Pictured: former WBA Interim World Super Lightweight Champion Mauricio Herrera


During the three-day period of Thursday, December 11 through Saturday, December 13, twenty-two fighters currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best in their respective divisions were in action. Seventeen won including one whose victory was controversial, four lost including one whose defeat was controversial, and one was held to a controversial draw.

The winners were Oscar Escandon, Austin Trout, Gabriel Campillo, Kiko Martinez, Simpiwe Vetyeka, Erislandy Lara, Benezer Alolod, Terry Flanagan, Beibut Shumenov, Jermell Charlo, Abner Mares, Keith Thurman, Amir Khan, Denis Shafikov, Francisco Vargas, John Riel Casimero, and Raul Garcia. Those suffering defeats were Ishe Smith, Devon Alexander, Mauricio Herrera, and Matt Korobov while Timothy Bradley was involved in the questionable stalemate.

Thursday, December 11, 2014-

Temecula, California, USA-

Vacant WBA Interim Super Bantamweight Title-
Oscar Escandon (WBA #2, TTR #12; 24-1, 16 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
Tyson Cave (WBA #5; 24-3, 8 KOs)
- The scores were 117-111 for Escandon, 115-113 for Cave, and 115-113 for Escandon.
- Teddy Atlas scoring the fight for ESPN2 had Cave winning 118-110 with Escandon winning only the third and twelfth rounds.
- Fans scoring the fight on ESPN's Facebook page gave Cave all twelve rounds
- I scored the bout for TTR and also had Cave as the winner but by a 115-113 score.

Non-title Middleweight Bout-
Austin Trout (TTR #3, TBRBoard #3, The Ring #3, WBA #6, WBO #6, WBC #10, IBF #13- all at 154; 28-2, 15 KOs)
TKO-7 3:00
Luis Grajeda (18-4-2, 14 KOs)
- Grajeda holds the World Professional Boxing Federation world super welterweight title.
- Trout weighed in at 156; Grajeda at 155 3/4.

Friday, December 12, 2014-

Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain-

Light Heavyweight Bout-
Gabriel Campillo (IBF #2, TBRBoard #9, WBC #9, The Ring #10, TTR #13; 25-6-1, 1 NC, 12 KOs as per BoxRec; also listed as 26-6-1, 12 KOs)
TKO-7
Mirzet Bajrektarevic (10-3, 5 KOs)
- Bajrektarevic was a late substitute. Campillo was originally scheduled to fight Tomas Adamek (21-10-2, 8 KOs).

Bantamweight Bout-
Kiko Martinez (TTR #3, TBRBoard #4, The Ring #4, IBF #8, WBO #10- all at 122; 32-5, 24 KOs)
TKO-2
George Gachechiladze (16-16-1, 9 KOs)
- Gachechiladze was a late substitute. Martinez was originally scheduled to fight Amor Belahdj Ali (13-3-1, 2 KOs).

East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa-

Vacant WBA International Featherweight Title-
Simpiwe Vetyeka (TTR #4, TBRBoard #4, WBA #4, The Ring #7; 27-3, 16 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Arturo "Rey" Santos (Arturo Santos Reyes; WBC #23 at 122; 18-4, 5 KOs)
- The judges had Vetyeka winning by 12 points, 7 points, and 10 points respectively.

San Antonio, Texas, USA-

WBA World Super Welterweight Title-
Champion Erislandy Lara (TTR #2, TBRBoard #2, The Ring #2; 20-2-2, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Ishe Smith (The Ring #7, TTR #10, WBA #10; 26-7, 12 KOs)
- The scores were 119-109, 119-109, and 117-111.
- Scoring the bout for TTR, I also had Lara winning 119-109.

Saturday, December 13, 2014-

Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Philippines-

Philippines Games & Amusement Board Light Flyweight Title-
Champion Benezer Alolod (TTR #15, WBO #15, WBC #27; 16-5-5, 5 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
Renren Tesorio (13-6-3, 4 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112 and 115-113 for Alolod and 115-113 for Tesorio.

