Pictured: Terence "Bud" Crawford



During the two-day period of Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 9, nine fighters listed in TTR's current rankings as being among the best Pound-For-Pound and/or among the best campaigning in their respective weight classes were in action. Five, Diego De La Hoya, Terence Crawford, Jermell Charlo, Leo Santa Cruz, and Francisco Rodriguez, Jr., were victorious; three, Terry Flanagan, Jeff Horn, and Abner Mares, were defeated; and one, Iran Diaz, fought to a Technical Draw.

Friday, June 8, 2018-

Verona, New York, USA-

NABF Super Bantamweight and WBO NABO Junior Featherweight Titles-
Champion Diego De La Hoya (WBO #1, WBC #4, IBF #4, WBA #5, TTR #6, The Ring #6, Transnational #9; 21-0, 10 KOs)
TKO-7 3:00
Jose Salgado (WBC #14; 36-5-2, 29 KOs)

Saturday, June 9, 2018-

Manchester, Lancashire, England-

Vacant WBO World Junior Welterweight Title-
Maurice Hooker (WBO #2; 24-0-3, 16 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
Terry Flanagan (WBO #1, TTR #12; 33-1, 13 KOs)
- The scores were 117-111 for Flanagan, 117-111 for Hooker, and 115-113 for Hooker.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

WBO World Welterweight Title-
Terence Crawford (WBO #1; TTR #2 P4P, Transnational #2 P4P, The Ring #3 P4P; 33-0, 24 KOs)
TKO-9 2:33
Champion Jeff Horn (TTR #4, Transnational #4, The Ring #5; 18-1-1, 12 KOs)
- Crawford floored Horn in the ninth round. Horn beat the count but Crawford's followup barrage resulted in the stoppage.

Los Angeles, California, USA-

WBC World Super Welterweight Title-
Champion Jermell Charlo (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #2; 31-0, 15 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
Austin Trout (The Ring #7, WBC #8, IBF #13; 31-5, 17 KOs)
- Charlo floored Trout twice- once in round three and once in round nine.
- The scores were 113-113, 118-108, and 115-111.

WBA Super World Featherweight Title/WBC Diamond Featherweight Title-
Super Champion/Diamond Champion Leo Santa Cruz (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; Transnational #7 P4P, TTR #10 P4P; 35-1-1, 19 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
WBA World champion Abner Mares (TTR #5, The Ring #5, Transnational #6; 31-3-1, 15 KOs)
- The scores were 115-113, 118-108, and 115-111.

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico-

WBC International Super Flyweight Title-
Champion Francisco "Chihuas" Rodriguez, Jr. (Transnational #10, WBC #11, TTR #12- all at 115; WBO #2, The Ring #8, IBF #8- all at 112; 28-4-1, 20 KOs)
KO-2
Yohei Tobe (13-3-1, 9 KOs)
- Rodriguez weighed in at 112 1/4; Tobe at 115.

Super Flyweight Bout-
Iran Diaz (WBA #3, WBO #6, TTR #11, WBC #14, IBF #14; 14-2-3, 6 KOs)
Tech. Draw 3 0:21
Adolfo Castillo (7-0-2, 4 KOs)