Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-16, exciting back and forth battle with some tough exchanges from the first bell: Shinsuke Yamanaka vs Anselmo Moreno 2 is one of the best boxing fights of 2016 and it gets four stars!The undefeated Wbc champion Shinsuke Yamanaka entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 25-0-2 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world. He won the Wbc belt in 2011 against Christian Esquivel (=Yamanaka vs Esquivel) and since then he has successfully defended it ten times beating Liborio Solis in 2016 (=Yamanaka vs Solis).
His opponent, the former Wba Bw champion Anselmo Moreno, has an official record of 36-4-1 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Juan Carlos Payano (=Moreno vs Payano) and Yamanaka in their first bout (=Yamanaka vs Moreno). After this fight he has beat Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (=Moreno vs Suriyan). Yamanaka vs Moreno 2 is valid for the WBC World bantamweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-09-16
Where: Edion Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Division: bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg)
Title: WBC World bantamweight title
Yamanaka’s previous fight: Shinsuke Yamanaka vs Liborio Solis
Moreno’s previous fight: Anselmo Moreno vs Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
Yamanaka’s next fight: Shinsuke Yamanaka vs Carlos Carlson
Moreno’s next fight: Anselmo Moreno vs Julio Ceja
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tango2042 
Olivier Veillette 
Arjay Cee 
Mattsnow 
It’s too bad that Anselmo isn’t the hardest hitter and that Yamanaka has a superb chin.
Still, it’s one of the most exciting boxing fights this year.
Yeah he is definitely the better skilled fighter. Yamanaka has awful defense but a great chin and hits hard. This match really reminded me of the old school boxer vs puncher wars.
Maan…Anselmo used to be so slick defensively. He got crushed in this bout. Yamanaka is pretty solid… nice jab, balance, straight left to the body…. Nothing crazy. Just seemed to be the stronger of the two.