Sergey Lipinets vs. Walter Castillo: After a few weeks that were seriously void of action boxing fans can rejoice because this weekend should be full of it. The action starts on Friday night when ESPN airs a PBC card headlined by the undefeated Sergey Lipinets (9-0, 7 KO). Lipinets will take on Water Castillo (26-3-1, 19 KO) in a 10-round bout from the junior welterweight division. While Lipinets' career is still very young he has faced quality opposition in his last three fights. The fighter, who hails from Kazakhstan plies his trade out of the orthodox stance and has shown a stiff up and down jab. Lipinets doesn't mind falling behind on the cards because he is confident in his power. His left hook is a serious weapon, especially when he rips it to the body and his right hand can also do plenty of damage. On the defensive side of things Lipinets' skills are fine but far from jaw-dropping. He isn't the lightest on his feet but his head movement is pretty good. Usually the Kazakh fighter likes to get inside where he can really do damage to the body which is why it is always important for him to stay busy with his jab. As for Castillo he has much more professional experience than Lipinets does but most of those fights were against sub par fighters. His two biggest name opponents were Vicente Mosquera and Amir Imam and he lost to both of them. One thing he does have going for him against the heavy handed Lipinets is the fact that he has never been knocked out and hasn't touched the canvas since a 2008 knockout in only the third fight of his professional career. Like Lipinets, Castillo fights out of the orthodox stance and while he has some power it doesn't compare to what Lipinets brings. Castillo often likes to double up his jab but he rarely looks to do damage with it, he just uses it to set up his straight right hand. Along with those punches Castillo also throws a left hook but it comes in very wild at times. On defense Castillo isn't great and he will definitely eat his fair share of clean punches but he does try to avoid going to war if he can help it. In this fight Lipinets may not let him avoid going toe-to-toe and he will be able to get the better of most of the exchanges on his way to an eighth round stoppage win.
Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs. Rafael Vazquez: The co-feature, like the main event, will feature a fighter with less than 10 career fights who has shown very good power in his young career. That fighter is Tugstsogt Nyambayar (5-0, 5 KO) who hails from Mongolia. Nyambayar will take on veteran Rafael Vazquez (16-2, 13 KO) in a 10-round bout from the featherweight division. Vazquez is a 14 years older than Nyambayar and does have the experience advantage although his career got off to a very late start which saw his first professional fight come in 2010. Nyambayar is an orthodox fighter with quick hands and good power. He likes to fire off his jab and has a sneaky good left hook downstairs that he will bring behind the jab. Along with that left hook he also has a very strong straight right hand and he seems to fight just as well in the pocket as he does from the outside. Vazquez is also an orthodox fighter and he too has good power. Vazquez is the type of pugilist who likes to get inside and do battle and he has shown a good left hook. With that left hook Vazquez also has a monster right hand that is wild but does serious damage when it lands. This fight should be fun because both men will have their chins checked and it seems like whoever has the heaviest hands will win. Vazquez is coming off of a loss so he should be hungry to get back on track but unfortunately that won't be done against Nyambayar. Nayambayar has much faster hands than Vazquez so if he chooses to he can stick and move from the outside and pick his spots to attack because of this Nayambayar will be able to box his way to a unanimous decision victory.
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