The world champion in four different weight classes Miguel Angel Cotto entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 40-4-0 (33 KOs=82%) and he is ranked as the No.2 in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Gennady Golovkin). The Puerto Rican suffered two consecutive defeats in 2012, against Floyd Mayweather Jr (=Mayweather vs Cotto) and Austin Trout (=Cotto vs Trout), but then he has won three bouts winning the Wbc Mw title against Sergio ‘Maravilla’ Martinez (=Martinez vs Cotto) and defending it once with Daniel Geale (=Cotto vs Geale).
His opponent, the 25-year-old Saul Alvarez (10 years younger than Cotto), has an official record of 45-1-1 (32 knockouts) and he entered as the No.1 super welterweight. ‘Canelo’ also fought against Austin Trout but he won by unanimous decision in 2013 (=Alvarez vs Trout); in the same year he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr suffering his first loss (=Mayweather vs Alvarez). After this bout the Mexican has won three consecutive fights defeating James Kirkland in his last one (candidate for boxing Fight of the Year 2015, Canelo vs Kirkland). Cotto vs Canelo Alvarez is valid for the vacant WBC World middleweight title (belt held by Cotto but the Wbc stripped the Puerto Rican just four days before the fight because he refused to pay a $300,000 sanctioning fee to have the title on the line). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2015 BOXING fight – Takashi Miura vs Francisco Vargas – full fight Video WBC
Takashi Miura entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 29-2-2 (22 KOs=76%) and he is ranked as the No.3 super featherweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2011 when he faced #1 Takashi Uchiyama, since then he has collected nine consecutive victories winning the Wbc world belt against Gamaliel Diaz in 2013 and defending it four times, the last one against Billy Dib (=Miura vs Dib).
His opponent, the undefeated Francisco Vargas, has a record of 22-0-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He has fought once in 2015 beating Will Tomlinson (=Vargas vs Tomlinson). Miura vs Vargas is valid for the WBC World super featherweight title (Miura’s fifth defense); undercard of Miguel Cotto vs Saul Canelo Alvarez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Drian Francisco – full fight Video
The undefeated two-times Olympic gold medalist and Wbo super-Bw champion Guillermo Rigondeaux entered this fight with a perfect record of 15-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Carl Frampton). He fought twice last year beating Sod Kokietgym (=Rigondeaux vs Kokietgym) and Hisashi Amagasa (=Rigondeaux vs Amagasa).
His opponent, the former interim Wba super flyweight champion Drian Francisco, has a record of 28-3-1 (22 KOs=76%) and he entered as the No.96 featherweight. He has fought three times in 2015 winning over Jason Egera and Jilo Merlin but between these two bouts he lost to Jason Canoy. Rigondeaux vs Francisco is on the undercard of Miguel Cotto vs Saul Canelo Alvarez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Jayson Velez vs Ronny Rios – full fight Video
The undefeated Jayson Velez entered this fight with a boxing record of 23-0-1 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.20 featherweight in the world. The only man who stopped him in a draw was Evgeny Gradovich in 2014 (=Gradovich vs Velez), after this bout Velez has won over Daniel Ramirez (=Velez vs Ramirez).
His opponent, Ronny Rios, has an official record of 24-1-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat last year, against Robinson Castellanos (=Rios vs Castellanos), but he came back to win in 2015 with Sergio Frias (=Rios vs Frias). ‘La Maravilla’ Velez vs Rios is valid for the vacant WBC Silver featherweight title; undercard of Miguel Cotto vs Saul Canelo Alvarez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Darleys Perez vs Anthony Crolla 2 – full fight Video WBA
Darleys Perez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 32-1-1 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.11 lightweight in the world. He suffered his only loss in 2013 when he faced Yuriorkis Gamboa (=Gamboa vs Perez), since then he has won four fights but in his last one he drew with Crolla (their first bout, Crolla vs Perez I).
His opponent, Anthony Crolla, has an official record of 29-4-3 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He lost to Gary Sykes in 2012 but then he has collected five victories and three draws. Perez vs Crolla 2 is valid for the WBA World lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 BOXING fight – Arthur Abraham vs Martin Murray – full fight Video WBO
Arthur Abraham entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 43-4-0 (29 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super middleweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Robert Stieglitz in their second bout (=Abraham vs Stieglitz 2), but since then he has won seven consecutive fights taking revenge on Stieglitz in 2014 (=Stieglitz vs Abraham 3) and also in 2015 (=Abraham vs Stieglitz 4).
His opponent, Martin Murray, has a record of 32-2-1 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He has already fought four times in 2015 losing to #1 Mw Gennady Golovkin (=Golovkin vs Murray) but then he has won the other three bouts beating Jose Miguel Torres in his last one (=Murray vs Torres). Abraham vs Murray is valid for the WBO World super middleweight title (Abraham’s fifth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Kaew Fairtex vs Minoru Kimura 2 – full fight Video K-1
The former Lumpinee, Wbc and Wpmf muay thai champion Kaew Fairtex entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 133-31-4 (41 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super lightweight in the world while his opponent, Minoru ‘Philip’ Kimura, has an official record of 20-4-1 (15 KOs=75%) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. In their first bout Kaew lost to Kimura by majority decision (January 18, 2015), after this fight the Thai has won three consecutive bouts. Kaew vs Kimura 2, main event of “K-1 WGP 2015 The Championship”, is valid for the K-1 World GP -65kg title (Kaew’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Adriano Moraes vs Kairat Akhmetov full fight Video ONE FC – 2015
Adriano Moraes entered this fight with a pro mma record of 13-1-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 flyweight in the world. He suffered his only loss in 2013 when he faced Yusup Saadulaev (=Moraes vs Saadulaev), since then he has won four consecutive bouts beating Asuka Mikami in his last one.
His opponent, the undefeated Kairat Akhmetov, has a perfect record of 22-0-0 (82% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.56 in the same weight class. He has fought once in 2015 winning over Artemij Sitenkov. Moraes vs Akhmetov is valid for the ONE flyweight title (held by Moraes); undercard of Marat Gafurov vs Jadambaa Narantungalag – “One Championship: Dynasty of Champions”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Marat Gafurov vs Jadambaa Narantungalag full fight Video ONE FC – 2015
The undefeated former M-1 Global Fw champion Marat Gafurov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 12-0-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.27 featherweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2015 defeating Ev Ting and Martin Nguyen (bout valid for the interim One Fw title, Gafurov vs Nguyen).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and karate Jadambaa Narantungalag, has an official record of 10-3-0 (50% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.35 in the same weight class. He lost to Koji Ando in 2013 but then he came back to win beating Honorio Banario and Koji Oishi (fight valid for the One Fw belt). Gafurov vs Narantungalag, main event of “One Championship: Dynasty of Champions”, is valid for the unification of the ONE featherweight title; they also faced each other a second time on November 11, 2016 (=Marat Gafurov vs Jadambaa Narantungalag 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
2015 MMA fight – Brian Foster vs Joao Zeferino 2 – full fight Video WSOF 25
Brian Foster entered this fight with a pro mma record of 24-8-0 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.51 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Joao Zeferino, has a record of 20-6-0 (80% finishing rate). Foster vs Zeferino 2 is the final of Wsof lightweight tournament; the Brazilian defeated Foster by submission in the quarterfinal but since Islam Mamedov and Mike Ricci were injured after winning the quarterfinals, Foster fought in the semifinal winning over Luis Palomino and going to the final, while in the other semifinal Zeferino beat Jorge Patino. Watch the video and rate this fight!