Best fights of the week 25, year 2018

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 25: (Mon-Sun) from June 18, 2018 to June 24, 2018.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Claressa Shields vs Hanna Gabriels Boxing Knockout of the Week: Miguel Roman vs Michel Marcano   Mma Fight of … Read more

2018 BOXING fight – Miguel Roman vs Michel Marcano – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, good finish between Miguel Roman and Michel Marcano: it gets three stars.

Miguel Roman entered this fight with a record of 59-12-0 (46 KOs=78%) and he is ranked as the No.4 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Miguel Berchelt). Mickey Roman lost to Takashi Miura last year (Roman vs Miura) but then he has won over Nery Saguilan (Roman vs Saguilan), Orlando Salido (Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman) and Aristides Perez (Miguel Roman vs Aristides Perez).
His opponent, the undefeated Michel Marcano, has a perfect record of 17-0-0 (14 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.346 lightweight. He has already fought five times in 2018 defeating Alberto Perez, Jonathan Ojeda and Alfix Aguana in his last three. Mickey Roman vs Marcano is valid for the WBC FECARBOX super featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Miguel Berchelt vs Jonathan Barros – full fight Video WBC

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, some good exchanges between Miguel Berchelt and Jonathan Victor Barros but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The Wbc super-Fw and former interim Wbo champion Miguel Berchelt entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 33-1-0 (29 KOs=88%) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. ‘El Alacran’ Berchelt suffered his only loss when he faced Luis Eduardo Florez in 2014, since then he has won 12 consecutive bouts beating Francisco Vargas (4-stars fight, Vargas vs Berchelt), Takashi Miura (Miguel Berchelt vs Takashi Miura) and Maxwell Awuku in his last three (Miguel Berchelt vs Maxwell Awuku).
His opponent, the former Wba Fw champ Jonathan Victor Barros, has an official record of 41-5-1 (22 knockouts) and he entered as the No.18 featherweight but he comes off the loss against Lee Selby (Lee Selby vs Jonathan Victor Barros); before this bout, in 2016, he had beat Satoshi Hosono. Berchelt vs Barros is valid for the WBC World super featherweight title (Berchelt’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Josh Taylor vs Viktor Postol – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, nice and close fight between Josh Taylor and Viktor Postol: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Josh Taylor entered this fight with a perfect record of 12-0-0 (11 KOs=92%) and he is ranked as the No.5 super lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Regis Prograis). In his last three bouts he has beat Ohara Davies (Davies vs Taylor), Miguel Vazquez (Josh Taylor vs Miguel Vazquez) and Winston Campos (Josh Taylor vs Winston Campos).
His opponent, the former Wbc light-Ww champion Viktor Postol, has a boxing record of 29-1-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Terence Crawford in 2016 (Crawford vs Postol), after this fight, in 2017, he beat Jamshidbek Najmiddinov (Viktor Postol vs Jamshidbek Najmiddinov). Taylor vs Postol is valid for the WBC Silver super lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Martin Murray vs Roberto Garcia – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, good fight between Martin Murray and Roberto Garcia: it gets three stars.

The former interim Wba Mw champion Martin Murray entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 36-4-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Gennady Golovkin). He lost to George Groves in 2016 (Murray vs Groves) but then he has won over Nuhu Lawal (Murray vs Lawal), Gabriel Rosado (Murray vs Rosado) and Arman Torosyan (Martin Murray vs Arman Torosyan).
His opponent, Roberto Garcia, has a record of 41-3-0 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Antonio Margarito in 2010, since then he has collected 13 consecutive victories defeating Nestor Fernando Garcia and Omar Chavez in 2017 (Omar Chavez vs Roberto Garcia). Murray vs Garcia is valid for the WBC Silver middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Tony Yoka vs David Allen – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, pretty good fight between Tony Yoka and David Allen: it gets three stars.

