Review: 2014-09-06, pretty good fight between Kiko Martinez and Carl Frampton: their second fight gets three stars. Kiko Martinez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 31-4-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux); he suffered his last defeat at the beginning of 2013 when he faced Frampton for the first time (=Frampton vs Martinez I), since then he won four consecutive bouts winning the Ibf super-Bw belt against then-undefeated Jhonatan Romero (=Romero vs Martinez). Martinez has already fought once in 2014 beating Hozumi Hasegawa in one of the best boxing fights of the year (4-stars-fight Martinez vs Hasegawa).
His opponent, the undefeated Carl Frampton, has a perfect record of 18-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class, he has fought once in 2014 as well, beating Hugo Fidel Cazares in two rounds (=Frampton vs Cazares). Martinez vs Frampton 2 is valid for the IBF super bantamweight title (Martinez’s third defense), first world title shot for Frampton. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-05, two true champions in a very nice fight with an exciting finish: Akira Yaegashi vs Roman Gonzalez is close to get four stars. Akira Yaegashi entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 20-3-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world, he suffered his last loss in 2012 when he faced then-undefeated Kazuto Ioka in a bout valid for the WBC and WBA minimumweight titles (=Ioka vs Yaegashi), after that bout Yaegashi moved up in weight class to the flyweight division winning the Wbc Flw belt against Toshiyuki Igarashi (=Igarashi vs Yaegashi) and successfully defended it three times.
His opponent, the undefeated Roman Gonzalez, has a perfect record of 39-0-0 (33 KOs=84%) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class, he was the Wba minimum and light-flyweight champion from 2008 to 2012 when he moved up in weight class to the flyweight. ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez vs Yaegashi is valid for the WBC flyweight title (Yaegashi’s fourth defense), first world title shot in the flyweight division for Gonzalez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-08-16, close fight but it was not very exciting: Shawn Porter vs Kell Brook gets two stars. Both undefeated, the American Shawn Porter entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 24-0-1 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Floyd Mayweather Jr), the only man who stopped him in a draw was Julio Diaz in 2012 but he managed to beat him one year later (=Porter vs Diaz 2); after this bout he won over Devon Alexander (=Alexander vs Porter) and Paul Malignaggi (=Porter vs Malignaggi).
His opponent, Kell Brook, has a perfect record of 32-0-0 (22 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he has already fought in 2014 beating Alvaro Robles (=Brook vs Robles). Porter vs Brook is valid for the IBF welterweight title (Porter’s second defense), first world title-shot for Brook. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-08-09, epic and very exciting battle thanks to an amazing performance by two of the best boxers in the world (we would like to know how many punches they threw and landed): Katsunari Takayama vs Francisco Rodriguez Jr is a candidate for Fight of the Year 2014 and it gets five stars! Katsunari Takayama entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-6-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 minimumweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Mateo Handig (via split decision), but after that bout he won the Ibf belt against Mario Rodriguez (=Rodriguez vs Takayama) and defended the title twice: against Vergilio Silvano (=Takayama vs Silvano) and Shin Ono (=Takayama vs Ono).
His opponent, the 21-year-old Francisco Rodriguez Jr (ten years younger than Takayama), has an official record of 14-2-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class, he lost his last bout in 2013 when he faced Roman Gonzalez (=Gonzalez vs Rodriguez Jr); after that bout he won three times and in his last fight he won the Wbo belt against Merlito Sabillo (=Sabillo vs Rodriguez Jr). Takayama vs Rodriguez Jr is valid for the IBF and WBO minimumweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-07-26, good fight between Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Geale: it gets three stars. The undefeated Gennady Golovkin entered this fight with a perfect record of 29-0-0 (26 KOs=90%) and he is ranked as the No.1 middleweight in the world, he has already fought in 2014 beating Osumanu Adama in February (=Golovkin vs Adama).
His opponent, Daniel Geale, has an official record of 30-2-0 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class, the only two fights he lost were world title bouts and he was defeated via split decision: against Anthony Mundine in 2009 (4-stars-figt Mundine vs Geale) and against Darren Barker in 2013 (=Geale vs Barker); he came back to victory in 2014 beating Garth Wood (=Geale vs Wood). ‘GGG’ Golovkin vs Geale is valid for the IBO and WBA Super World middleweight titles (both belts held by Golovkin). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-07-19, disappointing and controversial fight between Guillermo Rigondeaux and Sod Kokietgym: it gets two stars. The undefeated 2000 and 2004 Olympic bantamweight gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux entered this fight with a perfect record of 13-0-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super bantamweight in the world, he fought twice last year defeating Nonito Donaire (=Donaire vs Rigondeaux and Joseph Agbeko (=Rigondeaux vs Agbeko).
