Pictured: WBC World Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder, TTR's #3 ranked heavyweight contender


During the two-day period of Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16, nine boxers currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective divisions were in action. Eight, Takuya Kogawa, Arthur Abraham, Terry Flanagan, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Deontay Wilder, Adrian Granados, Liborio Solis, and Norberto Jimenez, emerged victorious while one, Sammy Vasquez, suffered a defeat.

In addition, four bouts held during this two-day period, which featured boxers not currently ranked by TTR, may have an impact on TTR's rankings. Robin Krasniqi, Miguel Cartagena, and Miguel Berchelt were the winners of three of those bouts while the fourth, between Giovanni De Carolis and Tyron Zeuge, ended in a draw.


TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Friday, July 15, 2016-

Tokyo, Japan-

Japanese Flyweight Title-
Champion Takuya Kogawa (IBF #7, WBA #9, TTR #11, WBC #15; 27-4, 13 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Masafumi Otake (15-15-3, 7 KOs)
- Otake came into the bout as the JBC's #7 ranked contender for Kogawa's title.
- Kogawa won by the scores of 100-90, 100-90, and 99-91.

Saturday, July 16, 2016-

Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany-

Vacant WBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight Title-
Arthur Abraham (TTR #5, Transnational #6, WBO #6, The Ring #8; 45-5, 30 KOs)
TKO-8 1:09
Tim Robin Lihaug (WBO #15; 15-2 , 8 KOs)

Cardiff, Wales-

WBO World Lightweight Title-
Champion Terry Flanagan (Transnational #3, TTR #4, The Ring #4; 31-0, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Mzonke Fana (WBO #9; 38-10, 16 KOs)
- Fana's WBO Africa title was not on the line.
- Flanagan knocked Fana down in the 4th and 12th rounds and went to to win by three 120-106 scores.

Lineal (*) World Junior Featherweight Title/WBA World Super Bantamweight Super Championship-
Champion/Super Champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (The Ring #1; The Ring #5 P4P, TTR #6 P4P, Transnational #8 P4P; 17-0, 11 KOs)
TKO-2 3:00
James Dickens (WBA #10; 22-2, 7 KOs)
- * - as recognized by TTR, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and the International Boxing Research Organization-affiliated Cyber Boxing Zone.
- Rigondeaux broke Dickens' jaw.

Birmingham, Alabama, USA-

Welterweight Bout-
Felix Diaz (WBC #10 at 140; 18-1, 8 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Sammy Vasquez (TTR #9, Transnational #9, WBC #9, WBO #10, IBF #11; 21-1, 15 KOs)
- Diaz weighed in at 145 3/4; Vasquez at 146 3/4.
- Referee Keith Hughes penalized Vasquez one point in round 10. The judges neglected to deduct the point and the scores were announced as 96-94 for Diaz, 95-95, and 95-95. The Alabama Commission caught the error and the scores were corrected. As a result, Diaz deservedly won by the scores of 96-93, 95-94, and 95-94.

WBC World Heavyweight Title-
Champion Deontay Wilder (The Ring #2, TTR #3, Transnational #4; 37-0, 36 KOs)
TKO-8 3:00
Chris Arreola (WBC #9; 36-5-1, 2 NDs, 31 KOs)
- Wilder decked Arreola in round 4.
- Arreola's corner informed referee Jack Reiss that their battered, bloodied, and bruised warrior had had enough after the completion of the eighth round.
- Wilder suffered a broken right hand and a torn right bicep during the bout.

Phoenix, Arizona, USA-

Welterweight Bout-
Adrian Granados (WBA #3, TTR #7, The Ring #7, WBC #9- all at 140; 18-4-2, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 8
Ariel Vasquez (12-16-2, 1 NC, 8 KOs)
- Granados weighed in at 144 1/2; Vasquez at 143 1/4.
- Granados won this "stay-active" bout by the scores of 79-73, 78-74, and 78-74.

Santa Clara, Panama-

Bantamweight Bout-
Liborio Solis (WBC #2, WBA #2, TTR #10; 25-4-1, 11 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 8
Freddy Beleno (26-14, 15 KOs)
- Solis won by three 80-72 scores.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic-

Non-title Bantamweight Bout-
Dominican Republic super flyweight champion Norberto "Meneito" Jimenez (WBA #4, TTR #7, Transnational #7, WBC #7- all at 115; 24-8-4, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Renson Robles (7-2, 3 KOs as per FightNews; 6-2, 2 KOs as per BoxRec)
- Jimenez weighed in at 116; Robles at 117.
- After the bout, Jimenez again expressed his desire for a rematch with WBA World super flyweight champion Kohei Kono (TTR #3, Transnational #4, The Ring #5; 32-8-1, 13 KOs) with whom he fought to a 12-round draw on December 31, 2014.

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

Friday, July 15, 2016-

Saarbruecken, Saarland, Germany-

WBA Inter-Continental and Vacant WBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight Titles-
Robin Krasniqi (WBO #5, WBC #25; 46-4, 17 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
WBA Inter-Continental champion Juergen Doberstein (WBA #12, WBO #14, WBC #33; 20-3-1, 6 KOs)
- The scores were 116-113, 116-111, and 114-114.

Kissimmee, Florida, USA-

Non-title Flyweight Bout-
IBO International super bantamweight champion Miguel Cartagena (15-3, 6 KOs)
KO-1 1:35
WBO NABO flyweight champion Joebert Alvarez (WBO #7, IBF #10, WBC #17- all at 112; WBA #6 at 108; 15-2-1, 7 KOs)
- Cartagena weighed in at 112; Alvarez at 113.

Saturday, July 16, 2016-

Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany-

WBA and Global Boxing Union World Super Middleweight Titles-
Champion Giovanni De Carolis (24-6-1, 12 KOs)
Maj. Dec. Draw 12
Tyron Zeuge (WBA #13; 18-0-1, 10 KOs)

Los Reyes La Paz, Mexico, Mexico-

WBO Interim World Junior Lightweight Title-
Interim champion Miguel Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs)
KO-4 1:59
Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (Suriya Tatakhun; WBO #2, WBC #38; 61-3, 41 KOs)
- Piriyapinyo's WBO Asia Pacific title was not on the line.
- Berchelt floored Piriyapinyo twice in round 4. The former two-time world featherweight title challenger was counted out after the second knockdown and later carried from the ring on a stretcher.