Pictured: Undefeated super lightweight Antonio Orozco


During the five-day period of Friday, March 31 through Tuesday, April 4, ten bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings in the near future took place. Those bouts were won by Gideon Buthelezi, Cristofer Rosales, Felix Alvarado, Paulus Moses, Siboniso Gonya, Antonio Orozco, Alberto Machado, Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez, Rene Dacquel, and Edner Cherry.

Friday, March 31, 2017-

Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa-

IBO World Super Flyweight Title-
Champion Gideon Buthelezi (19-5, 4 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Angel Aviles (WBC #33; 12-5-1, 2 KOs)
- Buthelezi outpointed the IBO #29 ranked Aviles, the current WBC FECOMBOX champion, by the scores of 119-109, 118-110, and 115-113.

Managua, Nicaragua-

WBC Latino Flyweight Title-
Champion Cristofer Rosales (WBC #7, IBF #14- both at 112; WBO #7 at 108; 23-2, 15 KOs)
Split Dec. 10
Eliecer Quezada (WBA #12 at 108; 20-6-2, 1 NC, 8 KOs)

WBC Latino Title-
Champion Felix Alvarado (IBF #5, WBC #6, WBO #8, WBA #10; 27-2, 23 KOs)
KO-1
Luis de la Rosa (24-8-1, 14 KOs)

Saturday, April 1, 2017-

Windhoek, Namibia-

WBO Africa Lightweight Title-
Champion Paulus Moses (WBO #6; 39-3, 1 ND, 24 KOs)
TKO-7
Crispin Moliati (18-7-4, 8 KOs)

WBO Inter-Continental Bantamweight Title-
Siboniso Gonya (11-1, 5 KOs)
PTS. 12
Champion Immanuel Naidjala (WBO #5; 23-3-1, 13 KOs)
- Gonya's WBA Pan African title was not on the line.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Vacant WBC USNBC Super Lightweight Title-
Antonio Orozco (The Ring #2, WBO #4, Transnational #8, WBA #8, IBF #11- all at 140; WBC #10 at 147; 26-0, 17 KOs)
TKO-4 1:31
Keandre Gibson (16-1-1, 7 KOs)
- Orozco weighed in at 139 1/2; Gibson at 139 1/4.
- Orozco floored Gibson in round 4.

Ponce, Puerto Rico-

Vacant WBO NABO Junior Lightweight Title-
Alberto Machado (WBO #15, WBC #22; 17-0, 15 KOs)
TKO-1
Juan Jose Martinez (WBC #38; 26-4, 18 KOs)
- Machado and Martinez came into the bout ranked #4 and #13 respectively by the NABO.
- Machado floored Martinez two times.

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico-

Vacant WBC Youth World Super Featherweight Title-
Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez (WBC #11; 22-0-3, 18 KOs)
TKO-3
Hugo Alfredo Santillan (12-2-1, 5 KOs)

Sunday, April 2, 2017-

Osaka, Osaka, Japan-

OPBF Super Flyweight Title-
Champion Rene Dacquel (IBF #10, WBC #21; 19-6-1, 6 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
Shota Kawaguchi (WBO #14; 20-8-1, 8 KOs)
- Kawaguchi's WBO Asia Pacific Interim title was not on the line.
- The scores were 115-113 and 115-113 for Dacquel and 115-113 for Kawaguchi.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017-

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA-

Super Featherweight Bout-
Edner Cherry (WBC #20; 36-7-2, 1 NC, 19 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Omar Douglas (17-2, 12 KOs)
- The scores were 98-92, 96-94, and 96-94.