williams vs Conley) and then beating Ishe Smith (Julian Williams vs Ishe Smith).
His opponent, Nathaniel Gallimore, has a record of 20-1-1 (17 KOs=85%) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Virgilijus Stapulionis in 2016 (via split decision) but then he has won seven bouts defeating Justin DeLoach (Justin DeLoach vs Nathaniel Gallimore) and Esau Herrera in his last two. Williams vs Gallimore is on the undercard of Erislandy Lara vs Jarrett Hurd. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Renato Carneiro vs Calvin Kattar – fight Video UFC 223

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, fight not particularly good between Renato Moicano Carneiro and Calvin Kattar: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Bjj Renato Carneiro entered this fight with a professional record of 11-1-1 (45% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he is ranked as the No.17 featherweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Jeremy Stephens (Stephens vs Carneiro) and losing to Brian Ortega (Renato Carneiro vs Brian Ortega).
His opponent, Calvin Kattar, has a mma record of 18-2-0 (56% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Don Carlo-Clauss in 2010, since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Andre Fili in 2017 and Shane Burgos in 2018 (Calvin Kattar vs Shane Burgos). Moicano vs Kattar is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta – UFC 223. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Erislandy Lara vs Jarrett Hurd – full fight Video IBF, IBO, WBA

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, nice and tough fight between Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd: it gets three stars.

The Ibo and Wba super-Ww champion Erislandy Lara entered this fight with a record of 25-2-2 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super welterweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in 2014 (via split decision, Canelo vs Lara), since then he has won six bouts beating Yuri Foreman (Lara vs Foreman) and Terrell Gausha in 2017 (Erislandy Lara vs Terrell Gausha).
His opponent, the undefeated Ibf light-Mw champion Jarrett Hurd, has a perfect record of 21-0-0 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Ionut Dan Ion (Hurd vs Dan), Tony Harrison (Hurd vs Harrison) and Austin Trout (Jarrett Hurd vs Austin Trout). Lara vs Hurd is valid for the IBF, IBO and WBA World super welterweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta full fight Video UFC 223 – 2018

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, good fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Al Iaquinta: it gets three stars.

The undefeated black belt in judo and two time combat sambo world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 25-0-0 (64% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Eddie Alvarez). After suffering different injuries between 2014 and 2015, he fought twice in 2016 winning over Darrell Horcher (Nurmagomedov vs Horcher) and Michael Johnson (Johnson vs Nurmagomedov), and once in 2017 beating Edson Barboza (Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Edson Barboza).
His opponent, Al Iaquinta (who replaces Max Holloway since was deemed medically unfit on the weigh in day – Holloway was the replacement of Tony Ferguson), has a mma record of 13-3-1 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Mitch Clarke in 2014, since then he has collected five victories beating Jorge Masvidal (Iaquinta vs Masvidal) and Diego Sanchez in his last two (Diego Sanchez vs Al Iaquinta). Khabib vs Iaquinta, main event of Ufc 223, is valid for the Ufc lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Rose Namajunas vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2 full fight Video UFC 223 – 2018

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, some good single shots between Rose Namajunas and Joanna Jedrzejczyk 2 but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The black belt in tae-kwon-do, karate and current Ufc champion Rose Namajunas entered this fight with a mma record of 7-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s strawweight in the world. She lost to Karolina Kowalkiewicz in 2016 (via split decision, Namajunas vs Kowalkiewicz) but then she beat Michelle Waterson (Namajunas vs Waterson) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk in 2017 (Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Rose Namajunas I).
Her opponent, the former Wkn kickboxing and Ufc champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, has an official record of 14-1-0 (36% finishing rate) and she entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. Before losing to Namajunas at the end of 2017 she had won over Claudia Gadelha (Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha II) and Karolina Kowalkiewicz in 2016 (Jedrzejczyk vs Kowalkiewicz), while in 2017 he had beat Jessica Andrade (Jedrzejczyk vs Andrade). Namajunas vs Joanna 2 is valid for the Ufc women’s strawweight title (Namajunas’ first defense); undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta – UFC 223. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Caleb Truax vs James DeGale 2 – full fight Video IBF

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, disappointing fight between Caleb Truax and James DeGale 2: it gets two stars.

The Ibf super-Mw champion Caleb Truax entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 29-3-2 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is George Groves). He lost to Anthony Dirrell in 2016 (Dirrell vs Truax) but then he has won over Zachariah Kelley, KeAndrae Leatherwood and James DeGale in their previous and last fight (James DeGale vs Caleb Truax I).
His opponent, the 2008 Olympic Mw gold medalist and former Ibf world champion James DeGale, has an official record of 23-2-1 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class but his last victory was in 2016 when he had beat Rogelio Medina (DeGale vs Medina). After this fight he fought twice in 2017, drawing with Badou Jack (DeGale vs Jack) and losing to Truax. Truax vs DeGale 2 is valid for the IBF World super middleweight title (Truax’s first defense); undercard of Erislandy Lara vs Jarrett Hurd. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Kyle Bochniak full fight Video UFC 223 – 2018

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-07, nice fight between Zabit Magomedsharipov and Kyle Bochniak: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).

Zabit Magomedsharipov entered this fight with a mma record of 14-1-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 featherweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Igor Egorov in 2013, since then he has won ten consecutive bouts beating Mike Santiago and Sheymon da Silva Moraes in 2017 (Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Sheymon da Silva Moraes).
His opponent, Kyle Bochniak, has an official record of 8-2-0 (50% finishing rate) but he lost two out of his last four bouts, against Charles Rosa in 2016 and Jeremy Kennedy in 2017; after this fight he has beat Brandon Davis. Magomedsharipov vs Bochniak is on the undercard of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Al Iaquinta – UFC 223. Watch the video and rate this fight!