Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-22, disappointing fight between Zolani Tete and Arthur Villanueva: it gets two stars.The former Ibf super-Flw champion Zolani Tete entered this fight with a boxing record of 24-3-0 (20 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.6 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Shinsuke Yamanaka). He suffered his last loss when he faced Roberto Domingo Sosa in 2012 (=Sosa vs Tete), since then he has won eight consecutive bouts beating Jose Santos Gonzalez (=Tete vs Gonzalez) and Victor Ruiz in 2016 (=Tete vs Ruiz).
His opponent, Arthur Villanueva, has an official record of 30-1-0 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class. He lost to McJoe Arroyo in 2015 (=Arroyo vs Villanueva) but then he has won over Victor Mendez (=Villanueva vs Mendez) and Juan Jimenez. Zolani Tete vs Arthur Villanueva, WBO bantamweight title eliminator, is on the undercard of Tommy Langford vs Avtandil Khurtsidze. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-04-22
Where: Leicester Arena, Leicester, United Kingdom
Division: bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg)
Tete’s previous fight: Zolani Tete vs Victor Ruiz
Tete’s next fight: Zolani Tete vs Siboniso Gonya
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Tete vs Villanueva Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Very good management of distance and sharp jabs by Tete.
Also fascinating to watch him keep his forefoot outside of his opponents whenever he’s at a punching range.
I think he’s a very underappreciated fighter despite his technical abilities as well as destructive power. I honestly think he could beat Yamanaka with ease.
agree i think he’s not fully appreciated, also down to the marketing. in terms of ability and skill he has a lot.will be a good fight vs yamanka id pick tete close