Review 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!
Review 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!
Review 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!
Review 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!
Review 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!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, fight not particularly good between Michel Soro and Nuhu Lawal: it gets two stars.
Michel Soro entered this fight with a pro record of 28-1-1 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez). He suffered his only loss when he faced Zaurbek Baysangurov in 2012, since then he has collected 10 victories and one draw beating Hector David Saldivia in 2016 (=Soro vs Saldivia).
His opponent, Nuhu Lawal, has an official boxing record of 24-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.39 middleweight. He has already fought four times in 2016 suffering his first loss against Martin Murray (=Murray vs Lawal). After this bout he came back to win with Adnan Zilic. Soro vs Lawal is valid for the WBA International super welterweight title; undercard of Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam vs Alfonso Blanco. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, Hassan N’Dam vs Alfonso Blanco gets four stars thanks to a spectacular finish: this is one of the best boxing fights of 2016!
The former Wbo Mw champion Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam entered this fight with a professional record of 34-2-0 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.13 middleweight in the world. He lost to David Lemieux last year (=Lemieux vs N’Dam) but then he has won over Patrick Mendy (=N’Dam vs Mendy), Robert Swierzbinski (=N’Dam vs Swierzbinski) and Tomasz Gargula.
His opponent, the undefeated Alfonso Blanco, has a perfect record of 12-0-0 (5 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 10, 2015 when he defeated Siarhei Khamitski. N’Dam vs Blanco is valid for the interim WBA World middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, spectacular finish between Alexander Povetkin and Johann Duhaupas: it is very close to get four stars!
The 2004 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medalist and former Wba Hw champion Alexander Povetkin entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-1-0 (22 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 4, 2015 when he defeated Mariusz Wach (=Povetkin vs Wach). Povetkin’s only loss occurred when he faced Wladimir Klitschko in 2013 (=Klitschko vs Povetkin).
His opponent, Johann Duhaupas, has an official record of 34-3-0 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Luis Ortiz). He lost to Deontay Wilder last year (=Wilder vs Duhaupas) but he came back to win in 2016 beating Marcelo Luiz Nascimento and Robert Helenius (=Helenius vs Duhaupas). On the original fight card Povetkin was expected to face Bermane Stiverne for the interim Wbc heavyweight title but Stiverne refused to fight the Russian after failed drug test (it’s the second time Povetkin was caught after the fight scheduled in May Wilder vs Povetkin). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, pretty good fight between Nehomar Cermeno and Xiao Jun Qiu 2: it gets three stars.
The Wba super-Bw champion Nehomar Cermeno entered this fight with a professional record of 25-5-1 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.13 super bantamweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexander Bakhtin in 2012, since then he has collected five victories and one no-contest beating Anurak Thisa in his last one (=Cermeno vs Thisa).
His opponent, XiaoJun Qiu, has a boxing record of 21-3-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.53 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2016 losing the first bout with Cermeno in June, but then he came back to win against Robert Udtohan. Cermeno vs Qiu 2 is valid for the WBA World super bantamweight title (Cermeno’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-16, great performance by both boxers: Vyacheslav Shabranskyy vs Sullivan Barrera is close to get four stars!
The undefeated Vyacheslav Shabranskyy entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 17-0-0 (14 KOs=82%) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2016 beating Derrick Findley (=Shabranskyy vs Findley) and Oscar Riojas.
His opponent, Sullivan Barrera, has an official record of 17-1-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.38 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Andre Ward (=Ward vs Barrera); before this bout he had won with Karo Murat (=Barrera vs Murat). ‘Slava’ Shabranskyy vs Barrera is valid for the vacant WBC United States (USNBC) light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review 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.
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