Pictured: WBO World Super Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham, TTR's #2 ranked contender for Lineal World Champion Andre Ward's title


During the two-day period of Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27, six boxers currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best in their respective divisions were in action. Only two, Arthur Abraham and Matthew Macklin, were victorious. The others, Anselmo Moreno, Arman Torosyan, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, and Tavoris Cloud, suffered defeats.

In addition, Felix Alvarado, Denis Lebedev, and Emiliano Marsili may be re-entering TTR's rankings as a result of their wins this past weekend.

TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Friday, September 26, 2014-

Mesquite, Texas, USA-

WBA World Bantamweight Super Championship-
Juan Carlos Payano (WBA #2; 16-0, 8 KOs)
Unan. Tech. Dec. 6 3:00
Super Champion Anselmo Moreno (The Ring #1, TTR #2, TBRBoard #2; 35-3-1, 12 KOs)
- Payano was cut by an accidental clash of heads in the second round. The cut worsened causing the bout to be stopped after the sixth round.
- Payano won by the scores of 59-55, 58-56, and 58-56.

Saturday, September 27, 2014-

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany-

WBO World Super Middleweight Title-
Champion Arthur Abraham (TTR #2, TBRBoard #2, The Ring #2; 41-4, 28 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Paul Smith (WBO #5; 35-4, 20 KOs)
- The scores were 117-110, 119-109, and 117-110.

Middleweight Bout-
Matthew Macklin (The Ring #7, TBRBoard #8, TTR #9, WBC #9, WBO #14; 31-5, 20 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 8
Jose Yebes (12-5-1, 5 KOs)
- The scores were 77-75, 77-75, and 76-76.

Super Welterweight Bout-
Fouad El Massoudi (11-4, 1 KO)
PTS. 6
Arman Torosyan (TTR #18; 13-1-1, 10 KOs)

Moscow, Russia-

WBC World Cruiserweight Title-
Grigory Drozd (WBC #4, WBO #4, The Ring #5, TTR #6, TBRBoard #7; 39-1, 27 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (TTR #2, The Ring #2, TBRBoard #3; 49-3-1, 35 KOs)
- Wlodarczyk was knocked down in the eighth round.
- Drozd won by the scores of 118-109, 119-108, and 119-108.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-

Vacant NABA Light Heavyweight Title-
Artur Beterbiev (6-0, 6 KOs)
KO-2 0:38
Tavoris Cloud (The Ring #7, TBRBoard #8, WBC #10, TTR #13, WBA #14; 24-3, 19 KOs)


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

Friday, September 26, 2014-

Managua, Nicaragua-

Light Flyweight Bout-
Felix Alvarado (The Ring #7 at 108; WBA #15 at 112; 19-2, 16 KOs)
KO-1 1:50
Jose Aguilar (15-14-4, 6 KOs)

Saturday, September 27, 2014-

Moscow, Russia-

WBA World Cruiserweight Title-
Champion Denis Lebedev (The Ring #3, TBRBoard #5; 26-2, 20 KOs)
KO-2
Pawel Kolodziej (WBA #4, TBRBoard #9, WBO #13; 33-1, 18 KOs)
- This was Lebedev's first bout since May 17, 2013 and his first win since December 17, 2012.

Vierbo, Lazio, Italy-

EBU European Lightweight Title-
Champion Emiliano Marsili (IBF #3, WBC #7; 30-0-1, 13 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Gyorgy Mizsei, Jr. (20-11, 12 KOs)
- The scores were 118-111, 116-113, and 116-113.