TTR Challenge #22- Standings After Week #15

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RESULTS and POINTS BREAKDOWN:

Fight #1- WBC World Bantamweight Title-
Champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; The Ring #9 P4P, TTR #11 P4P; 25-0-2, 17 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Liborio Solis (WBC #3, TTR #6, The Ring #10; 23-4-1, 10 KOs)
- Yamanaka scored a flash knockdown in the second round.
- Solis decked Yamanaka twice in the third round.
- Yamanaka recovered and took control. He was leading 77-72 on each of the judges' cards after the eighth round.
- The defending champion floored Solis in the ninth. He then won the next three rounds on all three of the judges' cards to retain his title by three 117-107 scores.
- Yamanaka is now 11-0 in world title bouts and 6-0 versus fighters who have held world titles.
.....9 points for picking Yamanaka plus 2 points for picking him by decision

Fight #2- WBC World Light Flyweight Title-
Ganigan Lopez (WBC #5; 27-6, 17 KOs as per BoxRec; 35-6, 17 KOs as per AOL Deportes Latino)
Maj. Dec. 12
Champion Yu Kimura (TTR #3, Transnational #3, The Ring #3; 18-3-1, 3 KOs)
- The scores were 119-109, 118-110, and 114-114.
.....10 points for picking Lopez plus 2 points for picking him by decision.

Fight #3- WBA World Heavyweight Title-
Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne (WBA #2; 24-0, 21 KOs)
TKO-10
Champion Ruslan Chagaev (The Ring #8, TTR #9; 34-3-1, 21 KOs)
- Browne was down in round 6; Chagaev was down in round 10.
.....10 points for picking Browne plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #4- Non-title Heavyweight Bout-
WBA Interim World champion Luis Ortiz (WBA #1, Transnational #4, TTR #5, The Ring #5; 25-0, 2 NCs, 22 KOs)
KO-6 2:29
Tony Thompson (40-7, 27 KOs)
- Ortiz floored Thompson three times- once in the first round, once in the third, and once in the sixth.
.....9 points for picking Ortiz plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #5- Vacant WBO World Welterweight Title-
Jessie Vargas (WBO #4, WBA #6, TTR #10- all at 147; The Ring #6, Transnational #8- both at 140; 27-1, 10 KOs)
TKO-9 2:09
Sadam Ali (WBO #1, TTR #8, Transnational #8, The Ring #8, WBA #8; 22-1, 13 KOs)
- Vargas floored Ali twice- once in round 8 and once in round 9.
.....10 points for picking Vargas plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #6- Vacant WBC Interim World Featherweight Title-
Oscar Escandon (WBC #9; 25-2, 17 KOs)
KO-7
Robinson Castellanos (WBC #1; 23-12, 13 KOs)
- Castellanos decked Escandon in the second round. Escandon floored Castellanos in the seventh.
.....10 points for picking Escandon plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #7- IBF Eliminator for the #1 Spot in the Junior Middleweight Ratings-
Julian "J Rock" Williams (IBF #5, WBA #6, TTR #7, WBC #7, Transnational #8, The Ring #8; 22-0-1, 14 KOs)
TKO-7 2:24
Marcello Matano (IBF #6; 16-2, 5 KOs)
- Williams won each round, gradually broke Matano down, and eventualy stopped him on his feet.
.....9 points for picking Williams plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #8- Middleweight Bout-
Tony Harrison (23-1, 19 KOs)
TKO-6 1:54
Fernando Guerrero (WBC #34; 28-4, 20 KOs)
- Harrison weighed in at 156 1/4; Guerrero at 156 3/4.
.....9 points for picking Harrison plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Fight #9- WBO International Middleweight Title-
Avtandil Khurtsidze (WBC #9, IBF #12; 32-2-2, 21 KOs)
TKO-10 0:33
Champion Antoine Douglas (WBO #3, WBA #6, IBF #11, WBC #19; 19-1-1, 13 KOs)
- Khurtsidze knocked Douglas down in the third round and again in the seventh.- Harrison floored Guerrero three times- once in round 2 and twice in round 6.
.....10 points for picking Khurtsidze plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO

Hi score this week was 69 acquired by me, Tainos had 64.
I went from a two way tie for 5th to a two way tie for third with Marciano. Tainos closed some of the gap between he and MilMan.

Player-Points-Total
1) USMILMAN-48-697
2) tainos-64-683
3) marciano1952-53-662
3) straycat-69-662
5) Gilgamesh-42-647
6) KSTAT124-42-635
7) DBO-43-622
8 ) WillieB59-DNP-414
9) Presteezh-DNP-78
10) RASTA666-DNP-39
11) chef97-DNP-32