Pictured: Former Lineal World Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson


During the six-day period of Thursday, April 14 through Tuesday, April 19, six bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings took place. Those bouts were won by Ken Shiro, Mason Menard, Stuart Hall, Chad Dawson, Felix Verdejo, and Yukinori Oguni.


Thursday, April 14, 2016-

Tokyo, Japan-

Japanese Light Flyweight Title-
Champion Ken Shiro (WBC #24; 7-0, 4 KOs)
TKO-1 2:53
Atsushi Kakutani (17-5-1, 10 KOs)
- Shiro's WBC Youth World title was not on the line.
- Former WBC World title challenger Kakutani is the JBC's #1 contender for Shiro's title.

Friday, April 15, 2016-

Verona, New York, USA-

Lightweight Bout-
Mason Menard (31-1, 23 KOs)
KO-3 2:11
Eudy "AK47" Bernardo (21-1, 15 KOs)
- The former UBO World lightweight champion scored what was labeled by TTR founder Antoine Patry DesLauriers as a "KO of the Year Contender."
- TTR's Bobby "gilgamesh" Davis provided the following round-by-round report:
- - Round 1- I thought Menard nicked the first round. Slow, feeling out round with not much to separate the two, but he was busier, and landed decent jabs to the body on occasion. He threw a few quick flurries to which were mostly blocked. Not much to go off of that round though.....10-9 Menard
- - Round 2- No question who won the 2nd round. Menard WAY busier, and scored a knockdown on the retreating Bernardo who looks very tense thus far while Menard is a lot looser and letting his hands go much more freely.....10-8 Menard
- - Round 3- A thunderous right hand from Menard, and Bernardo drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas.....KO 3 Mason Menard.....Very good win for him.

Saturday, April 16, 1016-

Leeds, Yorkshire, England-

IBF World Bantamweight Title Eliminator-
Stuart Hall (IBF #4, WBC #40; 20-4-2, 7 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Rodrigo Guerrero (IBF #3, WBC #3; 24-6-1, 16 KOs)
- Hall won by three 117-111 scores.

Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA-

Non-title Light Heavyweight Bout-
Chad Dawson (34-4, 2 NCs, 19 KOs)
TKO-4
USBA champion Cornelius White (IBF #14; 23-5, 17 KOs)

San Juan, Puerto Rico-

WBO Latino Lightweight Title-
Champion Felix Verdejo (WBA #2, WBO #3, IBF #5, WBC #13; 21-0, 14 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Jose Luis Rodriguez (18-9, 11 KOs)
- The scores were 99-91, 99-91, and 98-92.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016-

Tokyo, Japan-

Featherweight Bout-
Yukinori Oguni (WBC #9, IBF #9, WBO #13- all at 122; 17-1-1, 6 KOs)
TKO-5 1:09
Mike Tawatchai (IBF #8, WBC #35- both at 122; 38-9-1, 21 KOs)
- Oguni weighed in at 123 3/4; Tawatchai at 124.