Pictured: WBO World Junior Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko, TTR's #1 ranked contender for the vacant Lineal World Junior Lightweight Championship


During the six-day period of Friday, December 8 through Wednesday, December 13, ten boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Seven, Luis Ortiz, Lee Selby, Vasyl Lomachenko, Miguel Roman, Francisco Vargas, Eduardo Hernandez, and Jeff Horn, were victorious while three, James DeGale, Guillermo Rigondeaux, and Orlando Salido, suffered defeats.

Friday, December 8, 2017-

Hialeah, Florida, USA-

Heavyweight Bout-
Luis Ortiz (WBC #3, TTR #5; 28-0, 2 NCs, 24 KOs)
KO-2 0:43
Daniel Martz (16-6-1, 13 KOs)

Saturday, December 9-

Hackney Wick, London, England-

IBF World Super Middleweight Title-
Caleb Truax (IBF #15; 29-3-2, 18KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
Champion James DeGale (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; 23-2-1, 14 KOs)
- The scores were 114-114, 115-112, and 116-112.

IBF World Featherweight Title-
Champion Lee Selby (Transnational #4, The Ring #4, TTR #5; 26-1, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Eduardo Ramirez (IBF #11, WBC #18; 20-1-3, 1 NC, 7 KOs)
- Selby weighed at 124 3/4; Ramirez at 128 1/2.
- Ramirez, as a result of weighing in 2 1/2 pounds over the divisional limit, was ineligible to win the title.
- Selby won by the scores of 119-109, 116-112, and 118-110.

New York, New York, USA-

WBO World Junior Lightweight Title-
Champion Vasyl Lomachenko (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; TTR #2 P4P, Transnational #3 P4P, The Ring #3 P4P; 10-1, 8 KOs/16-1, 8 KOs including WSB bouts)
TKO-6 3:00
Guillermo Rigondeaux (The Ring #1 at 122; WBO #1 at 130; The Ring #4 P4P, Transnational #8 P4P, TTR #9 P4P; 17-1, 1 NC, 11 KOs)
- Rigondeaux's Lineal World junior featherweight title (as recognized by TTR and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board) was not on the line but the WBA announced it would withdraw title recognition from Rigondeaux, who currently holds the WBA World super bantamweight Super Championship, should he lose to Lomachenko.
- Lomachenko was leading by the scores of 60-53, 59-54, and 59-54 after six rounds.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Super Featherweight Bout-
Miguel "Mickey" Roman (WBC #5, TTR #9; 58-12, 45 KOs)
TKO-9 1:43
Orlando Salido (WBC #1, WBO #2, The Ring #3, Transnational #4, TTR #6; 44-14-4, 1 ND, 31 KOs)
- Roman knocked Salido down in the fourth, eighth, and ninth rounds.
- Salido announced his retirement after the bout.

Super Featherweight Biut-
Francisco Vargas (WBC #2, Transnational #6, The Ring #6, TTR #7; 24-1-2, 17 KOs)
Unan. Tech. Dec. 9
Stephen Smith (WBC #9; 25-4, 15 KOs)
- Smith's left ear was badly cut as the result of an accidental clash of heads.
- The scores were 89-82, 88-83, and 88-83.

Texcoco, Mexico, Mexico-

WBC Youth World Super Featherweight Title-
Champion Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez (WBC #6, Transnational #9, TTR #11; 25-0-3, 21 KOs)
TKO-4
Rafael Hernandez (22-9-2, 1 NC, 17 KOs)

Wednesday, December 13, 2017-

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia-

WBO World Welterweight Title-
Champion Jeff Horn (TTR #6, Transnational #6, The Ring #8; 18-0-1, 12 KOs)
TKO-11 1:35
Gary Corcoran (WBO #10; 17-2, 7 KOs)
- Horn was cut in the sixth round and Corcoran was cut in the eighth.
- Corcoran's cut continued to worse causing referee Benjy Estevez, Jr. to stop the contest in round 11.
- Horn was leading by the scores of 100-90, 99-91, and 99-91 going into the eleventh round.