Pictured: Anthony Joshua


On Saturday, December 7, thirteen boxers ranked by TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes were in action. Nine, Anthony Joshua, Dillian Whyte, Aleksei Egorov, Jermall Charlo, Ryosuke Iwasa, Chris Eubank, Jr., Emanuel Navarrete, Jerwin Ancajas, and McWilliams Arroyo, won; two, Andy Ruiz, Jr. and Marlon Tapales, lost (to Joshua and Iwasa respectively); and two, Kenichi Ogawa and Alexander Povetkin, were involved in split decision draws.


Tokyo, Japan-

WBO Asia Pacific Junior Featherweight Title-
Champion Joe Noynay (WBO #6, WBC #16; 18-2-2, 7 KOs)
Split Tech. Dec. Draw 5
Kenichi Ogawa (IBF #3, WBA #4, WBO #10, TTR #13, WBC #24; 24-1-1, 1 NC, 18 KOs)
- The bout was marred by, and finally halted because of, accidental clashes of heads. Both fighters were cut badly- Noynay by an accidental head butt in round 2; Ogawa by an accidental head butt in round 3. A third bad head clash sent Noynay to his knees in the fourth round and another in round 5 rendered Noynay unable to continue.
- The scores were 48-47 for Noynay, 49-46 for Ogawa, and 48-48.

Diriyah, Saudi Arabia-

WBA Super, WBO, IBF, and IBO World Heavyweight Titles-
Anthony Joshua (WBA #3, WBO #3, TTR #4, Transnational #4, The Ring #4, IBF #5; 23-1, 21 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Champion Andy Ruiz, Jr. (Transnational #1, TTR #3, The Ring #3; 33-2, 22 KOs)
- Joshua weighed in at 237; Ruiz at 283!
- The IBO #2 ranked Joshua dominated, winning by the scores of 118-110, 19-109, and 118-110.

WBA World Heavyweight Title Eliminator-
Alexander Povetkin (WBA #6, WBC #6, TTR #7, Transnational #7, The Ring #7, IBF #10; 35-2-1, 24 KOs)
Split Dec. Draw 12
Michael Hunter (WBA #7, IBF #7, WBO #8, WBC #14; 18-1-1, 12 KOs)
- The scores were 115-113 for Hunter, 114-114, and 115-113 for Povetkin.

Heavyweight Bout-
Dillian Whyte (WBC #1, TTR #5, Transnational #5, The Ring #5; 27-1, 18 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Mariusz Wach (35-6, 19 KOs)
- The scores were 97-93, 98-93, and 97-93.

Ekaterinburg, Russia-

Non-title Cruiserweight Bout-
WBA Gold champion Aleksei Egorov (TTR #12, WBC #12; 10-0, 7 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Serhiy Radchenko (7-5, 2 KOs)
- Egorov dropped Radchenko in round one and went on to win by three 100-89 scores.

Brooklyn, New York, USA-

WBC World Middleweight Title-
Champion Jermall Charlo (TTR #4, The Ring #4, Transnational #5; 30-0, 22 KOs)
TKO-7 0:28
Dennis Hogan (WBC #5; 28-3-1, 7 KOs)
- Charlo floored Hogan in round 4 and in round 7.

Vacant IBF Interim World Junior Featherweight Title-
Ryosuke Iwasa (IBF #1, TTR #5, Transnational #5, The Ring #6; 27-3, 17 KOs)
TKO-11 2:09
Marlon Tapales (IBF #3 at 122; TTR #13 at 126; 33-3, 16 KOs)
- Iwasa decked Tapales in round 3 and in round 11.
- Iwasa was leading by the scores of 97-92, 95-94, and 97-92 going into the 11th round.

Vacant WBA Interim World Middleweight Title-
Chris Eubank, Jr. (WBA #1 at 160; TTR #3, Transnational #4, The Ring #7- all at 168; 29-2, 22 KOs)
TKO-2 0:34
Matvey Korobov (WBA #3; 28-3-1, 14 KOs)
- Eubank's IBO World super middleweight title was not on the line.
- The bout was halted because Korobov suffered an injury to his left shoulder.

Puebla, Puebla, Mexico-

WBO World Junior Featherweight Title-
Champion Emanuel Navarrete (TTR #2, Transnational #2, The Ring #3; 30-1, 26 KOs)
TKO-4 2:09
Francisco Horta (WBO #13; 20-4-1, 10 KOs)

IBF World Junior Bantamweight Title-
Champion Jerwin Ancajas (TTR #4, Transnational #4, The Ring #5; 32-1-2, 22 KOs)
TKO-6
Miguel Gonzalez (IBF #14, WBC #31; 31-3, 8 KOs)
- This was Ancajas' 8th successful defense of the IBF title.

San Juan, Puerto Rico-

Super Flyweight Bout-
McWilliams Arroyo (WBC #4, IBF #13- both at 112; WBO #5, TTR #9- both at 115; 20-4, 15 KOs)
TKO-5 3:00
Juan Gabriel Medina (11-4, 10 KOs)