2016 BOXING fight – Ryota Murata vs Bruno Sandoval – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-30, pretty good finish between Ryota Murata and Bruno Sandoval but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The undefeated 2012 Olympic middleweight gold medalist Ryota Murata entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.14 middleweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2016 winning over Gaston Alejandro Vega (=Murata vs Vega), Felipe Santos Pedroso (=Murata vs Pedroso) and George Tahdooahnippah (=Murata vs Tahdooahnippah).
His opponent, Bruno Sandoval, has an official record of 19-1-1 (15 KOs=79%) and he suffered his only loss when he faced Esau Herrera in 2013, since then he has collected four victories and one draw beating Roberto Valdez in his last bout. Murata vs Sandoval is on the undercard of Naoya Inoue vs Kohei Kono. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Akira Yaegashi vs Samartlek Kokietgym – full fight Video IBF

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-30, good performance by both boxers: Akira Yaegashi vs Wittawas Basapean gets three stars.

The world champion in three different weight classes Akira Yaegashi entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 24-5-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 light flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ganigan Lopez). He lost two consecutive bouts in 2014, against Roman Gonzalez (=Yaegashi vs Gonzalez) and Pedro Guevara (=Yaegashi vs Guevara), but then he has won four fights defeating Javier Mendoza (=Mendoza vs Yaegashi) and Martin Tecuapetla in his last two (=Yaegashi vs Tecuapetla).
His opponent, Samartlek Kokietgym (also known as Wittawas Basapean), has a record of 31-5-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.56 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Naoya Inoue in 2014 (=Inoue vs Kokietgym), since then he has collected 14 consecutive victories beating Samuel Tehuayo and Tommy Seran in his last two. Yaegashi vs Kokietgym is valid for the IBF World light flyweight title; undercard of Naoya Inoue vs Kohei Kono. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Naoya Inoue vs Kohei Kono – full fight Video WBO

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-30, good fight between Naoya Inoue and Kohei Kono: it gets three stars.

The undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Naoya Inoue entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (9 KOs=82%) and he is ranked as the No.4 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Roman Gonzalez). He has fought twice in 2016 winning over David Carmona (=Inoue vs Carmona) and Karoon Jarupianlerd (also known as Petchbarngborn Kokietgym, Inoue vs Jarupianlerd).
His opponent, the former WBA super-Flw champion Kohei Kono, has an official record of 32-9-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. He has also fought twice in 2016 beating Inthanon Sithchamuang (=Kono vs Sithchamuang) and losing to Luis Concepcion (=Concepcion vs Kono). Inoue vs Kono is valid for the WBO World super flyweight title (held by Inoue). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Artur Beterbiev vs Isidro Ranoni Prieto – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-23, pretty good fight between Artur Beterbiev and Isidro Prieto: it gets three stars.

The undefeated 2009 world amateur boxing champion Artur Beterbiev entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 10-0-0 (10 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.11 light heavyweight in the world. He has won over Alexander Johnson (=Beterbiev vs Johnson) and Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna in his last two bouts (=Beterbiev vs Maderna).
His opponent, Isidro Ranoni Prieto, has an official record of 26-1-3 (22 KOs=85%) and he entered as the No.35 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Eleider Alvarez last year (=Alvarez vs Prieto), after this bout he has beat Mohamad Said and Samuel Miller. Beterbiev vs Prieto is valid for the WBA-NABA light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Carlos Molina vs Diego Cruz – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, fight not particularly exciting between Carlos Molina and Diego Cruz: it gets two stars.

The former Ibf light-Mw champion Carlos Molina entered this fight with a pro record of 27-6-2 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 super welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez). He suffered his last loss when he faced Cornelius Bundrage in 2014 (=Molina vs Bundrage), since then he has won five bouts beating Carlos Gorham in his last one (=Molina vs Gorham).
His opponent, Diego Cruz, has an official boxing record of 17-3-1 (13 KOs=76%) and he entered as the No.48 welterweight. He lost to Reyes Sanchez last year but then he has collected four victories and one draw. ‘King’ Molina vs Cruz is on the undercard of Mariana Juarez vs Irma Garcia. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Aston Palicte vs Oscar Cantu – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Oscar Cantu vs Aston Palicte gets two.

