TTR Challenge #21- Standings After Week #6

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RESULTS and POINTS BREAKDOWN:

Fight #1- WBC Silver Welterweight Title-
Champion Amir Khan (WBC #1, WBA #2, The Ring #3, IBF #3, Transnational #4, TTR #6; 31-3, 19 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Chris Algieri (WBO #1, Transnational #3, TTR #7- all at 140; 20-2, 8 KOs)
- The scores were 115-113, 117-111, and 117-111.
- Steve Farhood, scoring the bout for SPIKE, had it 116-112 for Khan.
- I scored the bout for TTR and, like judge Don Ackerman, had Khan winning 115-113.
.....9 points for picking Khan plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #2- Vacant WBA World Super Featherweight Title-
Javier Fortuna (WBA #3, The Ring #6, TTR #8, Transnational #9; 28-0-1, 1 NC, 20 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Bryan Vasquez (WBA #2, The Ring #3, Transnational #3, TTR #6; 34-2, 18 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112, 117-111, and 117-111.
.....10 points for picking Fortuna plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #3- Vacant WBO World Mini-Flyweight Title-
Kosei Tanaka (WBO #2, WBA #2, The Ring #4, TTR #6, Transnational #7, IBF #13; 5-0, 2 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Julian Yedras (WBO #1, WBA #10; 24-2, 13 KOs)
- The scores were 117-111, 115-113, and 117-111.
.....9 points for picking Tanaka plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #4- IBF World Junior Flyweight Title-
Champion Javier Mendoza (Transnational #3, TTR #7, The Ring #9; 24-2-1, 19 KOs)
Unan. Tech. Dec. 6
Milan Melindo (IBF #1, TTR #3, The Ring #5, WBO #6, Transnational #9; 32-2, 12 KOs)
- Melindo was penalized one point for a low blow in the fifth round.
- Melindo was cut over his right eye by an accidental clash of heads in the sixth round. Later in the round, he was badly cut over his left eye by another accidental clash of heads. The second cut caused the bout to be stopped.
- Mendoza won by the scores of 59-53, 60-52, and 60-52.
.....10 points for picking Mendoza plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #5- IBF World Welterweight Title-
Champion Kell Brook (The Ring #1, TTR #3, Transnational #3; 35-0, 24 KOs)
TKO-6 2:51
Frankie Gavin (IBF #4; 22-2, 13 KOs)
.....8 points for picking Brook plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #6- WBC World Lightweight Title-
Champion Jorge Linares (The Ring #5, TTR #7, Transnational #7; 39-3, 26 KOs)
TKO-10 2:57
Kevin Mitchell (WBC #1, The Ring #7, Transnational #8, TTR #10; 39-3, 29 KOs)
- Linares was knocked down in the fifth round but rallied to cut Mitchell badly and to floor him the the tenth round.
- 10 points for picking Linares plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #7- IBF World Featherweight Title-
Lee Selby (IBF #1, Transnational #8, The Ring #8, TTR #11; 21-1, 8 KOs)
Unan. Tech. Dec. 8
Champion Evgeny Gradovich (Transnational #3, The Ring #5, TTR #7; 19-1-1, 9 KOs)
- The scores were 80-72, 79-73, and 79-73.
.....10 points for picking Selby plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #8- WBC World Minimumweight Title-
Champion Wanheng Menayothin (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #3; 38-0, 13 KOs)
KO-9
Jerry Tomogdan (WBC #25; 17-6-3, 9 KOs)
- Menayothin was originally slated to defend against Young Kil Bae (Myung Goo Yuh; WBC #13 at 105; WBA #13, IBF #15- both at 112; 26-4-1, 21 KOs).
- Menayothin KOed late substitute Tomogdan with a vicious left hook to the body.
- This was Menayothin's second successful world title defense.
.....8 points for picking Menayothin plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Tainos came in with a weeks high of 76 and moves up one spot ahead of me, JJ and Marciano have the 2nd highest with 62 moving JJ into a tie for 1st. Willie B bumps up one spot on the board ahead of rasta

Player-Points-Total
1) kewlmodee-52-416
1) J.J.Dillon-62-78-416
3) hardcorebee24-55-409
4) Cagiva9-64-402
5) marciano1952-56-393
6) WillieB59-66-387
7 ) RASTA666-62-384
8) tainos-76-375
9) straycat-50-361
10) KSTAT124-52-355
11) DBO-66-312
12) chef97-75-299
13) TopNotch86-DNP-236
14) stenchasaurous-DNP-205
15) gilgamesh-43-92

The Stray one has a few brews settling in so might be a good week to confirm results individually.