Review: 2013-08-24, great start and two knockdowns between Abner Mares and Jhonny Gonzalez: it gets three stars. The undefeated Abner Mares (26-0-1, 14 KOs) entered as the No.1 featherweight in the world while Jhonny Gonzalez (54-8-0, 46 KOs) entered as the No.7. Mares vs Gonzalez is valid for the WBC featherweight title (Mares’ first defense). Watch the video!
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2013 BOXING fight – Juergen Braehmer vs Stefano Abatangelo – full fight Video
Review: 2013-08-24, pretty boring fight between Juergen Braehmer and Stefano Abatangelo: it gets one star. Juergen Braehmer (40-2-0, 31 KOs) entered as the No.13 light heavyweight in the world while Stefano Abatangelo (17-2-1, 6 KOs) entered as the No.47. Braehmer vs Abatangelo is valid for the EBU and WBO International light heavyweight titles. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Arthur Abraham vs Willbeforce Shihepo – full fight Video
Review: 2013-08-24, fight not particularly good: Arthur Abraham vs Willbeforce Shihepo gets two stars. Arthur Abraham (36-4-0, 28 KOs) entered as the No.9 super middleweight in the world while Willbeforce Shihepo (20-6-0, 15 KOs) entered as the No.70. Abraham vs Shihepo is valid for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title; undercard of Juergen Braehmer vs Stefano Abatangelo. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Kubrat Pulev vs Tony Thompson – full fight Video
Review: 2013-08-24, it seems more an mateur bout than a professional one: Kubrat Pulev vs Tony Thompson gets one star. The undefeated Kubrat Pulev (17-0-0, 9 KOs) entered as the No.3 heavyweight in the world while Tony Thompson (38-3-0, 26 KOs) entered as the No.7. Pulev vs Thompson is valid for the IBF International heavyweight title; undercard of Juergen Braehmer vs Stefano Abatangelo. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Claudio Marrero vs Jesus Cuellar – full fight Video WBA
Review: 2013-08-23, pretty good fight with one knockdown: Claudio Marrero vs Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar gets three stars. The undefeated Claudio Marrero (14-0-0, 11 KOs) entered as the No.72 featherweight in the world while Jesus Cuellar (22-1-0, 18 KOs) entered as the No.39. Marrero vs Cuellar is valid for the interim WBA World featherweight title; undercard of Argenis Mendez vs Arash Usmanee. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Argenis Mendez vs Arash Usmanee – full fight Video IBF
Review: 2013-08-23, nice and close fight between Argenis Mendez and Arash Usmanee: it gets three stars. Compubox punching statistics showed that Mendez landed a total of 314 of 876 punches (36% accuracy rate) compared to 276 of 1119 for Usmanee. Argenis Mendez (21-2-0, 11 KOs) entered as the No.2 super featherweight in the world while Arash Usmanee (20-1-0, 10 KOs) entered as the No.53. Mendez vs Usmanee is valid for the IBF super featherweight title (Mendez’s first defense); first event promoted by the new “Iron Mike Productions”, the new Promotional Company owned by Mike Tyson (and founded by Garry Jonas). Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Marat Gafurov vs Yuri Ivlev – full fight Video M-1 Challenge 41
Review: 2013-08-21, something good in the second part of the fight but the bout between Marat Gafurov and Yuri Ivlev was not particularly exciting: it gets two stars. Marat Gafurov ranked as the No.46 featherweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 7-0-0 (71% finishing rate) while Yuri Ivlev had a record of 20-7-0 (85% finishing rate). Gafurov vs Ivlev is not valid anymore for the M-1 Challenge featherweight title because Ivlev didn’t make weight (1,5 kg more) – M-1 Challenge 41. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Chaban Ka vs Marcin Tybura – full fight Video M-1 Challenge 41
Review: 2013-08-21, fight not particularly good between Chaban Ka and Marcin Tybura: it gets two stars. Chaban Ka ranked as the No.44 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 6-1-1 (83% finishing rate) while Marcin Tybura had a record of 7-0-0 (72% finishing rate). Chaban Ka vs Tybura is the semifinal of M-1 heavyweight Grand Prix 2013 – M-1 Challenge 41. Watch the video!
Best fights of the week 33, year 2013
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 33: (Mon-Sun) from August 12, 2013 to August 18, 2013. Boxing Fight of the Week: Juan Diaz vs Adailton De Jesus Boxing Knockout of the Week: Artur Szpilka vs Mike Mollo 2 Mma … Read more
2013 best BOXING fight – Juan Diaz vs Adailton De Jesus – fight Video
Review: 2013-08-17, aggressive start, high pace and some amazing series of punches between two boxers that know only power punches:-) Juan Diaz vs Adailton De Jesus is one of the best boxing fights of 2013 and it gets four stars (we had rated this fight three stars but after watching it again we have changed our rating – August, 27, 2013). Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz ranked as the No.80 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 36-4-0 (18 knockouts) while Adailton De Jesus had a record of 30-7-0 (24 knockouts; De Jesus is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 17, 2011 when he defeated Denis De Barros). Diaz vs De Jesus is the main event of the evening. Watch the video!