Pictured: OPBF Bantamweight Champion Mark John Yap


During the two-day period of Saturday, December 2 and Sunday, December 3, three bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings took place. Those bouts were won by Khuseyn Baysangurov, Anthony Yigit, and Mark John Yap.

Saturday, December 2, 2017-

Moscow, Russia-

WBA Continental Super Welterweight and IBF International Junior Middleweight Titles-
WBA Continental champion Khuseyn Baysangurov (WBA #5; 12-0, 10 KOs)
KO-1 2:35
IBF International champin Nick Klappert (24-3, 15 KOs)

Leicester, Leicestershire, England-

EBU European Super Lightweight Title-
Champion Anthony Yigit (IBF #3, WBO #10, WBC #11; 21-0-1, 7 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Joe Hughes (15-3-1, 6 KOs)
- The scores were 118-112, 118-110, and 119-109.

Sunday, December 3, 2017-

Osaka, Osaka, Japan-

OPBF Bantamweight Title-
Champion Mark John Yap (WBC #6, IBF #8; 28-12, 14 KOs)
KO-10 2:44
Seizo Kono (19-9-1, 12 KOs)
- Kono, the JBC's #2 ranked contender, came into the bout ranked #8 by the OPBF.
- This was Yap's second successful defense of the OPBF title.