Pictured: Lineal World Junior Featherweight Champion Guillermo Rigondeaux


During the four-day period of Friday, July 18 through Monday, July 21, seven boxers currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best in their respective divisions were in action. Six, Zolani Tete, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Brian Viloria, Mark Anthony Geraldo, Victor Emilio Ramirez, and Shingo Wake, were victorious, while one, Karim Mayfield, suffered a defeat.

In addition, Lwandile Sityatha, Gilberto Ramirez, and Zou Shiming won bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings.


TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Friday, July 18, 2014-

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan-

Vacant IBF World Junior Bantamweight Title-
Zolani Tete (IBF #1, The Ring #4, TTR #5, TBRBoard #6; 19-3, 16 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Teiru Kinoshita (IBF #6; 19-1-1, 3 KOs)
- The scores were 118-110, 118-110, and 119-109.

Huntington, New York, USA-

Welterweight Bout-
Emmanuel Taylor (18-2, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Karim Mayfield (TTR #13, WBC #14- both at 140; 18-2-1, 11 KOs)
- Taylor weighed in at 141 1/2; Mayfield at 143.
- Mayfield knocked Taylor down in the eighth round.
- The scores were 97-92, 95-94, and 95-94.

Saturday, July 19, 2014-

Macao, Macao S.A.R., China-

Lineal, WBO, and Ring Magazine World Junior Featherweight Titles/WBA Unified World Super Bantamweight Championship-
Champion/Unified champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (TTR #5 P4P, The Ring #7 P4P, TBRBoard #8 P4P; 14-0, 9 KOs)
KO-1 1:44
Sod Kokietgym (AKA Sod Looknongyangtoy; WBO #5, WBA #10; 63-3-1, 28 KOs)

Flyweight Bout-
Brian Viloria (TTR #3, TBRBoard #3, The Ring #3, WBA #4, WBO #6, IBF #7; 34-4, 1 NC, 1 ND, 20 KOs)
KO-5 1:42
Jose Alfredo Zuniga (11-6-1, 5 KOs as per BoxRec; 20-6-1, 9 KOs as per AOL Deportes Latino)

Non-title Bantamweight Bout-
WBO Asia Pacific Youth junior bantamweight champion Mark Anthony Geraldo (WBO #3, IBF #10, TTR #14, WBC #24- all at 115; 31-4-3, 14 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 6
Mexican super flyweight champion Efrain Perez (WBC #19 at 115; 17-5, 12 KOs)
- Geraldo weighed in at 116 1/4; Perez at 116 1/2.
- The scores were 57-55, 58-54, and 58-54.

Benavidez, Buenos Aires, Argentina-

IBF Latino Cruiserweight Title-
Champion Victor Emilio Ramirez (IBF #4, TTR #12; 20-2, 1 NC, 16 KOs)
KO-4 1:17
Cleiton Conceicao (19-6-2, 15 KOs)
- Conceicao was a late substitute. Ramirez was originally scheduled to defend against Deon Elam (13-1, 7 KOs).

Monday, July 21, 2014-

Okayama City, Okayama, Japan-

OPBF Super Bantamweight Title-
Champion Shingo Wake (WBA #4, WBC #5, WBO #9, TBRBoard #10, IBF #10, TTR #17; 17-4-2, 10 KOs)
TKO-10 0:27
Jaesung Lee (17-4-2, 9 KOs)
- Lee is the OPBF's #1 contender.


BOUTS FEATURING FIGHTERS NOT CURRENTLY RANKED BY TTR WHICH MAY IMPACT TTR'S RANKINGS:

Friday, July 18, 2014-

East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa-

IBO World Super Flyweight Title-
Lwandile Sityatha (WBA #9; 17-3-1, 7 KOs as per BoxRec; 18-2-1, 7 KOs as per FightNews)
Split Dec. 12
Champion Edrin Dapudong (WBC #34; 29-6, 17 KOs)
- The IBO #19 ranked Sityatha's World Boxing Federation World and WBA Pan African titles were not on the line.
- The scores were 115-113 for Dapudong and 116-112 and 116-112 for Sityatha.

Saturday, July 19, 2014-

Macao, Macao S.A.R., China-

NABF and vacant WBO International Super Middleweight Titles-
NABF champion Gilberto Ramirez (Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez; WBC #2, WBO #2, WBA #3, IBF #4; 29-0, 23 KOs)
TKO-1 1:58
Junior Talipeau (WBA #14; 20-3-1, 7 KOs)
- Ramirez' WBO NABO title was not on the line.
- Ramirez floored Talipeau three times.

Vacant WBO International Flyweight Title-
Zou Shiming (WBA #6; 5-0, 1 KO)
Unan. Dec. 10
Luis De La Rosa (IBF #10; 23-4-1, 13 KOs)
- Zou Shiming won medals as a light flyweight at three consecutive Olympics- bronze in 2004, gold in 2008, and gold in 2012.
- He defeated De La Rosa by the scores of 97-93, 99-91, and 99-91.