The 2016 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Tony Yoka entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 4-0-0 (3 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.59 heavyweight in the world. In his previous bouts he has won over Travis Clark (Yoka vs Clark), Jonathan Rice (Yoka vs Rice), Ali Baghouz (Tony Yoka vs Ali Baghouz) and Cyril Leonet (Tony Yoka vs Cyril Leonet).
His opponent, David Allen, has an official record of 13-3-2 (10 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.105 in the same weight class. He lost to Lenroy Thomas last year (via split decision) but then he has beat Tom Dallas and David Howe but he has also faced Thomas again in 2018 (bout ended in a draw). Yoka vs Allen is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Anthony Yarde vs Dariusz Sek – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, fight not particularly good between Anthony Yarde and Dariusz Sek: it gets two stars.

The undefeated Anthony Yarde entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 15-0-0 (14 KOs=93%) and he is ranked as the No.14 light heavyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Norbert Nemesapati, Nikola Sjekloca and Tony Averlant (Anthony Yarde vs Tony Averlant).
His opponent, Dariusz Sek, has an official record of 27-3-3 (9 knockouts) and he entered as the No.56 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year losing to Viktor Polyakov, drawing with Marek Matyja and losing to Francis Cheka. Yarde vs Sek is valid for the WBO European and WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight titles; undercard of Martin Murray vs Roberto Garcia. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 BOXING fight – Umar Salamov vs Brian Howard – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-22, some good exchanges between Umar Salamov and Brian Howard but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

The former Ibo champion Umar Salamov entered this fight with a pro record of 20-1-0 (15 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.21 light heavyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Emil Markic and Artem Redko but between these two bouts he lost to Damien Hooper.
His opponent, Brian Howard, has an official boxing record of 13-1-0 (10 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.44 cruiserweight. He suffered his only loss when he faced Harvey Jolly in 2012, since then he has fought just three times defeating Alex Guerrero, Phil Williams and Shawndell Terell Winters. Salamov vs Howard is valid for the vacant IBF North American light heavyweight title; undercard of Claressa Shields vs Hanna Gabriels. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2018 MMA fight – Ovince St Preux vs Tyson Pedro – full fight Video UFC FN 132

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, good finsih between Ovince Saint Preux and Tyson Pedro: it get three stars.

Ovince Saint Preux entered this fight with a pro mma record of 22-11-0 (77% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.15 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Ilir Latifi (Ovince St Preux vs Ilir Latifi); before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Corey Anderson (Ovince St Preux vs Corey Anderson).
His opponent, the black belt in Japanese jiu-jitsu and kempo Tyson Pedro, has a record of 7-1-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class. He also faced and lost to Ilir Latifi (in 2017, Ilir Latifi vs Tyson Pedro) but then he came back to win in 2018 with Saparbek Safarov (Tyson Pedro vs Saparbek Safarov). OSP St Preux vs Pedro is on the undercard of Donald Cerrone vs Leon Edwards – UFC Fight Night 132. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Donald Cerrone vs Leon Edwards full fight Video UFC FN 132 – 2018

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-23, fight not so exciting between Donald Cerrone and Leon Edwards: it gets two stars.

The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and gaidojutsu Donald Cerrone entered this fight with a professional mma record of 33-10-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 welterweight in the world but he won just one out of his last four bouts, against Yancy Medeiros in 2018 (Donald Cerrone vs Yancy Medeiros). Before this fight, in 2017, ‘Cowboy’ had lost to Jorge Masvidal (Cerrone vs Masvidal), Robbie Lawler (Lawler vs Cerrone) and Darren Till (Donald Cerrone vs Darren Till).
His opponent, Leon Edwards, has an official record of 15-3-0 (60% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He lost to Kamaru Usman in 2015 but then he has won five consecutive bouts defeating Bryan Barberena (Leon Edwards vs Bryan Barberena) and Peter Sobotta in his last two (Leon Edwards vs Peter Sobotta). Cerrone vs Edwards is the main event of UFC Fight Night 132. Watch the video and rate this fight!