Pictured: Carl Frampton


During the four-day period of Thursday, August 16 through Sunday, August 20, six boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Four, Carl Frampton, Tyson Fury, Cristofer Rosales, and Jesse Hart, added wins to their records while two, Ryosuke Iwasa and Robinson Castellanos, suffered defeats.

Thursday, August 16, 2018-

Tokyo, Japan-

IBF World Junior Featherweight Title-
Terence "TJ" Doheny (IBF #1; 20-0, 14 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Ryosuke Iwasa (Transnational #3, TTR #4, The Ring #7; 25-3, 16 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112, 117-112, and 115-113.

Saturday, August 18, 2018-

Belfast, Northern Ireland-

WBO Interim World Featherweight Title-
Interim champion Carl Frampton (Transnational #2, TTR #3, The Ring #3; 26-1, 15 KOs)
TKO-9 1:21
Luke Jackson (WBO #5; 16-1, 7 KOs)
- Frampton floored Jackson in the eighth round. Jackson's corner threw in the towel in the ninth.

Heavyweight Bout-
Tyson Fury (WBC #5, TTR #8, The Ring #10; 27-0, 19 KOs)
PTS. 10
Francesco Pianeta (35-5-1, 21 KOs)
- Fury won by the score of 100-90.

WBC World Flyweight Title-
Champion Cristofer Rosales (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #5; 28-3, 19 KOs)
KO-4 3:00
Paddy Barnes (WBC #14; 5-1, 1 KO)
- Rosales dropped Barnes for the full ten-count with a debilitating body shot.

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA-

NABF Super Middleweight Title-
Champion Jesse Hart (WBO #1, WBC #3, IBF #10, TTR #12; 25-1, 21 KOs)
TKO-3 0:52
Mike Gavronski (WBA #14, WBC #31; 24-3-1, 1 NC, 15 KOs)
- Hart floored Gavronski twice in round 3.

Sunday, August 19, 2018-

Ekaterinburg, Russia-

IBO World Super Featherweight Title-
Champion Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (IBF #6, WBC #20; 13-0, 10 KOs)
TKO-2 1:39
Robinson Castellanos (WBC #6, TTR #8, Transnational #9; 24-14, 14 KOs)
- Rakhimov floored Castellanos four times- once in round 1 and thrice in round 2.