Pictured: Miguel "Mickey" Roman


During the three-day period of Thursday, August 20 through Saturday, August 22, four TTR-ranked fighters took to the ring. One, Ryuji Hara, boxed in an exhibition; one, Sharif Bogere, was involved in a No Contest; and two, Mickey Roman and Byron Rojas, were victorious.

In addition, Satoshi Hosono and Ryo Matsumoto scored victories which might propel them into TTR's rankings.

Saturday, August 22, 2015-

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico-

Lightweight Bout-
Miguel "Mickey" Roman (WBC #5, TTR #13- both at 130; 52-11, 39 KOs)
KO-3
Leonardo "Toto" Doronio (14-11-3, 9 KOs)

Matagalpa, Nicaragua-

Nicaraguan Minimumweight Title-
Champion Byron Rojas (WBC #3, Transnational #8, IBF #9, TTR #10; 16-2-3, 1 NC, 8 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Byron Castellon (7-3-2, 2 KOs)
- The scores were 97-93, 97-93, and 98-92.

Friday, August 21, 2015-

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico-

Super Lightweight Bout-
Sharif Bogere (The Ring #4, Transnational #7, WBO #11, TTR #15, WBC #38- all at 135; 27-1, 1 NC, 19 KOs)
NC-2
Daniel Ruiz (33-8-2, 1 NC, 23 KOs)

Thursday, August 20, 2015-

Tokyo, Japan-

Minimumweight Exhibition Bout-
Ryuji Hara (WBO #2, WBA #5, The Ring #7, TTR #9, IBF #11, WBC #15; 19-1, 11 KOs)
Exhibition-2
Kenichi Miyazaki (9-1-1, 2 KOs)
- The Hara-Miyazaki exhibition took place on the same card as:

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

Japanese Featherweight Title-
Champion Satoshi "Bazooka" Hosono (WBA #4, IBF #6, WBO #7, The Ring #10, WBC #11; 28-2-1, 20 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Tatsuya Otsubo (8-7-1, 3 KOs)
- Otsubo is ranked #11 by the JBC. He came into his title shot off a win over then JBC #8 ranked Akihiro Katagiri and was riding a six-bout winning streak. (Katagiri is now ranked #15 by the JBC.)
- Hosono won by the scores of 99-91, 99-91, and 99-92.

Non-title Super Bantamweight Bout-
Ryo Matsumoto (IBF #8, WBC #11, WBA #12- all at 115; WBO #9 at 118; 15-0, 13 KOs)
KO-5 1:24
NABF bantamweight champion Luis May (WBC #10 at 118; 17-9-1, 7 KOs)
- Both fighters weighed in at 119.