TTR Challenge #21- Standings After Week #8

[straycat]

RESULTS and POINTS BREAKDOWN:

Fight #1- WBA World Super Welterweight and Vacant IBO World Junior Middleweight Titles-
WBA World champion Erislandy Lara (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #2; 21-2-2, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Delvin Rodriguez (WBA #13; 28-8-4, 16 KOs)
- Lara was also ranked #2 by the IBO. Rodriguez, who had not fought since May 16, 2014, had been dropped from the IBO's ratings because of inactivity.
- Lara pitched a shutout. He knocked Rodriguez down in the sixth round and went on to win by three 120-107 scores.
- Scoring the bout for TTR, I also had Lara winning 120-107.
.....8 points for picking Lara plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #2- Vacant WBO International Light Heavyweight Title-
Artur Beterbiev (IBF #2, WBC #4, WBA #4, WBO #5, TTR #6, Transnational #6, The Ring #7; 9-0, 9 KOs)
TKO-7 1:38
Alexander Johnson (16-3, 1 NC, 7 KOs)
- Beterbiev's IBF North American, WBA NABA, and WBO NABO titles were not on the line.
- Johnson was down four times- twice in the fifth round and twice in the seventh.
.....8 points for picking Beterbiev plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #3- Non-title Cruiserweight Bout-
WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez (WBC #3, The Ring #5, Transnational #7, TTR #8, IBF #15- all at 175; 17-0, KOs)
TKO-2 1:05
Anatoliy Dudchenko (19-4, 13 KOs)
- Alvarez weighed in at 181; Dudchenko at 180 1/2.
.....9 points for picking Alvarez plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #4- Non-title Heavyweight Bout-
IBF International champion Artur Szpilka (WBC #9, WBO #9, IBF #10, TTR #13; 19-1, 14 KOs)
TKO-3 3:00
Manuel Quezada (29-10, 18 KOs)
.....8 points for picking Szpilka plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #5- JEOPARDY FIGHT-
Heavyweight Bout-
Carlos Takam (Transnational #6, TTR #7, The Ring #10, WBC #10, WBO #11; 32-2-1, 25 KOs)
KO-5
Michael Sprott (42-24, 17 KOs)
.....7 points for picking Takam plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO
(if a Challenge participant would have picked Sprott, he would have lost 7 points.....no one picked Sprott)

Fight #6- Vacant IBF Interim World Bantamweight Title-
Lee Haskins (IBF #4, WBA #10, WBO #11, TTR #12; 32-3, 14 KOs)
TKO-6 2:10
Ryosuke Iwasa (IBF #3, WBA #7, The Ring #10; 19-2, 12 KOs)
.....10 points for picking Haskins plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #7- JEOPARDY FIGHT-
WBC World Heavyweight Title-
Champion Deontay Wilder (TTR #2, The Ring #2, Transnational #3; 34-0, 33 KOs)
KO-9 1:03
Eric Molina (WBC #7; 23-3, 17 KOs)
- Molina won the third and eight rounds on my card and on the card of Showtime's Steve Farhood.
- Wilder floored Molina four times- once in the fourth round, twice in the fifth, and once in the ninth. Referee Jack Reiss ruled the fight over when Molina hit the canvas in the ninth.
- Wilder landed 141 of his 303 punches. Molina landed 49 of 188.
- At the time of the stoppage, the judges had Wilder winning by the scores of 80-69, 79-70, and 79-70. Steve Farhood and I each had Wilder leading 78-71.
.....6 points for picking Wilder plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO
(a Molina pick would have resulted in a loss of 6 points.....no one picked Molina)

Fight #8- Vacant IBF World Junior Lightweight Title-
Jose "Sniper" Pedraza (IBF #1, Transnational #8, The Ring #8, TTR #9; 20-0, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Andrey Klimov (WBO #3, IBF #6, WBC #37; 19-2, 9 KOs)
- Pedraza landed 272 of the 750 punches he threw; Klimov landed only 121 of 559.
- The scores were 119-109, 120-108, and 120-108.
- Scoring the bout for TTR, I also had Pedraza winning all twelve rounds and winning by a 120-108 score.
.....10 points for picking Pedraza plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #9- WBC World Lightweight Title Final Eliminator-
Dejan Zlaticanin (WBC #1, TTR #4, Transnational #6, The Ring #9; 21-0, 14 KOs)
TKO-4 1:24
Ivan Redkach (WBC #2 at 135; WBA #4 at 140; 18-1, 14 KOs)
- In the fourth round, Zlaticanin floored Redkach with an overhand left. Redkach beat the referee's count but was pummeled by Zlaticanin when the action resumed. The ref was left with no choice but to stop the contest, thus rescuing Redkach from additional punishment.
.....10 points for picking Zlaticanin plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #10- Vacant WBA World Featherweight Super Championship-
Nicholas Walters (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; TTR #15 P4P; 26-0, 21 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Miguel Marriaga (WBA #7; 20-1, 18 KOs)
- Walters had lost the title on the scales. The vacant title was available to Marriaga only.
- The scores were 118-109, 117-110, and 119-108.
- With Walters winning, the title remains vacant.
.....9 points for picking Walters plus 2 points for picking him by decision

HardCoreB & Willie B have this weeks high of 95, HardCoreB jumps into first place from 3rd. Tainos & Rasta have the 2nd highest with 89.

Player-Points-Total
1) hardcorebee24-95-562
2) J.J.Dillon-87-559
3) kewlmodee-79-553
4) Cagiva9-87-546
5) WillieB59-95-544
6) marciano1952-87-536
7) RASTA666-89-529
8 ) tainos-89-524
9) KSTAT124-87-502
10) straycat-78-499
11) DBO-85-459
12) chef97-DNP-359
13) TopNotch86-DNP-236
14) gilgamesh-73-223
15) stenchasaurous-DNP-205

[gilgamesh]

Shouldn't I be ranked 14 now?

[KSTAT124]

Shouldn't I be ranked 14 now?

Yes you should and it's been corrected.

[gilgamesh]

Shouldn't I be ranked 14 now?

Yes you should and it's been corrected.

Ahh yeah...no longer last place baby!

If people don't watch it I might climb all the way to #12

[straycat]

My apologies Gig I got to a point where the was no top lead changes and did thee ole copy and paste a roo.

[gilgamesh]

My apologies Gig I got to a point where the was no top lead changes and did thee ole copy and paste a roo.

Just a heads up. I'm pretty sure I'm taking the #13 spot this week

[straycat]

LOL's yeah I will definitely keep that in mind.