LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2013-08-24, fight not particularly exciting between Ganigan Lopez and Mateo Handig: it gets two stars. Ganigan Lopez (22-5-0, 15 KOs) entered as the No.9 minimumweight in the world while Mateo Handig (13-5-0, 7 KOs) entered as the No.13. Lopez vs Handig is valid for the vacant WBC United States (USNBC) minimumweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-24, great start and two knockdowns between Abner Mares and Jhonny Gonzalez: it gets three stars. The undefeated Abner Mares (26-0-1, 14 KOs) entered as the No.1 featherweight in the world while Jhonny Gonzalez (54-8-0, 46 KOs) entered as the No.7. Mares vs Gonzalez is valid for the WBC featherweight title (Mares’ first defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-24, pretty boring fight between Juergen Braehmer and Stefano Abatangelo: it gets one star. Juergen Braehmer (40-2-0, 31 KOs) entered as the No.13 light heavyweight in the world while Stefano Abatangelo (17-2-1, 6 KOs) entered as the No.47. Braehmer vs Abatangelo is valid for the EBU and WBO International light heavyweight titles. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-24, fight not particularly good: Arthur Abraham vs Willbeforce Shihepo gets two stars. Arthur Abraham (36-4-0, 28 KOs) entered as the No.9 super middleweight in the world while Willbeforce Shihepo (20-6-0, 15 KOs) entered as the No.70. Abraham vs Shihepo is valid for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title; undercard of Juergen Braehmer vs Stefano Abatangelo. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-24, it seems more an mateur bout than a professional one: Kubrat Pulev vs Tony Thompson gets one star. The undefeated Kubrat Pulev (17-0-0, 9 KOs) entered as the No.3 heavyweight in the world while Tony Thompson (38-3-0, 26 KOs) entered as the No.7. Pulev vs Thompson is valid for the IBF International heavyweight title; undercard of Juergen Braehmer vs Stefano Abatangelo. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-23, pretty good fight with one knockdown: Claudio Marrero vs Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar gets three stars. The undefeated Claudio Marrero (14-0-0, 11 KOs) entered as the No.72 featherweight in the world while Jesus Cuellar (22-1-0, 18 KOs) entered as the No.39. Marrero vs Cuellar is valid for the interim WBA World featherweight title; undercard of Argenis Mendez vs Arash Usmanee. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-23, nice and close fight between Argenis Mendez and Arash Usmanee: it gets three stars. Compubox punching statistics showed that Mendez landed a total of 314 of 876 punches (36% accuracy rate) compared to 276 of 1119 for Usmanee. Argenis Mendez (21-2-0, 11 KOs) entered as the No.2 super featherweight in the world while Arash Usmanee (20-1-0, 10 KOs) entered as the No.53. Mendez vs Usmanee is valid for the IBF super featherweight title (Mendez’s first defense); first event promoted by the new “Iron Mike Productions”, the new Promotional Company owned by Mike Tyson (and founded by Garry Jonas). Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-21, something good in the second part of the fight but the bout between Marat Gafurov and Yuri Ivlev was not particularly exciting: it gets two stars. Marat Gafurov ranked as the No.46 featherweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 7-0-0 (71% finishing rate) while Yuri Ivlev had a record of 20-7-0 (85% finishing rate). Gafurov vs Ivlev is not valid anymore for the M-1 Challenge featherweight title because Ivlev didn’t make weight (1,5 kg more) – M-1 Challenge 41. Watch the video!
Review: 2013-08-21, fight not particularly good between Chaban Ka and Marcin Tybura: it gets two stars. Chaban Ka ranked as the No.44 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 6-1-1 (83% finishing rate) while Marcin Tybura had a record of 7-0-0 (72% finishing rate). Chaban Ka vs Tybura is the semifinal of M-1 heavyweight Grand Prix 2013 – M-1 Challenge 41. Watch the video!
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 33: (Mon-Sun) from August 12, 2013 to August 18, 2013. Boxing Fight of the Week: Juan Diaz vs Adailton De Jesus Boxing Knockout of the Week: Artur Szpilka vs Mike Mollo 2 Mma … Read more
