Pictured: WBC champion Badou Jack, TTR's #2 ranked super middleweight

During the two-day period of Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14, seven boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Three, Erislandy Lara, Anthony Dirrell, and Juan Carlos Payano, stopped their opponents; two, James DeGale and Badou Jack, fought to an exciting draw; and two, Jose Pedraza and Ievgen Khytrov, were pounded into defeat.

Friday, January 13, 2017-

Hialeah, Florida, USA-

WBA World Super Welterweight Super Championship/IBO World Super Welterweight Title-
Super Champion/Champion Erislandy Lara (TTR #3, Transnational #3, The Ring #3; 24-2-2, 14 KOs)
KO-4 1:47
Yuri Foreman (WBA #9; 34-3, 1 ND, 10 KOs)
- Lara scored a questionable knockdown in round 3 but in round 4, there was no question regarding the legitimacy of the knockdown. Lara dropped Foreman for the full ten-count with a devastating uppercut.

Non-title Super Middleweight Title-
Anthony Dirrell (WBC #2, Transnational #5, TTR #6, The Ring #7; 30-1-1, 24 KOs)
TKO-6 3:00
Norbert Nemesapati (24-5, 17 KOs)
- Nemesapati's Hungarian super middleweight title and his Global Boxing Union World light heavyweight title were not on the line.

Bantamweight Bout-
Juan Carlos "King Kong" Payano (WBA #2, TTR #3, Transnational #3, The Ring #3; WBC #11; 18-1, 9 KOs)
TKO-7 1:16
Isao Gonzalo Carranza (15-8-1, 9 KOs)
- Referee James Warring, the former IBF World cruiserweight champion, stopped the bout to save Carranza from taking additional punishment.

Saturday, January 14, 2017-

Brooklyn, New York, USA-

Vacant WBC Silver Middleweight Title-
Immanuwel Aleem (17-0-1, 10 KOs)
TKO-6 1:20
Ievgen Khytrov (WBC #2, WBO #8, IBF #9, TTR #11, WBA #13; 14-1, 12 KOs)
- Khytrov's NABF title was not on the line.
- Aleem floored Khytrov in the third round with a left hook and in the sixth with back-to-back rights.
- After Khytrov beat the count in the sixth, Aleem's subsequent attack convinced referee Eddie Claudio to stop the bout.

IBF World Junior Featherweight Title-
Gervonta "Tank" Davis (IBF #8; 17-0, 16 KOs)
TKO-7 2:36
Champion Jose Pedraza (The Ring #6, Transnational #7, TTR #9; 22-1, 12 KOs)
- After six rounds, Davis was leading 59-55 on each of the three judges' cards.
- In round 7, Pedraza was down for the first time in his career. He beat the count but referee Ricky Gonzalez wisely halted the contest.

IBF, WBC, Vacant Lineal, and Vacant Ring Magazine World Super Middleweight Titles-
IBF champion James DeGale (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; 23-1-1, 14 KOs)
Maj. Dec. Draw 12
WBC champion Badou Jack (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #2; 20-1-3, 12 KOs)
- Jack was down in the first round; DeGale was down in the twelfth.
- The scores were 114-112 for DeGale, 113-113, and 113-113.
- Steve Farhood scored the bout for Showtime and also had it a draw, 113-113.
- Bobby Davis and I scored the bout for TTR. Bobby had Jack winning 114-112; I had it a draw, 113-113.
- The draw leaves the lineal and Ring Magazine titles vacant.