Best fights of the week 52, year 2014

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 52: from December 22, 2014 to December 31, 2014.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Omar Narvaez vs Naoya Inoue Boxing Knockout of the Week: Kazuto Ioka vs Jean Piero Perez   Mma Knockout of … Read more

2014 BOXING fight – Alberto Rossel vs Ryoichi Taguchi – full fight Video WBA

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-31, technical fight but not so exciting: Alberto Rossel vs Ryoichi Taguchi gets two stars. Alberto Rossel entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 32-8-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.12 light flyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Hugo Fidel Cazares, since then he has won eight consecutive bouts, the last one against Gabriel Mendoza (=Rossel vs Mendoza).
His opponent, Ryoichi Taguchi, has an official record of 20-2-1 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class, he was defeated by Naoya Inoue in 2013 but then he came back to win beating Ryan Bito and Florante Condes. Rossel vs Taguchi is valid for the WBA World light flyweight title; undercard of Takashi Uchiyama vs Israel Perez. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Kohei Kono vs Norberto Jimenez – full fight Video WBA

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-31, pretty good fight between Kohei Kono and Norberto Jimenez: it gets three stars. Kohei Kono entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-8-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Omar Andres Narvaez); he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Liborio Solis (4-stars-fight Kono vs Solis) but then he came back to win beating Dawut Manopkanchang and Denkaosan Kaovichit (=Kono vs Kaovichit).
His opponent, Norberto Jimenez, has a record of 20-8-3 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.56 in the same weight class, the last time he lost was in 2011, against Ruben Vicente, since then he has collected 18 victories and two draws. Kono vs Jimenez is valid for the WBA World super flyweight title (held by Kono), first world title shot for Jimenez; undercard of Takashi Uchiyama vs Israel Perez. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Takashi Uchiyama vs Israel Perez – full fight Video WBA

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-31, some good exchanges between Takashi Uchiyama and Israel Perez but it is not enough to get three stars. The undefeated Takashi Uchiyama entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 21-0-1 (17 KOs=81%) and he is ranked as the No.2 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Mikey Garcia), the only man who stopped him in a draw was Michael Farenas in 2012, after this fight he has won three consecutive bouts, the last one against Daiki Kaneko (=Uchiyama vs Kaneko).
His opponent, Israel Hector Enrique Perez, has an official record of 27-2-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.85 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2003 when he faced Luis Fuente, since then he has collected 18 victories and one draw. Uchiyama vs Perez is valid for the WBA World super featherweight title (held by Uchiyama), first world title shot for Perez. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Hisashi Amagasa full fight Video – 2014

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-31, some good single shots between Guillermo Rigondeaux and Hisashi Amagasa but it is not enough to get three stars. The undefeated 2000 and 2004 Olympic bantamweight gold medalist, Guillermo Rigondeaux entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Carl Frampton); he has fought once in 2014 beating Sod Kokietgym (=Rigondeaux vs Kokietgym).
His opponent, Hisashi Amagasa, has a record of 28-4-2 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 featherweight, he suffered his last defeat in 2010 when he faced Ryol Li Lee, since then he has won 13 consecutive fights, the last one against Ryo Takenaka. Rigondeaux vs Amagasa is valid for the WBO World super bantamweight title (Rigondeaux’s third defense), first world title shot for Amagasa. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Kazuto Ioka vs Jean Piero Perez – full fight Video

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-31, nice exchanges and good finish: Kazuto Ioka vs Jean Piero Perez gets three stars. The former Wba minimumweight and light-Flw Kazuto Ioka entered this fight with a boxing record of 15-1-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.16 flyweight in the world, he has fought twice in 2014 losing to Amnat Ruenroeng (bout valid for the IBF Flw title, Ioka vs Ruenroeng) but then he came back to win defeating Pablo Carrillo (=Ioka vs Carrillo).
His opponent, Jean Piero Perez, has an official record of 20-7-1 (14 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 2, 2013 when he was defeated by David Sanchez, before this bout he had already lost to Kompayak Porpramook (=Porpramook vs Perez). Ioka vs Perez is on the undercard of Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Hisashi Amagasa. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Akira Yaegashi vs Pedro Guevara – full fight Video WBC

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-30, pretty good finish between Akira Yaegashi and Pedro Guevara but it is not enough to get three stars. The former Wba minimumweight and Wbc Flw champion Akira Yaegashi entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 20-4-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 flyweight in the world, he has fought twice in 2014 beating Odilon Zaleta (=Yaegashi vs Zaleta) but then he lost to #1 undefeated Roman Gonzalez (=Yaegashi vs Gonzalez).
His opponent, Pedro Guevara, has an official record of 23-1-1 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 light flyweight, he suffered his only defeat in 2012 when he faced John Riel Casimero in a bout valid for the IBF light-Flw title (Casimero vs Guevara), since then he has won five consecutive bouts, the last one against Alejandro Morales (=Guevara vs Morales). Yaegashi vs Guevara is valid for the vacant WBC World light flyweight title; undercard of Omar Narvaez vs Naoya Inoue. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Ryota Murata vs Jessie Nicklow – fight Video

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-30, fight not particularly good between Ryota Murata and Jessie Nicklow: it gets two stars. The 2012 Olympic middleweight gold medalist Ryota Murata entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 5-0-0 (4 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.19 middleweight in the world while his opponent, Jessie Nicklow, has an official record of 24-4-3 (8 knockouts). Murata has fought three times in 2014 beating Carlos Nascimento, Jesus Angel Nerio (=Murata vs Nerio) and Adrian Luna Flores (=Murata vs Flores). Murata vs Nicklow is on the undercard of Naoya Inoue vs Omar Narvaez. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Jorge Linares vs Javier Prieto – full fight Video WBC

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-30, disappointing fight between Jorge Linares and Javier Prieto: it gets two stars. The former Wbc featherweight and Wba super-Fw champion Jorge Linares entered this fight with a boxing record of 37-3-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.20 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Sergio Thompson (=Linares vs Thompson), since then he has won six consecutive bouts, the last one against Ira Terry.
His opponent, Javier Prieto, has a record of 24-7-2 (18 KOs=75%) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class; the last time he lost was in 2012, against Roberto Ortiz, after this bout he has collected eight victories and two draws (both against Ivan Cano, Prieto vs Cano 2). Linares vs Prieto is valid for the vacant WBC World lightweight title; undercard of Naoya Inoue vs Omar Narvaez. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Omar Andres Narvaez vs Naoya Inoue – full fight Video WBO

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-12-30, good fight between Omar Narvaez and Naoya Inoue: it gets three stars. The 39-year-old Omar Andres Narvaez (18 years older than Inoue) entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 43-1-2 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super flyweight he suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he moved up in weight class to the bantamweight division and he faced Nonito Donaire in a bout valid for the WBC and WBO Bw titles (=Donaire vs Narvaez); since then he has won eight consecutive fights, the last one against Felipe Orucuta (=Narvaez vs Orucuta 2).
His opponent, the undefeated Naoya Inoue, has a perfect record of 7-0-0 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.1 light flyweight, he has fought twice in 2014 defeating Adrian Hernandez (bout valid for the Wbc light-Flw belt, Hernandez vs Inoue) and Samartlek Kokietgym (=Inoue vs Kokietgym). ‘El Huracan’ Narvaez vs Inoue is valid for the WBO World super flyweight title (held by Narvaez). Watch the video and rate this fight!