Best fights of the week 20, year 2014

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 20: (Mon-Sun) from May 12, 2014 to May 18, 2014.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Travis Dickinson vs Matty Clarkson Boxing Knockout of the Week: Viktor Postol vs Selcuk Aydin   Mma Fight of … Read more

2014 best BOXING fight – Travis Dickinson vs Matty Clarkson – full fight Video

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Fight rated 4 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, epic fight with an aggressive start, tremendous exchanges and six knockdowns: Travis Dickinson vs Matty Clarkson is one of the best boxing fights of the year and it gets four stars (round five could be a candidate for “Round of the Year 2014”). Travis Dickinson entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 16-1-0 (6 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.34 light heavyweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in 2012 when he faced Bob Ajisafe, after that bout he has fought and won three times.
His opponent, Matty Clarkson, has an official record of 12-1-2 (3 knockouts) and he entered as the No.74 in the same weight class, he also suffered his only defeat in 2012 (against Courtney Fry), since then he has collected five consecutive wins. Dickinson vs Clarkson is valid for the BBBofC English light heavyweight title (Dickinson’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Omar Andres Narvaez vs Antonio Garcia – full fight Video WBO

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, pretty good finish between Omar Narvaez and Antonio Garcia but it is not enough to get three stars. Omar Andres Narvaez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 41-1-2 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super flyweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat when he faced Nonito Donaire in 2011 (his only fight in the bantamweight division Donaire vs Narvaez), since then he has collected six consecutive wins.
His opponent, Antonio Garcia, has an official record of 13-1-0 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.86 in the same weight class, he is just 20 years old (18 years younger than “El Huracan” Narvaez); ‘El Tostado’ Garcia lost his first bout in 2013 when he faced David Carmona for the WBO Youth super-Flw title, after that bout Carmona lost to Omar Narvaez (=Narvaez vs Carmona) while Garcia has fought twice winning the vacant WBO Latino Bw belt against Jonathan Vidal in his last fight. Narvaez vs Garcia is valid for the WBO super flyweight title (first world title shot for Garcia). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Juan Manuel Marquez vs Mike Alvarado full fight Video – 2014

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Juan Manuel Marquez vs Mike Alvarado gets two. Juan Manuel Marquez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 55-7-1 (40 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 welterweight in the world, he is 40 years old (seven years older than Alvarado) and he has won world titles in four different weight classes; ‘Dinamita’ Marquez fought just once in 2013 losing to then-undefeated Timothy Bradley (via split decision, Bradley vs Marquez).
His opponent, Mike Alvarado, has an official record of 34-2-0 (23 knockouts) and he entered as the No.14 light welterweight, he fought twice in 2013 defeating Brandon Rios in their second bout (4 stars-fight Rios vs Alvarado 2) but then he was defeated by Ruslan Provodnikov losing the WBO light-Ww belt (4 stars-fight Alvarado vs Provodnikov). Marquez vs Alvarado is valid for the vacant WBO International welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Viktor Postol vs Selcuk Aydin – full fight Video

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, the fight between Viktor Postol and Selcuk Aydin gets three stars only thanks to a spectacular finish. The undefeated Viktor Postol entered this fight with a perfect record of 25-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 light welterweight in the world, he fought four times in 2013 winning the vacant WBC International light-Ww title against Henry Lundy, then he successfully defended his belt against Ignacio Mendoza.
His opponent, Selcuk Aydin, has an official record of 26-2-0 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class, he suffered his two defeats between 2012 and 2013 against Robert Guerrero (fight valid for the interim WBC Ww title Guerrero vs Aydin) and Jesus Soto Karass (via majority decision Aydin vs Soto Karass), since then he has fought and won three times; currently the #1 in this division is Danny Garcia. Postol vs Aydin is on the undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez vs Mike Alvarado. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Lee Selby vs Romulo Koasicha – full fight Video

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, good fight between Lee Selby and Romulo Koasicha: it gets three stars. Lee Selby entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 18-1-0 (7 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 featherweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in 2009 when he faced Samir Mouneimne, since then he has collected 14 consecutive wins; he has already fought in 2014 defeating Rendall Munroe in February (=Selby vs Munroe).
His opponent, Romulo Koasicha, has an official record of 21-3-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.55 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced #14 Fw Jesus Galicia (via majority decision), after that bout he has fought and won twice. Selby vs Koasicha is valid for the WBC International featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Gary Buckland vs Gavin Rees 2 – full fight Video

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, good pace but the second fight between Gary Buckland and Gavin Rees was not so exciting: it gets two stars. Gary Buckland entered this fight with a record of 28-3-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.42 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced Stephen Smith (losing also the British super-Fw title) but he came back to victory in 2014 defeating Gavin Rees in their first bout (via split decision, Rees vs Buckland I).
His opponent, the former Wba light-Ww champion (from July 2007 to March 2008) Gavin Rees, has a record of 37-4-1 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class, he is 34 years old (7 years older than Buckland) and he comes off three consecutive losses. Buckland vs Rees 2 is on the undercard of Lee Selby vs Romulo Koasicha. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Nathan Cleverly vs Sean Corbin – full fight Video

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, fight not particularly exciting between Nathan Cleverly and Sean Corbin: it gets two stars. Nathan Cleverly entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 26-1-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.19 light heavyweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in his last bout against the undefeated #3 light heavyweight Sergey Kovalev losing also the WBO light-Hw title (Cleverly vs Kovalev).
His opponent, Sean Corbin, has a record of 17-4-0 (12 knockouts), he is 39 years old (12 years older than Cleverly) and his only notable victory was against former Wbc Cw champion Wayne Braithwaite in 2012 so he should be an easy opponent for the Englishman. Cleverly vs Corbin is valid for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental cruiserweight title (Cleverly’s debut in this division); undercard of Lee Selby vs Romulo Koasicha. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Delvin Rodriguez vs Joachim Alcine – full fight Video

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Fight rated 2 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-16, fight not particularly exciting between Delvin Rodriguez and Joachim Alcine: it gets two stars. Delvin Rodriguez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 28-7-3 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.21 light middleweight in the world, he fought three times in 2013 defeating George Tahdooahnippah (=Rodriguez vs Tahdooahnippah) and Freddy Hernandez (=Rodriguez vs Hernandez) but then he lost to Miguel Cotto (=Cotto vs Rodriguez).
His opponent, the former Wba light-Mw champion (title held from July 2007 to July 2008) Joachim Alcine, has an official record of 35-7-1 (21 knockouts), he fought and lost four times in 2013 but he came back to victory in 2014 (he has already and won fought twice this year). Rodriguez vs Alcine is the main event of the night. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2014 BOXING fight – Manuel Avila vs David De La Mora – full fight Video

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Fight rated 3 stars by AllTheBestFights.comReview: 2014-05-17, nice exchanges between Manuel Avila and David De La Mora: it gets three stars. The undefeated Manuel Avila entered this fight with a perfect record of 14-0-0 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.66 super bantamweight in the world, he has already fought in 2014 defeating Enrique Quevedo in February.
His opponent, David De La Mora, has a record of 25-5-0 (18 knockouts), he had two world title-shot in his professional career: in 2011 when he lost to Koki Kameda and in 2012 against Anselmo Moreno (=Moreno vs De La Mora); after this bout he has won only one out of his last four fights. Avila vs De La Mora is on the undercard of Antonio Orozco vs Martin Honorio. Watch the video and rate this fight!