Pictured: TTR #1 ranked bantamweight Shinsuke Yamanaka, the reigning WBC World bantamweight champion


During the three-day period of Thursday, March 3 through Saturday March 5, eleven boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Six, Wanheng Menayothin, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Daigo Higa, Jessie Vargas, Luis Ortiz, and Julian Williams, won while, five, Liborio Solis, Yu Kimura, Ruslan Chagaev, Sadam Ali, and Cesar Juarez, were defeated.

In addition, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Oscar Escandon, Tony Harrison, and Avtandil Khurtsidze won bouts which may propel them into TTR's rankings.


TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Thursday, March 3, 2016-

Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand-

WBC World Minimumweight Title-
Champion Wanheng Menayothin (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #2; 41-0, 16 KOs)
TKO-5
Go Odaira (WBC #7, IBF #10; 12-5-3, 1 KO)
- Menayothin improved to 5-0 in world title bouts while Odaira fell to 0-2 having previously been stopped by Katsunari Takayama in a bout contested for the then vacant IBF and WBO World titles.

Friday, March 4, 2016-

Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan-

WBC World Bantamweight Title-
Champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; The Ring #9 P4P, TTR #11 P4P; 25-0-2, 17 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Liborio Solis (WBC #3, TTR #6, The Ring #10; 23-4-1, 10 KOs)
- Yamanaka scored a flash knockdown in the second round.
- Solis decked Yamanaka twice in the third round.
- Yamanaka recovered and took control. He was leading 77-72 on each of the judges' cards after the eighth round.
- The defending champion floored Solis in the ninth. He then won the next three rounds on all three of the judges' cards to retain his title by three 117-107 scores.
- Yamanaka is now 11-0 in world title bouts and 6-0 versus fighters who have held world titles.

WBC World Light Flyweight Title-
Ganigan Lopez (WBC #5; 27-6, 17 KOs as per BoxRec; 35-6, 17 KOs as per AOL Deportes Latino)
Maj. Dec. 12
Champion Yu Kimura (TTR #3, Transnational #3, The Ring #3; 18-3-1, 3 KOs)
- The scores were 119-109, 118-110, and 114-114.

Saturday, March 5, 2016-

Tokyo, Japan-

WBC Youth World Flyweight Title-
Champion Daigo Higa (TTR #11, WBC #17; 9-0, 9 KOs)
TKO-2 2:19
Romel Oliveros (6-2-1, 1 KO)

Grozny, Russia-

WBA World Heavyweight Title-
Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne (WBA #2; 24-0, 21 KOs)
TKO-10
Champion Ruslan Chagaev (The Ring #8, TTR #9; 34-3-1, 21 KOs)
- Browne was down in round 6; Chagaev was down in round 10.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.-

Vacant WBO World Welterweight Title-
Jessie Vargas (WBO #4, WBA #6, TTR #10- all at 147; The Ring #6, Transnational #8- both at 140; 27-1, 10 KOs)
TKO-9 2:09
Sadam Ali (WBO #1, TTR #8, Transnational #8, The Ring #8, WBA #8; 22-1, 13 KOs)
- Vargas floored Ali twice- once in round 8 and once in round 9.

Non-title Heavyweight Bout-
WBA Interim World champion Luis Ortiz (WBA #1, Transnational #4, TTR #5, The Ring #5; 25-0, 2 NCs, 22 KOs)
KO-6 2:29
Tony Thompson (40-7, 27 KOs)
- Ortiz floored Thompson three times- once in the first round, once in the third, and once in the sixth.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA-

IBF Eliminator for the #1 Spot in the Junior Middleweight Ratings-
Julian "J Rock" Williams (IBF #5, WBA #6, TTR #7, WBC #7, Transnational #8, The Ring #8; 22-0-1, 14 KOs)
TKO-7 2:24
Marcello Matano (IBF #6; 16-2, 5 KOs)
- Williams won each round, gradually broke Matano down, and eventualy stopped him on his feet.

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico-

Super Bantamweight Bout-
Giovanni Delgado (16-4, 9 KOs)
Split Dec. 10
Cesar Juarez (WBO #5, TTR #14, WBC #21; 17-5, 13 KOs)
- The scores were 95-94 for Juarez and 96-93 and 95-94 for Delgado.


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

Friday, March 4, 2016-

Sosnowiec, Poland-

Cruiserweight Bout-
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (WBA #15; 50-3-1, 36 KOs)
TKO-2 1:58
Valery Brudov (42-8, 28 KOs)
- This was Wlodarczyk's first bout since his UD 12 loss to Grigory Drozd on September 27, 2014.

Saturday, March 5, 2016-

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.-

Vacant WBC Interim World Featherweight Title-
Oscar Escandon (WBC #9; 25-2, 17 KOs)
KO-7
Robinson Castellanos (WBC #1; 23-12, 13 KOs)
- Castellanos decked Escandon in the second round. Escandon floored Castellanos in the seventh.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA-

Middleweight Bout-
Tony Harrison (23-1, 19 KOs)
TKO-6 1:54
Fernando Guerrero (WBC #34; 28-4, 20 KOs)
- Harrison weighed in at 156 1/4; Guerrero at 156 3/4.
- Harrison floored Guerrero three times- once in round 2 and twice in round 6.

WBO International Middleweight Title-
Avtandil Khurtsidze (WBC #9, IBF #12; 32-2-2, 21 KOs)
TKO-10 0:33
Champion Antoine Douglas (WBO #3, WBA #6, IBF #11, WBC #19; 19-1-1, 13 KOs)
- Khurtsidze knocked Douglas down in the third round and again in the seventh.