Pictured: TTR #1 ranked welterweight contender Keith Thurman, the reigning WBA World Welterweight Champion


During the five-day period of Friday, June 24 through Tuesday, June 28, eleven boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective divisions were in action. Eight, Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep, Chris Eubank, Jr., George Groves, Anthony Joshua, Keith Thurman, Liborio Solis, Satoshi Hosono, and Edner Cherry, were winners while three, Javier Fortuna, Dominic Breazeale, and Shawn Porter, suffered defeats.

Friday, June 24, 2016-

Beijing, China-

WBA World Super Featherweight Title-
Jason Sosa (WBA #8, WBC #17; 19-1-4, 15 KOs)
TKO-11 0:45
Champion Javier Fortuna (TTR #6, Transnational #7, The Ring #7; 29-1-1, 1 NC, 21 KOs)
- Sosa floored Fortuna in round 11. Fortuna beat the count but was in no condition to continue.

Hat Yai, Thailand-

PABA Flyweight Title-
Champion Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep (Sirichai Thaiyen; WBA #2, TTR #9, Transnational #10, WBO #11, WBC #15; 40-3, 26 KOs)
TKO-3 1:13
Ichal Tobida (12-21, 8 KOs)

Saturday, June 25, 2016-

Greenwich, London, England-

BBBofC British Middleweight Title-
Champion Chris Eubank, Jr. (WBC #2, WBA #2, IBF #6, The Ring #7, TTR #9, WBO #11; 23-1, 18 KOs)
TKO-4 2:35
Tom Doran (WBC #25; 17-1, 7 KOs)
- Doran's WBC International title was not on the line.
- Eubank floored Doran four times- once in round 3 and thrice in round 4.

WBA International Super Middleweight Title-
Champion George Groves (WBC #2, WBO #3, TTR #4, Transnational #4, WBA #4, The Ring #5, IBF #10; 24-3, 18 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Martin Murray (Transnational #10, WBC #10; 33-4-1, 16 KOs)
- Groves won by three 118-110 scores.

IBF World Heavyweight Title-
Champion Anthony Joshua (The Ring #5, TTR #6, Transnational #6; 17-0, 17 KOs)
TKO-7 1:01
Dominic Breazeale (Transnational #9, IBF #9, TTR #11; 17-1, 15 KOs)
- Joshua dropped Breazeale twice in round 7.
- Referee Howard John Foster wisely stopped the bout without administering a count when Breazeale was floored for the second time.

Brooklyn, New York, USA-

WBA World Welterweight Title-
Champion Keith Thurman (TTR #1, The Ring #3, Transnational #4; 27-0, 1 ND, 22 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Shawn Porter (WBA #2, TTR #4, The Ring #4, Transnational #5; 26-2-1, 16 KOs)
- Thurman won by three 115-113 scores.
- Steve Farhood, scoring the bout for CBS, also had Thurman winning by a 115-113 score.
- Bobby Davis, who provided round-by-round scoring for TTR's Boxing & General Discussions section, agreed. He too had it 115-113 for Thurman.
- I scored the bout for TTR's Main Page, and had Thurman winning 116-113.

Turmero, Venezuela-

Super Bantamweight Bout-
Liborio Solis (WBA #2, WBC #3, TTR #10- all at 118; 24-4-1, 11 KOs)
TKO-5 0:31
Juan Carlos Vega (11-7-1, 6 KOs)
- Solis weighed in at 122 1/4; Vega at 119.

Sunday, June 26, 2016-

Seoul, South Korea-

Non-title Super Featherweight Bout-
Japanese featherweight champion Satoshi "Bazooka" Hosono (WBA #4, IBF #4, WBO #4, The Ring #7, WBC #7, TTR #11- all at 126; 32-2-1, 21 KOs)
KO-2 2:14
Rasmanudin (19-16-3, 10 KOs)
- Both fighters weighed in at 130.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016-

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA-

Lightweight Bout-
Edner Cherry (Transnational #10, TTR #12, WBC #14- all at 130; 35-7-2, 1 NC, 19 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Lydell Rhodes (Haskell Lydell Rhodes; 23-2-1, 11 KOs)
- Cherry weighed in at 131 3/4; Rhodes at 133.
- The scores were 98-92, 97-93, and 97-93.
- The PBC on Fox Sports 1 "Toe-To-Toe Tuesday" commentators, including junior middleweight contender Julian "J Rock" Williams, had Rhodes winning as did those who participated in the online scoring.
- I may be one of the few who agreed with the judges although I did have it closer, 96-94 for Cherry.