Fighters of the Week

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Fighters of the Week  1. Anthony Joshua: AJ is now a three-division unified champion after a, shall we say, methodical effort against Joseph Parker. Now, Deontay Wilder awaits, and the countdown to the megafight is on.

Fighters of the Week  2. Robin van Roosmalen: Unified the Glory Featherweight championships after a slow start, which isn’t surprising, then laid a beating on Kevin VanNostrand.

Fighters of the Week  3. Ryan Burnett: Coasted to an easy win over Yonfrez Parejo on the Joshua-Parker card to retain his WBA Bantamweight crown.

Fighters of the Week  4. Alexander Povetkin: Absolutely starched David Price and is waiting in the wings in case things go south with Wilder and Joshua.

Fighters of the Week  5. Vagner Rocha: In a very entertaining bout, Rocha and Bill Cooper went at it in the main event of Fight To Win Pro 68, which Rocha earning a rear-naked choke win and a FOTN bonus on top of it.

6. Niclas Larsen/Anatoly Moiseev: Advances to Kunlun Fight’s super-mega-gigantic 70kg tournament to be held sometime in 2048.

7. Alexey Kunchenko: We talked a little about Kunchenko in Under The Radar last week, and he rolled on to 18-0 and still atop the mountain at M-1.

8. Roman Kopylov: Is the Fight Nights Global middleweight champion after Abusupyan Alikhanov’s corner had enough in the main event of FNG 85.

9. Aliaskhab Khizriev: Anyone who destroys Rousimar Palhares in under a minute gets a spot on the list, and Khizriev did so at Fight Nights Global 85.

10. Jomthong Chuwattana: In the Kunlun Fight 71 singles headliner, Jomthong took down Dzianis Zuev by decision.

11. Robbie Davies Jr.: Knocked down Michal Syrowatka three times en route to claiming WBA’s Continental Junior Welterweight title, so a world title fight at 140 isn’t far off.

12. Mose Auimatagi Jr.: In an upset that cost yours truly some cash, Auimatagi handed favorite Morgan Jones his first career loss in Cardiff on the AJ-Parker undercard.

13. Josh Kelly: The British olympian defeated former world champion and hard-nosed journeyman Carlos Molina to improve to 6-0, claimed a WBA International title, and is due for big things after his biggest challenge yet.

14. Jason Quigley: Since the main event was nuked with a very, very late-replacement, I’ll give Quigley, in the co-main event on ESPN, the nod here.

15. Magomed Ismailov: Made short work of UFC veteran Ildemar Alcantara, finishing him via TKO in the first round of Fight Nights Global 65.

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