Review: 2014-03-08, great performance by both fighters: Jorge Linares vs Nihito Arakawa gets three stars. Jorge Linares entered this fight with a boxing record of 35-3-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.40 lightweight in the world, he suffered two out of his three defeats between 2011 and 2012, one against Antonio DeMarco (=DeMarco vs Linares) and then he lost to Sergio Thompson (=Linares vs Thompson); since then he collected four consecutive wins.
His opponent, Nihito Arakawa, has an official record of 24-3-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.36 in the same weight class, he is a classic Japanese fighter who likes war-fights like in his last battle against Omar Figueroa (bout candidate for Fight of the Year 2013, Figueroa vs Arakawa). Linares vs Arakawa is on the undercard of Saul Alvarez vs Alfredo Angulo. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-08, exciting and tough fight between Saul Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo: it is very cloe to get four stars! The 23-year-old Saul “Canelo” Alvarez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 42-1-1 (30 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 light middleweight in the world, last year he fought twice defeating Austin Trout in April (=Alvarez vs Trout) but then he suffered his first loss facing Floyd Mayweather Jr in September (=Mayweather vs Alvarez).
His opponent, Alfredo Angulo, has an official record of 22-3-0 (18 KOs=81%) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class, last year he fought just once losing to Erislandy Lara (=Lara vs Angulo). Alvarez vs Angulo is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-08, good pace but the fight was not so exciting: Kevin Satchell vs Isaac Quaye gets two stars. The undefeated Kevin Satchell entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (2 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.23 flyweight in the world, last year he fought twice defending his British and Commonwealth flyweight titles in both fights.
His opponent, Isaac Quaye, has an official record of 25-4-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.99 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2008 in his only fight outside Ghana when he faced Don Broadhurst. Satchell vs Quaye is valid for the Commonwealth flyweight title (Satchell’s third defense); undercard of Paul Butler vs Oreste Bernabe Nieva. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-08, nice exchanges and great finish: Paul Butler vs Oreste Nieva gets three stars. The undefeated Paul Butler entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 14-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.29 super flyweight in the world, last year he fought five times winning three titles: Commonwealth, WBA and WBO Inter-Continental super flyweight belts.
His opponent, Oreste Bernabe Nieva, has an official record of 15-2-2 (6 knockouts) and in this bout he fights for the first time outside his homeland Argentina. Butler vs Nieva is valid for the WBA and WBO Inter-Continental super flyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-07, nice and tough exchanges from the first bell: Rustam Nugaev vs Marvin Quintero is close to get four stars. Rustam Nugaev entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 26-6-1 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.30 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Alisher Rahimov, since then he collected five consecutive wins and last year we rated two out of his four fights with four stars: Maicelo vs Nugaev and Nugaev vs Hernandez.
His opponent, Marvin Quintero, has an official record of 25-4-0 (21 KOs=84%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 27, 2012 when he was defeated by Miguel Vazquez in a fight valid for the IBF lightweight title (=Vazquez vs Quintero). Nugaev vs Quintero is the main event of the night. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-01, good second fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Brian Vera: it gets three stars. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 47-1-1 (32 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super middleweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat against current #1 Sergio ‘Maravilla’ Martinez in 2012 (=Martinez vs Chavez Jr), since then he fought only once facing Vera in their first fight, the Mexican won the bout but it was a very controversial decision (=Chavez Jr vs Vera I).
His opponent, Brian Vera, has an official record of 23-7-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. Chavez Jr vs Vera 2 is valid for the vacant WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-01, tactical fight but not so exciting: Orlando Salido vs Vasyl Lomachenko gets two stars. Orlando Salido entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 40-12-2 (28 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 featherweight in the world, last year he fought twice: the first time he lost to #1 Mikey Garcia losing also the WBO featherweight belt (=Salido vs Garcia), but then Garcia vacated the title and ‘Siri’ Salido won the same belt beating Orlando Cruz (=Salido vs Cruz).
His opponent, 2012 and 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Vasyl Lomachenko, is at his second professional boxing fight (but he has an amazing amateur record of 396-1), he entered as the No.68 in the same weight class; last year, in his pro boxing debut he faced #47 Jose Ramirez and he won via tko (=Lomachenko vs Ramirez). Salido vs Lomachenko was originally valid for the WBO featherweight title (Salido’s first deense) but the Mexican weighed in 2.5 pounds over the limit of 126 lbs, so the belt was only at stake for Lomachenko; undercard of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs Brian Vera 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-01, good fight between Ricky Burns and Terence Crawford: it gets three stars. Ricky Burns entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 36-2-1 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2007 when he faced Carl Johanneson, since then, he collected 21 victories and one draw in his last fight, a controversial split decision draw against Raymundo Beltran (=Burns vs Beltran).
His opponent, the undefeated Terence Crawford, has a perfect record of 22-0-0 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class, he is at his first fight outside the USA and it is also his first world title shot; currently the #1 in this division is Miguel Vazquez. Burns vs Crawford is valid for the WBO lightweight title (Burns’ fifth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-01, pretty good fight with an exciting finish: the third fight between Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham gets three stars. Robert Stieglitz entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 46-3-0 (26 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super middleweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in the first fight against Abraham in 2012 (=Abraham vs Stieglitz) but last year in their rematch he managed to win via tko in the fourth round (=Abraham vs Stieglitz 2).
His opponent, Arthur Abraham, has an official record of 38-4-0 (28 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Andre Ward). Stieglitz vs Abraham 3 is valid for the WBO super middleweight title (Stieglitz’s third defense); they also faced each other a fourth time on July 18, 2015 (=Abraham vs Stieglitz 4). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-03-01, pretty good finish between Anthony Joshua and Hector Avila but it is not enough to get three stars. Anthony Joshua, 2012 Olympic super heavyweight Gold Medalist, is at his fifth professional boxing fight and he entered this fight with a record of 4-0-0 (4 knockouts).
His opponent, Hector Alfredo Avila, has an official record of 22-15-1 (14 knockouts), last year he fought seven times losing three fights; he also faced and lost to Dereck Chisora in April (tko at round 9). Joshua vs Avila is on the undercard of Ricky Burns vs Terence Crawford. Watch the video and rate this fight!
FOLLOW US ON
Since 2011, more than 28,800 fights rated and more than 104,400 votes collected!!
Review: 2014-03-08, great performance by both fighters: Jorge Linares vs Nihito Arakawa gets three stars. Jorge Linares entered this fight with a boxing record of 35-3-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.40 lightweight in the world, he suffered two out of his three defeats between 2011 and 2012, one against Antonio DeMarco (=DeMarco vs Linares) and then he lost to Sergio Thompson (=Linares vs Thompson); since then he collected four consecutive wins.
Review: 2014-03-08, good pace but the fight was not so exciting: Kevin Satchell vs Isaac Quaye gets two stars. The undefeated Kevin Satchell entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (2 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.23 flyweight in the world, last year he fought twice defending his British and Commonwealth flyweight titles in both fights.
