Pictured: newly crowned IBF World Welterweight Champion Kell Brook


During the two-day period of Friday, August 15 and Saturday, August 16, thirteen fighters currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best of their respective divisions were in action. Eight, Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo, Denis Shafikov, Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Jorge Linares, Deontay Wilder, Omar Figueroa, Anthony Dirrell, and Kell Brook, were victorious while five, Rustam Nugaev, Firat Arslan, Daniel Estrada, Sakio Bika, and Shawn Porter, suffered defeats.

In a bout held August 16 featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings, Golden Jack Culcay outpointed Isaac Real.

TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Friday, August 15, 2014-

Pathum Thani, Thailand-

Non-title Super Featherweight Bout-
WBO Asia Pacific featherweight champion Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (WBO #1, IBF #5, WBA #9, TTR #12, WBC #40; 52-1, 33 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 6
Wang Yi Ming (2-3, 2 KOs)
- Piriyapinyo stayed active fighting on the undercard of the Thewa OnesongchaiGym-Xian Wei Qian WBC Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) featherweight title bout. (Qian outpointed Thewa over 12 rounds.) Chonlatarn, AKA Chonlatarn OnesongchaiGym, held the ABCO featherweight title from 2004 until he relinquished it in 2012 after signing to fight for the WBA World featherweight super championship.

Santa Ynez, California, USA-

IBF World Lightweight Title Eliminator-
Denis Shafikov (IBF #9, TTR #9; 34-1-1, 19 KOs)
TKO-9 1:16
Rustam Nugaev (WBA #3, IBF #5, TTR #13; 27-7-1, 17 KOs)
- Shafikov avoided Nugaev's bombs and countered effectively to Nugaev's head and body.
- As the fight went on, Shafikov was able to inflict more and more punishment. Referee Jack Reiss wisely halted the contest in the ninth round.
- With the win, Shafikov became the mandatory challenger for the IBF title.

Saturday, August 16, 2014-

Erfurt, Thuringen, Germany-

IBF and Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Titles-
Champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (TBRBoard #2, TTR #3; 28-1, 14 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
Firat Arslan (The Ring #7, TTR #13, IBF #13; 34-8-2, 21 KOs)
- The scores were 115-113 for the 43-year-old former WBA World champion and 115-113 and 116-113 for Hernandez.

Carson, California, USA-

Lightweight Bout-
Jorge Linares (WBC #2, WBA #2, TTR #8, The Ring #8; 37-3, 24 KOs)
KO-2 1:21
Ira Terry (26-12, 1 NC, 16 KOs)

Heavyweight Bout-
Deontay Wilder (WBC #1, WBO #3, IBF #4, TBRBoard #6, The Ring #6, WBA #7, TTR #12; 32-0, 32 KOs)
TKO-4 3:00
Jason Gavern (25-17-4, 11 KOs)
- Wilder, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, floored Gavern in the third and fourth rounds.

WBC World Lightweight Title-
Champion Omar Figueroa (TTR #5, The Ring #5, TBRBoard #9; 24-0-1, 18 KOs)
TKO-9 1:00
Daniel Estrada (WBC #1, The Ring #4, TTR #16; 32-3-1, 24 KOs)
- Figueroa floored Estrada with a hard right in the ninth round. Estrada got right up but Figueroa's followup barrage forced the referee to mercifully stop the contest.

WBC World Super Middleweight Title-
Anthony Dirrell (WBC #5, WBO #6, TTR #7, TBRBoard #7; 27-0-1, 22 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Sakio Bika (TTR #3, TBRBoard #4, The Ring #5; 32-6-3, 21 KOs)
- Bika lost a point for a low blow in the eighth round.
- The scores were 114-113, 116-111, and 117-110.
- Scoring the ugly, foul-filled bout for TTR, I also had Dirrell winning, 116-111.

IBF World Welterweight Title-
Kell Brook (IBF #1, The Ring #5, TTR #9, TBRBoard #9; 33-0, 22 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
Champion Shawn Porter (The Ring #4, TTR #6, TBRBoard #6; 24-1-1, 15 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112, 117-111, and 114-114.
- Scoring the bout for TTR, I also had Brook, who landed the cleaner punches, winning 116-112. Porter was the aggressor but Brook was in control.


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

Saturday, August 16, 2014-

Erfurt, Thuringen, Germany-

WBA Inter-Continental and EBU European Super Welterweight Titles-
WBA Inter-Continental champion Golden Jack Culcay (WBA #4, WBO #8, IBF #13, WBC #33; 19-1, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
EBU European champion Isaac "Chaca" Real (WBC #10; 10-1-1, 5 KOs)
- Culcay bounced back from a third round knockdown to win by the scores of 115-112, 115-113, and 117-110.