Pictured: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez


During the two-day period of Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15, nine boxers ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best campaigning in their respective weight classes were in action. Six, Vincent Legrand, Gilberto Ramirez, Joseph Parker, Artem Dalakian. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, and Tevin Farmer, emerged victorious while three, Jesse Hart, Karo Murat, and Rocky Fielding, suffered defeats.

Friday, December 14, 2018-

Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France-

Non-title Featherweight Bout-
EBU European flyweight champion Vincent Legrand (WBC #6, The Ring #8, WBO #9, TTR #10- all at 112; WBA #9 at 115; 29-0, 17 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 6
Ilia Beruashvili (8-8, 4 KOs)
- Legrand won by three 60-52 scores.

Corpus Christi, Texas, USA-

WBO World Super Middleweight Title-
Champion Gilberto Ramirez (The Ring #1, TTR #2, Transnational #2; 39-0, 25 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
Jesse Hart (WBO #1, TTR #12; 25-2, 21 KOs)
- The scores were 115-113, 115-113, and 114-114.

Saturday, December 15, 2018-

Christchurch, New Zealand-

Heavyweight Bout-
Joseph Parker (WBC #5, TTR #7, The Ring #7, Transnational #10; 25-2, 19 KOs)
KO-3 2:51
Alexander Flores (17-2-1, 15 KOs)

Kiev, Ukraine-

WBA World Flyweight Title-
Champion Artem Dalakian (The Ring #3, TTR #5, Transnational #6; 18-0, 13 KOs)
TKO-6
Gregorio Lebron (WBA #3; 21-5, 16 KOs)
- Dalakian dropped Lebron three times in round six.

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany-

IBO World Light Heavyweight Title-
Sven Fornling (IBF #11, WBC #27; 15-1, 7 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Karo Murat (WBC #3, WBA #3, IBF #4, TTR #9; 32-4-1, 21 KOs)
- Fornling came into the bout ranked #25 by the IBO.

New York, New York, USA-

WBA World Super Middleweight Title-
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (The Ring #3 P4P, TTR #5 P4P, Transnational #7 P4P; 51-1-2, 35 KOs)
TKO-3 2:38
Champion Rocky Fielding (TTR #9, Transnational #9, The Ring #9; 27-2, 15 KOs)
- Alvarez' lineal, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, Ring Magazine, and WBC World middleweight titles and his WBA Super World middleweight title were not on the line.
- Fielding was down once in round one, once in round two, and twice in round three.

IBF World Junior Lightweight Title-
Champion Tevin Farmer (The Ring #3, Transnational #6, TTR #7; 28-4-1, 1 NC, 6 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Francisco Fonseca (IBF #13; 22-2-1, 16 KOs)
- Farmer won by three 117-111 scores.