Pictured: Sergey Kovalev


During the three-day period of Thursday, January 31 through Saturday, February 2, five fighters ranked by the participating members of TTR as being among the best currently campaigning in their respective weight classes were in action. Four, Aston Palicte, Richard Commey, Oscar Valdez, and Sergey Kovalev, came away with victories while one, Eleider Alvarez, suffered a defeat.

Thursday, January 31, 2019-

Alpine, California, USA-

WBO World Junior Bantamweight Title Eliminator-
Aston Palicte (WBO #1, WBC #7, The Ring #8, TTR #10, Transnational #10; 25-2-1, 21 KOs)
KO-2 2:18
Jose "Chiquiro" Martinez (WBO #2, WBC #28; 20-1-2, 13 KOs)
- With his win over the previously unbeaten Martinez, Palicte earned a mandatory rematch with now WBO World junior bantamweight champion Donnie Nietes (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #2; The Ring #9 P4P; 42-1-5, 23 KOs).

Saturday, February 2, 2019-

Frisco, Texas, USA-

Vacant IBF World Lightweight Title-
Richard Commey (IBF #1, The Ring #3, TTR #6, Transnational #7; 28-2, 25 KOs)
TKO-2 0:39
Isa Chaniev (IBF #3; 13-2, 6 KOs)
- Commey decked Chaniev three times- once in round 1 and twice in round 2.

WBO World Featherweight Title-
Champion Oscar Valdez (The Ring #4, TTR #5, Transnational #5; 25-0, 20 KOs/26-0, 20 KOs including a WSB bout)
TKO-7 0:09
Carmine Tommasone (WBO #14, IBF #14; 19-1, 6 KOs)
- Valdez floored Tommasone four times- twice in round 4, once in round 6, and once in round 7.

WBO World Light Heavyweight Title-
Sergey Kovalev (TTR #3, Transnational #4, The Ring #5, WBO #5; 33-3-1, 28 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Eleider Alvarez (TTR #1, Transnational #1, The Ring #1; 24-1, 12 KOs)
- Alvarez' International Boxing Association World title was not on the line.
- Kovalev won by the scores of 120-108, 116-112, and 116-112.