Pictured: TTR #10 ranked junior middleweight contender Cedric Vitu


During the two-day period of Thursday, May 18 and Friday, May 19, two boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective divisions were in action. Both, Cedric Vitu and Christian Hammer, won.

In addition, during those two days, five bouts featuring fighters not ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings in the near future took place. Those bouts were won by Diego De La Hoya, Igor Mikhalkin, Mario Daser, Thomas Masson, and Alexander Ustinov.


TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Thursday, May 18, 2017-

Paris, Paris, France-

IBF World Junior Middleweight Title Eliminator-
Cedric Vitu (WBC #2, IBF #3, TTR #10; 46-2, 19 KOs)
TKO-10
Marcello Matano (IBF #4; 17-3, 5 KOs)
- Vitu decked Matano in the 9th and 10th rounds.

Friday, May 19, 2017-

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany-

WBO Europe Heavyweight Title-
Champion Christian Hammer (WBO #2, IBF #6, TTR #9, Transnational #9, WBA #13; 22-4, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf (22-6-1, 12 KOs)
- The scores were 96-94, 96-93, and 96-93.


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

Thursday, May 18, 2017-

Tucson, Arizona, USA-

Non-title Super Bantamweight Bout-
WBC Youth World champion Diego De La Hoya (The Ring #6, WBC #6, IBF #6, WBO #10; 18-0, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
WBA International champion Erik Ruiz (16-7-1, 6 KOs)
- The scores were 99-91, 100-90, and 100-90.

Friday, May 19, 2017-

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany-

Vacant IBO World Light Heavyweight Title-
Igor Mikhalkin (IBF #14, WBC #20; 20-1, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Thomas Oosthuizen (WBC #13; 27-1-2, 16 KOs)
- Oosthuizen and Mikhalkin are listed at #16 and #21 respectively in the IBO's May 2017 computerized light heavyweight rankings.
- Mikhalkin won by the scores of 118-109, 118-110, and 118-110.

Vacant IBO International Cruiserweight Title/Vacant WBO Europe Junior Heavyweight Title-
Mario Daser (13-0, 6 KOs)
TKO-3 2:00
Ola Afolabi (22-6-4, 11 KOs)

Pont-Audemer, Eure, France-

Vacant EBU European Flyweight Title-
Thomas Masson (IBF #11, WBA #14, WBC #17; 17-3-1, 5 KOs)
TKO-9
Oleksandr Hryshchuk (16-1, 6 KOs)
- With his win over the previously unbeaten Hryshchuk, Masson regained the title he vacated in 2016 because of a knee injury. Masson's countryman, Vincent Legrand had won the vacant championship last November but relinquished it in February, citing his inability to make the division's 112-pound weight limit.

Bolton, Lancashire, England-

Heavyweight Bout-
Alexander Ustinov (WBA #2; 34-1, 25 KOs)
TKO-1 2:06
Raphael Zumbano Love (39-15-1, 32 KOs)