Pictured: Donnie "Ahas" Nietes, who appeared to have won but had to settle for a draw Saturday night


During the five-day period of Friday, September 7 through Tuesday, September 11, six bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings took place. As a result, Zair Abdullaev, Denis Lebedev, Amir Khan, Adam Kownacki, and Takuma Inoue, all of whom won, and Donnie Nietes and Aston Palicte, who fought to a debatable stalemate, may have fought their way into or, in some cases, back into TTR's rankings.

Friday, September 7, 2018-

Chelyabinsk, Russia-

WBC Silver Lightweight Title-
Champion Zaur Abdullaev (WBC #19; 10-0, 6 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Henry Lundy (WBC #10; 29-7-1, 14 KOs)
- Note: the WBC's September 2018 ratings were posted on September 8. As a result of this bout, Abdullaev was elevated to #4 and Lundy was dropped to #17.

Non-title Cruiserweight Bout-
WBA Champion In Recess Denis Lebedev (The Ring #3; 31-2, 1 NC, 23 KOs)
KO-3 1:02
Hizni Altunkaya (30-3, 17 KOs)
- This was Lebedev's first bout since his UD 12 win over Mark Flanagan on July 9, 2017.

Saturday, September 8, 2018-

Birmingham, West Midlands, England-

Non-title Welterweight Bout-
Amir Khan (WBA #5, WBC #11- both at 147; WBO #7 at 154; 33-4, 20 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
WBA NABA champion Samuel Vargas (WBA #9; 29-4-2, 14 KOs)
- Khan weighed in at 147; Vargas at 146.
- Vargas was down early in the second round and in the third round. Khan was down late in the second round.
- The scores were 119-108, 119-109, and 118-110.

Brooklyn. New York, USA-

Heavyweight Bout-
Adam Kownacki (The Ring #10, WBC #10, IBF #12; 18-0, 14 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Charles Martin (WBC #9; 25-2-1, 23 KOs)
- This was Martin's first bout since his TKO-1 win over Michael Marrone on July 18, 2017.
- Kownacki won by three 96-94 scores.

Inglewood, California, USA-

Vacant WBO World Junior Bantamweight Title-
Donnie Nietes (Transnational #1 at 112; WBO #1 at 115; The Ring #9 P4P; 41-1-5, 23 KOs)
Split Dec. Draw 12
Aston Palicte (WBO #2; 24-2-1, 20 KOs)
- The scores were 118-110 for Nietes, 114-114, and 116-112 for Palicte.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018-

Tokyo, Japan-

WBC World Bantamweight Title Eliminator-
Takuma Inoue (WBO #8, Transnational #9, WBC #10- all at 118; WBA #11 at 115; 12-0, 3 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Mark John Yap (WBC #3; 29-13, 14 KOs)
- The scores were 116-111, 117-110, and 114-113.