Aston Palicte entered this fight with a record of 21-2-0 (18 KOs=86%) and he is ranked as the No.20 super flyweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated Oscar Cantu, has a perfect boxing record of 14-0-0 (1 knockout) and he entered as the No.48 in the same weight class. Palicte has fought twice in 2016 losing to Junior Granados and beating Vergilio Silvano while Cantu has fought and won once against Samuel Gutierrez. Palicte vs Cantu is valid for the vacant WBA-NABA, WBO Inter-Continental and NABF super flyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Joseph Diaz vs Horacio Garcia – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, good fight between Joseph Diaz and Horacio Garcia: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Joseph Diaz entered this fight with a perfect record of 22-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.11 featherweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2016 beating Jayson Velez (=Diaz vs Velez), Victor Proa (=Diaz vs Proa) and Andrew Cancio (=Diaz vs Cancio).
His opponent, Horacio Garcia, has a record of 30-1-1 (22 knockouts) and he entered as the No.87 super bantamweight. He suffered his only loss when he faced Hozumi Hasegawa last year (=Hasegawa vs Garcia), after this bout he has beat Raul Hidalgo and he has drawn with Erik Ruiz. JoJo Diaz vs Garcia is valid for the NABF featherweight title; undercard of Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Smith Jr. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Luis Nery vs Raymond Tabugon – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, heavy exchanges from the first bell: Luis Nery vs Raymond Tabugon gets three stars.

The undefeated Luis Nery entered this fight with a perfect record of 21-0-0 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Shinsuke Yamanaka). He has already fought four times in 2016 beating David Sanchez (=Nery vs Sanchez) and Richie Mepranum in his last two (=Nery vs Mepranum).
His opponent, Raymond Tabugon, has a boxing record of 18-6-1 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.84 in the same weight class but he lost three out of his last four fights, the last one against Juan Francisco Estrada (=Estrada vs Tabugon). ‘Pantera’ Nery vs Tabugon is on the undercard of Ramon Alvarez vs Matthew Strode. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2016 BOXING fight – Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Smith Jr – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, pretty good fight between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Smith Jr: it gets three stars.

The former world champion in two different weight classes Bernard Hopkins (he is 51 years old, 24 years older than Smith) entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 55-7-2 (32 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 8, 2014 when he was defeated by Sergey Kovalev (=Hopkins vs Kovalev). Before this bout, when he was 49 years old, he had won his last world title against Beibut Shumenov (=Hopkins vs Shumenov).
His opponent, Joe Smith Jr, has a record of 22-1-0 (18 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.7 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Andre Ward). He suffered his only loss when he faced Eddie Caminero in 2010, since then he has collected 16 consecutive victories beating Fabiano Pena and Andrzej Fonfara in 2016 (=Fonfara vs Smith). Hopkins vs Smith is valid for the WBC International light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Oleksandr Usyk vs Thabiso Mchunu full fight Video – 2016

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Oleksandr Usyk vs Thabiso Mchunu gets two.

The undefeated 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist and current Wbo champion Oleksandr Usyk entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 10-0-0 (9 KOs=90%) and he is ranked as the No.1 cruiserweight in the world. He has won over Pedro Rodriguez (=Usyk vs Rodriguez) and Krzysztof Glowacki in his last two bouts (=Glowacki vs Usyk).
His opponent, Thabiso Mchunu, has an official record of 17-2-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.39 in the same weight class. He lost to Ilunga Makabu in 2015 but he came back to win against Boniface Kabore in 2016. Usyk vs Mchunu is valid for the WBO World cruiserweight title (Usyk’s first defense); undercard of Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Smith Jr. Watch the video and rate this fight!