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England-

Non-title Welterweight Bout-
BBBofC British lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (WBO #9, TTR #15, WBC #31- all at 135; 26-0, 10 KOs)
TKO-5 1:11
Danny Little (3-4-1, 0 KOs)

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA- MGM Grand-

Non-title Cruiserweight Bout-
Beibut Shumenov (WBA #2 at 200; The Ring #5, TBRBoard #6, TTR #10, IBF #12- all at 175; 15-2, 10 KOs)
TKO-5 3:00
West Virginia (USA) State and World Boxing Federation North American champion Bobby Thomas, Jr. (14-3-1, 9 KOs)

Super Welterweight Bout-
Jermell Charlo (WBO #2, WBC #3, The Ring #6, TBRBoard #7, TTR #8; 25-0, 11 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Mario Alberto Lozano (28-6, 22 KOs)
- Charlo won by three 100-90 scores.

Super Featherweight Bout-
Abner Mares (WBC #1, TTR #3, The Ring #3, WBO #3, IBF #5, TBRBoard #6- all at 126; 28-1-1, 15 KOs)
TKO-5 3:00
Jose Ramirez (25-5, 15 KOs)
- Mares knocked Ramirez down three times.

WBA Interim World Welterweight Title-
Interim champion Keith Thurman (WBA #1, TBRBoard #7, The Ring #7, TTR #8; 24-0, 1 ND, 21 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Leonard Bundu (WBC #3, WBA #4; 31-1-2, 11 KOs)
- Thurman floored Bundu in the first round and went on to win by three 120-107 scores.

WBC Silver Welterweight Title-
Champion Amir Khan (WBC #1, WBA #2, The Ring #9, TTR #10, TBRBoard #10; 30-3, 19 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Devon Alexander (IBF #3, TTR #9, TBRBoard #9, The Ring #10; 26-3, 14 KOs)
- The scores were 119-109, 118-110, and 120-108.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA- Cosmopilitan of Las Vegas-

Super Lightweight Bout-
Denis Shafikov (IBF #1, TTR #8, WBA #12- all at 135; 35-1-1, 19 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 8
Miguel Angel Mendoza (21-5-2, 21 KOs)
- Both fighters weighed in at 136 1/2.
- Shafikov won by three 79-73 scores.

WBA Interim World Super Lightweight Title-
Jose Benavidez, Jr. (WBA #9; 22-0, 15 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Interim champion Mauricio Herrera (WBA #1, TTR #2, TBRBoard #4; 21-5, 7 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112, 116-112, and 117-111.
- Harold Lederman scored the bout for HBO and had Herrera, who threw more punches and landed more punches than Benavidez, winning 116-112.

Vacant WBO World Middleweight Title-
Andy Lee (WBO #4; 34-2, 24 KOs)
TKO-6 1:10
Matt Korobov (WBO #1, The Ring #7, TTR #14; 24-1, 14 KOs)
- Trailing on all three scorecards, Lee hurt Korobov with a right hook and followed up with a barrage that forced the referee to halt the contest.

Welterweight Bout-
Timothy Bradley (The Ring #2, WBO #2, TTR #3, TBRBoard #3, IBF #4; TBRBoard #4 P4P, The Ring #5 P4P, TTR #7 P4P; 31-1-1, 1 NC, 12 KOs)
Split Dec. Draw 12
Diego Chaves (WBA #7, IBF #10; 23-2-1, 19 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112 for Chaves, 115-113 for Bradley, and 114-114.<
- HBO's Harold Lederman had it 116-112 for Bradley. Ironically, the judge who scored the bout for Chaves was Harold's daughter, Julie.

Pesqueira, Nuevo Leon, Mexico-

Non-title Lightweight Bout-
WBO International junior lightweight and NABF super featherweight champion Francisco Vargas (WBO #1, WBC #3, IBF #4, TTR #5, The Ring #8, TBRBoard #9, WBA #11- all at 130; 21-0-1, 15 KOs)
KO-2 1:12
Genaro Camargo (44-18, 34 KOs)
- Vargas weighed in at 132 1/4; Camargo at 131 1/4.

IBF World Flyweight Title Eliminator-
John Riel Casimero (IBF #3, WBA #5, TTR #10, WBC #13- all at 112; The Ring #1, TBRBoard #3- both at 108; 21-2, 13 KOs)
KO-2 0:25
Armando Santos (IBF #4, WBC #10, WBO #15; 14-4-1, 8 KOs)
- Casimero floored Santos twice- once in the first round and once in the second.

Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico-

Light Flyweight vs. Super Flyweight Bout-
Raul Garcia (WBO #2, IBF #7, TTR #10- all at 108; WBC #2 at 105; 36-3-1, 22 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
super flyweight Andres Garcia (9-4-2, 3 KOs)