Pictured: Gennady Golovkin


During the five-day period of Friday, February 20 through Tuesday, February 24, eight fighters currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best in their respective divisions were in action. Six, Lee Haskins, Hekkie Budler, Gennady Golovkin, Arthur Abraham, Xiong Zhao Zhong, and Suriyan Sor Rungvisai, were victorious; one, Martin Murray, was beaten; and one, Oswaldo Novoa, was held to a draw. In addition, Argenis Mendez and Qiu Xiao Jun may have earned spots in TTR's rankings.


TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Saturday, February 21, 2015-

Monte Carlo, Monaco-

Vacant EBU European Bantamweight Title-
Lee Haskins (WBC #3, IBF #6, WBO #12, WBA #13, TTR #15; 31-3, 13 KOs)
Unan. Tech. Dec. 8
Omar Lamiri (WBC #13; 13-2, 5 KOs)
- Haskins is the reigning BBBofC British champion while Lamiri holds the French and EBU European Union titles.
- The scores were 78-74, 78-74, and 79-73.

WBA World Minimumweight and IBO World Strawweight Titles-
Champion Hekkie Budler (TTR #1, TBRBoard #1, The Ring #1; 28-1, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Jesus Silvestre (WBA #2; 30-6, 22 KOs)
- Silvestre is ranked #5 by the IBO.
- The scores were 117-110, 115-112, and 115-112.

WBA World Middleweight Super Championship/IBO World Middleweight Title/WBC Interim World Middleweight Title-
Super Champion/Champion/Interim champion Gennady Golovkin (TTR #1, TBRBoard #1, The Ring #1; TTR #7 P4P, The Ring #10 P4P; 32-0, 29 KOs)
TKO-11 0:50
Martin Murray (WBC #1, TTR #4, TBRBoard #4, WBA #5, The Ring #6; 29-2-1, 12 KOs)
- The IBO ranks Murray #5.
- Golovkin floored Murray twice in the fourth round with vicious body shots and dropped him again in the tenth with a right to his head.
- Scoring the bout for HBO, Harold Lederman gave Murray only one round- the second.

Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany-

WBO World Super Middleweight Title-
Champion Arthur Abraham (TTR #2, TBRBoard #2, The Ring #2; 42-4, 28 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Paul Smith (WBO #4; 35-5, 20 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112, 117-111, and 117-111.

Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, Mexico-

Non-title Light Flyweight Bout-
Oswaldo Novoa (WBC #3, TBRBoard #5, TTR #6, The Ring #7, WBO #10- all at 105; 14-5-2, 9 KOs)
Maj. Dec. Draw 10
WBC Latino flyweight champion Mario Andrade (6-5-5, 1 KO)
- The scores were 96-95 for Novoa, 95-95, and 95-95.
- Andrade is unbeaten in his last seven bouts with 3 wins and 4 draws.

Sunday, February 22, 2015-

Wenshan, China-

Vacant WBC International Minimumweight Title-
Xiong Zhao Zhong (TTR #8, TBRBoard #8, The Ring #9, WBA #14, WBC #17; 25-6-1, 14 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Hiroya Yamamoto (WBC #30; 8-3, 3 KOs)

Tuesday, February 24, 2015-

Klongluang District, Pathum Thani, Thailand-

Non-title Bantamweight Title-
WBC Asian Boxing Council champion Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (WBC #2, TTR #11, WBO #11; 40-6-1, 18 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 6
Samuel Tehuayo (AKA Sammy Hagler; 18-33-2, 3 KOs)
- Suriyan's win over Tehuayo took place on the undercard of Suriyan's younger brother Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai's (AKA Nawaphon Por Chokchai; WBC #1, WBA #14, WBO #13; 26-0, 19 KOs) successful defense of the WBC Asian Boxing Council flyweight title. Nawaphon knocked out challenger Powell Balaba (8-13-1, 5 KOs) at 0:50 of the fifth round.


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

Friday, February 20, 2015-

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA-

Super Lightweight Bout-
Argenis Mendez (TBRBoard #4 at 130; 22-3-1, 1 ND, 12 KOs)
TKO-6 3:00
lightweight Daniel Evangelista, Jr. (17-5-1, 13 KOs)
- Mendez weighed in at 136; Evangelista at 133 1/4.

Sunday, February 22, 2015-

Wenshan, China-

Vacant WBC Silver Super Bantamweight Title-
Qiu Xiao Jun (WBC #5; 15-2, 7 KOs)
TKO-6
Silvester Lopez (WBC #18 at 118; 23-10-2, 17 KOs)
- Lopez' WBC International bantamweight title was not on the line.