ATBF Editorial Board

BOXING News – Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Poll, picks and predictions

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Roy Jones Jr, Amir Khan, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr, Hulk Hogan, Conor McGregor, Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya, George Foreman, Bernard Hopkins, Lennox Lewis and many other boxers, celebrities or boxing trainers predicted in the past weeks who will be the winner of the mega-fight Mayweather vs Pacquiao. So we have collected the most important predictions but obviously we want to know also your pick!

 

Link to the fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Manny Pacquiao

 

Amir Khan: “Mayweather because obviously Mayweather is the better boxer and skilfull fighter.”

 

Shane Mosley: “I think that Mayweather has the speed and the movement and the ability to win, this is the type of fight that could go either way, but my pick is definetly Mayweather.”

 

Oscar De La Hoya: “My head is with

Best fights of the week 17, year 2015

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Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 17: (Mon-Sun) from April 20, 2015 to April 26, 2015.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Katsunari Takayama vs Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr Boxing Knockout of the Week: Randy Petalcorin vs Ma Yi Ming   K-1 … Read more

2015 BOXING fight – Tyron Zeuge vs Nikola Sjekloca – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, fight not particularly good between Tyron Zeuge and Nikola Sjekloca: it gets two stars.

The undefeated 22-year-old Tyron Zeuge (14 years younger than Sjekloca) entered this fight with a perfect record of 16-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.34 super middleweight in the world; he fought five times last year beating Stjepan Bozic in his last bout.
His opponent, Nikola Sjekloca, has a record of 28-3-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.45 in the same weight class but he suffered two defeats in 2014: against Arthur Abraham (=Abraham vs Sjekloca) and Callum Smith (=Smith vs Sjekloca). Between these two losses he won with Mugurel Sebe and Jorge Rodriguez Olivera. Zeuge vs Sjekloca is valid for the IBF International super middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Jose Zepeda vs Armando Robles – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, disappointing fight between Jose Zepeda and Armando Robles: it gets two stars.

The undefeated Jose Zepeda entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 22-0-0 (19 KOs=86%) and he is ranked as the No.27 welterweight in the world; he has already fought in 2015 beating Orlando Vazquez.
His opponent, Armando Robles, has an official record of 28-3-2 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.31 lightweight. He suffered two consecutive losses in 2013, against Silverio Ortiz and Jesus Gurrola, but then he has won five bouts defeating Omar Estrella in his last fight. Zepeda vs Robles is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Mateusz Masternak vs Ruben Angel Mino – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, one sided fight between Mateusz Masternak and Ruben Angel Mino: it gets two stars.

Mateusz Masternak entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 34-2-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.20 cruiserweight in the world while his opponent, Ruben Angel Mino, has a record of 26-2-0 (26 K0s=100%). Both boxers suffered one defeat in the last twelve months: Masternak lost to Youri Kalenga last year (=Masternak vs Kalenga) but then he beat Ben Nsafoah and Jean Marc Mormeck (=Mormeck vs Masternak), while Mino was defeated by Isa Akberbayev and then won over Edgardo Fabian Mercado. Masternak vs Mino is on the undercard of Tyron Zeuge vs Nikola Sjekloca. Watch the video and rate this fight!

BOXING News – Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Legends Speak Hbo

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Video: Mayweather vs Pacquiao The Legends Speak

Check out the new video released by Hbo named “Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Legends Speak” in which Jim Lampley interviews the five common opponets that have faced ‘Money’ Mayweather and Pac-Man: Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto and Juan Manuel Marquez (we also compared Mayweather and Pacquiao through the CompuBox Stats with these five boxers some days ago). Then Max Kellerman discusses with three Hall of Fame about the mega-fight: George Foreman, Lennox Lewis and Bernard Hopkins.

 

Link to the fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Manny Pacquiao

Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi full fight Video UFC 186 – 2015

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi gets three stars only thanks to great finish (UFC Performance of the Night).

The Ufc Flw champion Demetrious Johnson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 21-2-1 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Dominick Cruz (=Cruz vs Johnson), since then he has collected one draw and seven consecutive victories beating Chris Cariaso in his last bout (=Johnson vs Cariaso).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and former Shooto Bw champion Kyoji Horiguchi, has an official record of 15-1-0 (67% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. His only loss occurred in 2012 against Masakatsu Ueda (via majority decision), since then he has won nine consecutive fights winning over Louis Gaudinot in his last bout (=Horiguchi vs Gaudinot). Johnson vs Horiguchi, main event of Ufc 186, is valid for the Ufc flyweight title (held by Johnson). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Fabio Maldonado full fight Video UFC 186 – 2015

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, fight not particularly good between Quinton Jackson and Fabio Maldonado: it gets two stars.

The former Ufc ligh-Hw champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson entered this fight with a professional mma record of 35-11-0 (66% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones). Rampage lost three consecutive bouts between 2011 and 2013 (the last one against Glover Teixeira: Rampage vs Teixeira) and he was released by the Ufc but then he won the Bellator light-Hw tournament (Season 10) beating Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal in the final (=Rampage vs Lawal) so he signed a new deal to return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
His opponent, Fabio Maldonado, has a record of 22-7-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.29 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year defeating Gian Villante (=Villante vs Maldonado) and Hans Stringer (=Maldonado vs Stringer) but between these two fights he lost to Stipe Miocic (=Miocic vs Maldonado). Rampage vs Maldonado is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi – UFC 186. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings – full fight Video WBA, WBO

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, pretty good finish but with too much holding and too many interruptions during the rest of the fight: Wladimir Klitschko vs Bryant Jennings gets two stars.

The 1996 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko (who now is 39 years old, nine years older than Jennings) entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 63-3-0 (53 KOs=84%) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2004 when he faced Lamon Brewster for the vacant Wbo belt, since then he has collected 21 consecutive victories taking revenge on Brewster in 2007 and beating Alex Leapai (=Klitschko vs Leapai) and Kubrat Pulev in 2014 (=Klitschko vs Pulev).
His opponent, the undefeated Bryant Jennings, has a perfect record of 19-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He also fought twice last year winning over Artur Szpilka (=Jennings vs Szpilka) and Mike Perez (=Jennings vs Perez). Klitschko vs Jennings is valid for the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles (all held by Klitschko); first world title shot for Jennings. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Michael Bisping vs CB Dollaway full fight Video UFC 186 – 2015

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-25, good exchanges between Michael Bisping and CB Dollaway: it gets three stars.

The Tuf 3 light-Hw tournament winner Michael Bisping entered this fight with a pro mma record of 25-7-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 middleweight in the world while his opponent, CB Dollaway, has an official record of 15-6-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. Both fighters fought three times last year: Bisping lost twice, against Tim Kennedy (=Bisping vs Kennedy) and Luke Rockhold (=Rockhold vs Bisping), but between these two losses he beat Cung Le (=Bisping vs Cung Le) while Dollaway won over Cezar Ferreira (=Dollaway vs Ferreira) and Francis Carmont (=Carmont vs Dollaway) but he was defeated by Lyoto Machida in his last bout (=Machida vs Dollaway). Bisping vs Dollaway is on the undercard of Demetrious Johnson vs Kyoji Horiguchi – UFC 186. Watch the video and rate this fight!