His opponent, Sod Kokietgym, has an official record of 63-2-1 (28 knockouts) and he entered as the No.63 in the same weight class, he suffered his last defeat in 2006 when he faced Daniel Ponce De Leon in their rematch (The Mexican had already won the first fight in 2005), since then he has collected 36 wins and one draw (against Jack Asis in 2009). Rigondeaux vs Kokietgym is valid for the WBA and WBO super bantamweight titles (both belts held by Rigondeaux); undercard of Zou Shiming vs Luis De la Rosa. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-07-12, two very different style of boxing and two of the best boxers in the world do not always produce a good fight: Saul Alvarez vs Erislandy Lara gets two stars. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez entered this fight with a professional Boxing record of 43-1-1 (31 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 light middleweight in the world, he is just 23 years old (8 years younger than Lara) and last year he suffered his only loss when he faced the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr in a fight valid for the WBC and WBA light-Mw belts (=Mayweather vs Alvarez). ‘Canelo’ came back to victory in 2014 beating Alfredo Angulo (=Alvarez vs Angulo).
His opponent, Erislandy Lara, has an official record of 19-1-2 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he faced Paul Williams (via majority decision Williams vs Lara), since then he has collected four victories and one draw, against Vanes Martirosyan (=Martirosyan vs Lara). Canelo vs Lara is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-28, exciting back and forth battle between Terence Crawford and Yuriorkis Gamboa: it is very close to get four stars! Both undefeated, the American Terence Crawford entered this fight with a perfect record of 23-0-0 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Miguel Vazquez), he has already fought in 2014 winning the Wbo belt against Ricky Burns (=Burns vs Crawford).
His opponent, the 2004 Olympic flyweight gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa, has the same record of 23-0-0 (16 KOs) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 8, 2013 when he beat Darleys Perez in a bout valid for the interim WBA World lightweight title (=Gamboa vs Perez); Gamboa has won world titles in three different weight classes, Crawford ‘just’ in one but he is 26 years old while the Cuban is 32. Crawford vs Gamboa is valid for the WBO lightweight title (Crawford’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-07, great fight between Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto: it gets three stars. The 39-year-old Sergio Gabriel Martinez (six years older than Cotto) entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 51-2-2 (28 knockouts), he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 27, 2013 when he defeated Martin Murray (=Martinez vs Murray) but he was the No.1 middleweight in the world. ‘Maravilla’ Martinez suffered his last defeat (by majority decision) in 2009 when he faced Paul Williams for the first time, but he took revenge on the American in their secon bout (The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2010: Martinez vs Williams 2); the Argentinian comes off seven consecutive wins.
His opponent, Miguel Angel Cotto, has an official record of 38-4-0 (31 KOs=81%) and he entered as the No.4 light middleweight, he has won world titles in three different weight classes and in this fight he moved up to the Mw division. Cotto suffered two consecutive defeats in 2012, against Floyd Mayweather Jr (=Mayweather vs Cotto) and Austin Trout (=Cotto vs Trout) but he came back to victory in 2013 beating Delvin Rodriguez (=Cotto vs Rodriguez). ‘Maravilla’ Martinez vs Cotto is valid for the WBC middleweight title (first fight and world title shot for Cotto in the Mw division). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-31, the second fight between Carl Froch and George Groves was not as exciting as their first bout but it is close to get four stars thanks to a spectacular finish! Carl Froch entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 32-2-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super middleweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced #1 Andre Ward (in the final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament, Ward vs Froch), since then he has fought and won four times winning the IBF super-Mw title against then-undefeated Lucian Bute in 2012 (=Froch vs Bute) and successfully defended it against Yusaf Mack (=Froch vs Mack); then he beat Mikkel Kessler (=Froch vs Kessler 2) and George Groves (four-stars-fight, Froch vs Groves I).
His opponent, the 26-year-old George Groves (10 years younger than Froch), has an official record of 19-1-0 (15 KOs=79%) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class, he has never won a world title but he was ahead on points during the first bout against Froch till the referee ended the contest prematurely… Froch vs Groves 2 is valid for the IBF and WBA Super World super middleweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review: 2014-09-06, pretty good fight between Kiko Martinez and Carl Frampton: their second fight gets three stars. Kiko Martinez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 31-4-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux); he suffered his last defeat at the beginning of 2013 when he faced Frampton for the first time (=Frampton vs Martinez I), since then he won four consecutive bouts winning the Ibf super-Bw belt against then-undefeated Jhonatan Romero (=Romero vs Martinez). Martinez has already fought once in 2014 beating Hozumi Hasegawa in one of the best boxing fights of the year (4-stars-fight Martinez vs Hasegawa).
Review: 2014-08-16, close fight but it was not very exciting: Shawn Porter vs Kell Brook gets two stars. Both undefeated, the American Shawn Porter entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 24-0-1 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 welterweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is 
Review: 2014-08-09, epic and very exciting battle thanks to an amazing performance by two of the best boxers in the world (we would like to know how many punches they threw and landed): Katsunari Takayama vs Francisco Rodriguez Jr is a candidate for 
