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2016-07-05
TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION- July 1 & 2- Argumedo and Lopez Retain Titles; Espinas, Higa, Shafikov, and Guevara Also Win
Pictured: TTR #4 ranked light flyweight Ganigan Lopez, the reigning WBC World Light Flyweight Champion


During the two-day period of Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2, seven boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Six, Jesse Espinas, Jose Argumedo, Daigo Higa, Denis Shafikov, Ganigan Lopez, and Pedro Guevara, emerged with victories while one, Jonathan Inguito Taconing, lost (to Lopez).


Friday, July 1, 2016-

Ratchadaphisek, Bangkok, Thailand-

Non-title Junior Flyweight Bout-
WBO Oriental champion Jesse Espinas (WBO #7, WBA #8, Transnational #10, TTR #11, WBC #24; 15-2, 10 KOs)
KO-2
Silem Serang (6-7-1, 1 KO)

Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico-

IBF World Mini-Flyweight Title-
Champion Jose Argumedo (TTR #5, Transnational #5, The Ring #5; 18-3-1, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Julio Mendoza (IBF #15, WBC #17; 11-5, 3 KOs)
- The scores were 119-109, 118-110, and 118-110.

Saturday, July 2, 2016-

Tokyo, Japan-

Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) Flyweight Title-
Daigo Higa (TTR #11, WBC #17; 10-0, 10 KOs)
KO-4 2:39
Champion Ardin Diale (WBO #6, IBF #7, WBC #22; 31-10-3, 15 KOs)
- Diale was making his second defense of the OPBF title.
- Higa, whose WBC Youth World title was not on the line, came into the bout ranked #5 by the OPBF.

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA-

Lightweight Bout-
Denis Shafikov (The Ring #8, IBF #9, TTR #11, WBC #14; 37-2-1, 20 KOs)
TKO-10 0:36
Jamel Herring (15-1, 8 KOs)
- The southpaw Shafikov floored Herring with a sweeping right hook in round 2.
- Referee Gary Rosato stopped the bout at the request of Herring's corner.

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico-

WBC World Light Flyweight Title-
Champion Ganigan Lopez (TTR #4, Transnational #4, The Ring #8; 28-6, 17 KOs as per BoxRec and most other sources; 36-6, 17 KOs as per AOL Deportes Latino)
Unan. Dec. 12
Jonathan Inguito Taconing (WBC #1, WBA #6, TTR #9, Transnational #9, WBO #11; 22-2-1, 18 KOs)
- The scores were 118-109, 119-108, and 115-112.

Non-title Flyweight Bout-
Pedro Guevara (TTR #2, WBC #2, Transnational #3, The Ring #3, IBF #12- all at 108; 28-2-1, 17 KOs)
Unan. Tech. Dec. 6
Mexican super flyweight champion Ruben Montoya (14-3-1, 9 KOs)
- Guevara weighed in at 111 1/2; Montoya at 111.
- The scores were announced erroneously as 80-72, 79-73, and 78-74. The actual scores were 60-54, 59-55, and 58-56.

 
Article By: Ken Pollitt