Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-03, crazy back and forth battle with some brutal exchanges and a breathtaking finish: Jose Zepeda vs Ivan Baranchyk is a candidate for Fight of the Year 2020 and it gets five stars! Moreover this fight took second place in the ‘Top 10 Boxing Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).Jose Zepeda entered this fight with a boxing record of 32-2-0 (25 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super lightweight in the world. He lost to Jose Carlos Ramirez last year (via majority decision, Jose Carlos Ramirez vs Jose Zepeda) but then ‘Chon’ Zepeda has beat Jose Pedraza (Jose Pedraza vs Jose Zepeda) and Kendo Castaneda (Jose Zepeda vs Kendo Castaneda).
His opponent, the 2009 world amateur junior and former IBF super-Lw champion Ivan Baranchyk, has an official record of 20-1-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced current #1 super-Lw Josh Taylor in May 2019 (Josh Taylor vs Ivan Baranchyk), after this bout he came back to win against Gabriel Bracero (Ivan Baranchyk vs Gabriel Bracero). Baranchyk vs Zepeda is valid for the vacant WBC Silver super-lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2020-10-03
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg)
Title: vacant WBC Silver super-lightweight title
Result: Click here to show the fight’s result
Jose Zepeda def. Ivan Baranchyk (KO at 2:50, round 5)
Zepeda’s next fight: Jose Zepeda vs Henry Lundy
Baranchyk’s next fight: Ivan Baranchyk vs Montana Love
Jose Zepeda vs Ivan Baranchyk fight video:
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https://youtu.be/7xebWC8sTP8
Official video
I just watched this fight in Spanish, which I don’t speak, then immediately watched it over in English because I could hardly believe what I’d witnessed.
I dearly hope Baranchyk makes a complete recovery.
Fantastic fight.
Wow!
Although probably as dramatic (because of the harrowing final KO) as a boxing showdown can get and, at the same time, giving all my respect to these two men risking their lives on the ring, I don’t think this is a great fight…
Pretty entertaining but not too well fought. Too many, not completely justified knockdowns (several of them coming from unclear, messy punches and trips), not so good technical level and an absolute disregard for defensive skills (yes this is one of my pet peeves).
Fight of the year candidate? Well this is Covid’s year and everything is possible but compare this with Donaire/Inoue for example. Regards
This was suicide,not boxing !
Too bad Zepeda hit Baranchyk with a cheap punch to the head just before the knockout. Who knows if that mad a difference. Otherwise, a very good fight.