Pictured: IBF World Bantamweight Champion and newly crowned WBA World Bantamweight Super Champion Ryan Burnett


During the two-day period of Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, fourteen boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Eight, Ryan Burnett, Josh Warrington, Murat Gassiev, Maciej Sulecki, Demetrius Andrade, Ken Shiro, Daigo Higa, and Ryota Murata, were victorious while six, Zhanat Zhakiyanov, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Jezreel Corrales, Pedro Guevara, Thomas Masson, and Hassan N'Dam, were defeated.

In addition, Jack Catterall, Cristofer Rosales, and Mateusz Masternak won bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings in the near future.


TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION:

Saturday, October 21, 2017-

Belfast, Northern Ireland-

IBF World Bantamweight Title/WBA World Bantamweight Super Championship-
IBF champion Ryan Burnett (The Ring #5, TTR #8, Transnational #8; 18-0, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
WBA Super champion Zhanat Zhakiyanov (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #3; 27-2, 18 KOs)
- The scores were 118-110, 116-112, and 119-109.

Leeds, Yorkshire, England-

IBF Eliminator for the #1 Spot in the Featherweight Ratings-
Josh Warrington (IBF #5, WBO #8, TTR #11; 26-0, 6 KOs)
TKO-10 1:43
Dennis Ceylan (IBF #6, WBC #11, WBO #12; 18-1-2, 8 KOs)
- Warrington decked Ceylan two times in the tenth round.

Newark, New Jersey, USA-

IBF World Cruiserweight Title/WBSS Cruiserweight Tournament Quarter-final-
IBF champion Murat Gassiev (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #2; 25-0, 1 NC, 18 KOs)
KO-3 1:57
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (IBF #1, WBC #2, WBA #3, TTR #7, Transnational #8, The Ring #8; 53-4-1, 37 KOs)

WBC World Super Welterweight Title Eliminator-
Maciej Sulecki (WBC #4, Transnational #10, TTR #11; 26-0, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Golden Jack Culcay (WBA #3, WBC #5, IBF #6, Transnational #9, WBO #11; 22-3, 11 KOs)
- The scores were 98-92, 97-93, and 96-94.

Verona, New York, USA-

Vacant WBA World Super Featherweight Title-
Albert Machado (WBA #4; 19-0, 16 KOs)
TKO-8 2:18
Jezreel Corrales (TTR #3, Transnational #3, The Ring #3; 22-2, 1 NC, 8 KOs)
- Corrales forfeited the WBA World Super Feathweight Super Championship by weighing in at 133 1/4.
- The vacant WBA World title was available to Machado, who weighed in at 130, only.
- Corrales decked Machado in round 5.
- Machado floored Corrales in round 8. Referee Mark Nelson stopped the bout when he determined a wobbly Corrales was not fit to continue.

Non-title Middleweight Bout-
WBA World super welterweight champion Demetrius Andrade (TTR #3, Transnational #4, The Ring #4- all at 154; 25-0, 16 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
WBC USNBC champion Alantez Fox (WBO #9, IBF #10, WBC #25; 23-1-1, 11 KOs)
- Andrade was down in the seventh round but was in control for most of the bout. He won by the scores of 116-111, 118-110, and 118-109.
- On October 22, Andrade officially vacated the WBA World super welterweight title to continue to campaign as a middleweight.

Sunday, October 22, 2017-

Tokyo, Japan-

WBC World Light Flyweight Title-
Champion Ken Shiro (TTR #3, Transnational #6, The Ring #6; 11-0, 5 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
Pedro Guevara (TTR #1, Transnational #1, WBC #1, The Ring #2- all at 108; WBO #7 at 112; 30-3-1, 17 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112, 115-113, and 114-114.

WBC World Flyweight Title-
Champion Daigo Higa (TTR #3, Transnational #3, The Ring #3; 14-0, 14 KOs)
TKO-7 1:10
Thomas Masson (WBC #5, IBF #10, Transnational #9, TTR #13; 17-4-1, 5 KOs)
- Higa was leading by the scores of 60-54, 59-55, and 60-54 going into the seventh round.

WBA World Middleweight Title-
Ryota Murata (WBA #1, The Ring #8, TTR #10, Transnational #10; 13-1, 10 KOs)
TKO-7 3:00
Champion Hassan N'Dam (Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam; TTR #7, The Ring #7, Transnational #9; 36-3, 21 KOs)


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

Saturday, October 21, 2017-

Leeds, Yorkshire, England-

BBBofC British Super Lightweight Title-
Jack Catterall (WBO #3, WBC #33; 19-0, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Tyrone Nurse (WBC #24; 35-3-2, 7 KOs)
- The scores were 118-111, 116-113, and 115-114.

Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy-

Vacant WBC International Flyweigh Title-
Cristofer Rosales (WBC #7, IBF #12; 25-3, 16 KOs)
TKO-7
Mohammed Obbadi (WBA #12, WBC #22; 13-1, 10 KOs)
- Rosales relinquished the WBC Latino title to fight for the International championship.
- Obbadi's EBU European Union title was not on the line.
Newark, New Jersey, USA-

Cruiserweight Bout-
Mateusz Masternak (WBA #2, WBO #5, IBF #8, WBC #10; 40-4, 27 KOs)
TKO-7 3:00
Stivens Bujaj (WBC #24; 16-2-1, 11 KOs)