Pictured: Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr.


During the two-day period of Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13, eight boxers currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best of their respective divisions were in action. Five, Raul Garcia, Scott Quigg, Humberto Soto, Leo Santa Cruz, and Pound-For-Pound king Floyd Mayweather, Jr., won; two, Miguel Vazquez and Marcos Maidana, lost; and one, Anthony Crolla, fought to a technical draw.

While during the three-day period of Thursday, September 11 through Saturday, September 13, WBA Interim World featherweight champ Jesus Cuellar and two undefeated fighters, Erik Skoglund and Arman Torosyan, won bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR's participating members which may impact TTR's rankings in the near future.

TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Friday, September 12, 2014-

La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico-

Flyweight Bout-
Raul "Rayito" Garcia (WBC #3 at 105; WBO #8, TTR #11, IBF #12- all at 108; 35-3-1, 22 KOs)
PTS. 10
Job Solano (13-20-2, 5 KOs)
- Garcia, a former two-time World mini-flyweight champion (IBF- 2008-2010; WBO- 2011), has won five of his six bouts since losing the WBO title.

Saturday, September 13, 2014-

Manchester, Lancashire, England-

WBO Inter-Continental Lightweight Title-
Champion Anthony Crolla (WBO #4, TTR #10, WBC #24; 28-4-2, 11 KOs)
Tech. Draw 3 3:00
Gamaliel Diaz (WBC #26 at 130; 38-11-3, 17 KOs)
- Former WBC World super featherweight champion Diaz was cut by an accidental clash of heads.

WBA World Super Bantamweight Title-
Champion Scott Quigg (TBRBoard #3, The Ring #3, TTR #5; 29-0-2, 22 KOs)
TKO-3
Stephane Jamoye (WBC #10 at 118; WBA #12 at 122; 26-6, 16 KOs)
- This was Quigg's fourth successful defense of the WBA title.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Vacant WBO NABO Junior Welterweight Title-
Humberto Soto (WBC #5, IBF #9, TTR #13; 65-8-2, 1 NC, 35 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
John Molina (27-5, 22 KOs)
- Soto's WBC International Silver super lightweight title was not on the line.
- Soto won the foul-filled brawl by the scores of 95-92, 96-91, and 95-92.

IBF World Lightweight Title-
Mickey Bey (IBF #10; 21-1-1, 1 NC, 10 KOs)
Solit Dec. 12
Champion Miguel Vazquez (The Ring #1, TTR #2, TBRBoard #2; 34-4, 13 KOs)
- Vazquez was defending the IBF title for the seventh time.
- The scores were 115-113 for Bey, 115-113 for Vazquez, and 119-109 for Bey.

WBC World Super Bantamweight Title-
Champion Leo Santa Cruz (TTR #2, TBRBoard #2, The Ring #2; 28-0-1, 16 KOs)
KO-2 0:55
Manuel Roman (WBC #12 at 118; 17-3-3, 1 NC, 6 KOs)
- Santa Cruz dropped Roman with an overhand right in round two.
- Santa Cruz is now 8-0 in world title bouts and has successfully defended the WBC title three times.

WBC World, Ring Magazine World, and WBA Unified World Welterweight Titles-
Champion Floyd Mayweather (TTR #1, TBRBoard #1; TTR #1 P4P, TBRBoard #1 P4P, The Ring #1 P4P; 47-0, 26 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Marcos Maidana (WBA #2, WBC #3, TTR #5, TBRBoard #5, The Ring #5; 35-5, 31 KOs)
- The WBC ruled that if Mayweather lost, the WBC World super welterweight title, which Mayweather also holds, would have been declared vacant.
- The scores were 115-112, 116-111, and 116-111.
- It should be noted that Mayweather is also the lineal World junior middleweight champion, the Ring Magazine World junior middleweight champion, and the WBA World super welterweight super champion.

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

Thursday, September 11, 2014-

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

WBA Interim World Featherweight Title-
Interim champion Jesus "El Forastero" Cuellar (WBA #1; 25-1, 19 KOs)
KO-2 1:36
Juan Manuel Lopez (WBA #15; 34-5, 31 KOs)

Saturday, September 13, 2014-

Copenhagen, Denmark-

EBU European Union (EU) and Vacant IBF Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Titles-
EBU EU champion Erik Skoglund (WBO #4, IBF #5, WBA #11, WBC #16; 21-0, 11 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Stefano Abatangelo (18-4-1, 6 KOs)
- Skoglund's WBC Youth World title was not on the line.
- Abatangelo was the official challenger for Skoglund's EU title and is listed above the ranked contenders.
- Skoglund is ranked #2 and Abatangelo #9 in the EBU's European ratings.
- The IBF ranks Skoglund #2 and Abatangelo #13 in its Intercontinental ratings.
- Skoglund won by the scores of 118-109, 120-106, and 118-108.

Super Welterweight Bout-
Arman Torosyan (13-0-1, 10 KOs)
KO-1 2:00
Torben Keller (10-1-1, 3 KOs)