Pictured: future Hall Of Famer Miguel Cotto, the Lineal World Middleweight Champion


During the three-day period of Thursday, June 4 through Saturday, June 6, six TTR ranked contenders and one lineal world champion were in action. On Thursday night, Jayson Velez won a "stay active" bout. Two days later, Thomas Oosthuizen lost his IBO title on the scales but won his bout, Robert Guerrero, WBA title-holder Jesus Cuellar, and Marvin Sonsona won their bouts, and Miguel Cotto retained the world middleweight championship by dismantling Daniel Geale.

Thursday, June 4, 2015-

Los Angeles, California, USA-

Super Featherweight Bout-
Jayson Velez (WBC #4, IBF #4, TTR #9, WBA #9, WBO #9, The Ring #10- all at 126; 23-0-1, 16 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Daniel Ramirez (11-3, 5 KOs)
- Velez weighed in at 128; Ramirez at 127 3/4.
- Velez dropped Ramirez in the second round and went on to win by the scores of 99-90, 98-91, and 98-91.
- Scoring the bout for TTR, I also had it 98-91 for Velez.

Saturday, June 6, 2015-

Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa-

Vacant IBO World Light Heavyweight Title-
Thomas Oosthuizen (WBC #6, Transnational #10, The Ring #10, TTR #12; 25-0-2, 14 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Robert Berridge (26-3-1, 21 KOs)
- Oosthuizen, who weighed in at 177 3/4, forfeited his title on the scales.
- Berridge weighed in at 174 1/4.
- The vacant title was available to the IBO #48 ranked Berridge only.
- As the result of Oosthuizen winning, the title remains vacant.

Carson, California, USA-

Welterweight Bout-
Robert Guerrero (The Ring #8, WBA #10, TTR #11; 33-3-1, 2 NDs, 18 KOs)
Split Dec. 10
Aron Martinez (19-4-1, 4 KOs)
- Guerrero was knocked down in the fourth round.
- The scores were 95-94 for Martinez and 95-94 and 97-92 for Guerrero.
- Scoring the bout for TTR, I also had Guerrero eking it out 95-94.

WBA World Featherweight Title-
Champion Jesus Cuellar (Transnational #9, The Ring #9, TTR #12; 27-1, 21 KOs)
TKO-8 1:04
Vic Darchinyan (WBA #8; 40-8-1, 29 KOs)
- Darchinyan was decked in the eighth round. He beat referee Tom Taylor's count but Cuellar's followup attack convinced Taylor to halt the contest.

Super Featherweight Bout-
Marvin Sonsona (WBC #3, TTR #9- both at 126; 20-1-1, 15 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 10
Jonathan Arrellano (15-6-2, 3 KOs)
- Sonsona weighed in at 127 1/2; Arrellano at 128
- The scores were 96-94, 95-95, and 96-94.
- This was Sonsona's first bout since June 7, 2014.

Brooklyn, New York, USA-

Lineal (as recognized by TTR and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board), WBC, and Ring Magazine World Middleweight Titles-
Champion Miguel Cotto (40-4, 33 KOs)
TKO-4 1:28
Daniel Geale (TTR #4, The Ring #4, WBA #5, WBC #6, Transnational #7; 31-4, 16 KOs)
- There was a contractual weight limit of 157 pounds in effect.
- Cotto weighed in at 153.6; Geale at 157.
- Cotto landed twice as many punches as Geale did and floored the former two-time middleweight title-holder twice in the fourth round.