Pictured: Teofimo Lopez


During the four-day period of Thursday, October 15 through Sunday, October 18, six boxers ranked by TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective divisions were in action. Five, Eduard Troyanovsky, Yvan Mendy, Teofimo Lopez, who won the vacant lineal World lightweight championship along with a plethora of organizational belts, Arnold Barboza, Jr., and Jay Harris, emerged victorious while one, Vasiliy Lomachenko, lost (to Lopez).


Thursday, October 15, 2020-

Minsk, Belarus-

Super Lightweight Bout-
Eduard Troyanovsky (WBC #8, TTR #12, IBF #15; 29-2, 24 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 10
Renald Garrido (25-28-3, 6 KOs)
- The scores were 97-94, 97-97, and 96-94.

Saturday, October 17, 2020-

Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France-

Non-title Lightweight Bout-
WBA Gold champion Yvan Mendy (WBC #5, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #8, TTR #9; 45-5-1, 1 NC, 22 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 8
Alain Christian Sangue (11-4-1, 3 KOs)
- The scores were 79-73, 79-73, and 78-74.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Vacant Lineal (as recognized by TTR), Vacant Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, The Ring, WBO and IBF World Lightweight Titles/WBA Super World Lightweight Title/WBC Franchise Lightweight Title-
IBF champion Teofimo Lopez (The Ring #1, TTR #2, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #2; 16-0, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
The Ring and WBO champion/WBA Super champion/WBC Franchise champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (TTR #1, Transnational Boxings Rankings Board #1; TTR #1 P4P, The Ring #2 P4P, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3 P4P; 14-2, 10 KOs)
- The scores were 116-112, 119-109, and 117-111.
- I scored the bout for TTR's Main Page. Like judge Tim Cheatham, I had it 116-112 for Lopez with the 23-year-old Brooklynite winning the first seven rounds, the 32-year-old Lomachenko winning the next four, and Lopez taking round 12.

Super Lightweight Bout-
Arnold Barboza, Jr. (WBC #7, WBO #7, The Ring #8, TTR #14; 25-0, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Alex Saucedo (WBO #6, WBC #22; 30-2, 19 KOs)
- Barboza was down in round 7.
- The scores were 97-92, 97-92, and 96-93.

Sunday, October 18, 2020-

South Kirby, Yorkshire, England-

Non-title Super Flyweight Bout-
Commonwealth flyweight champion Jay Harris (WBC #5, WBA #6, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #9, The Ring #10, TTR #12- all at 112; 18-1, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Marcel Braithwaite (9-3, 0 KOs)
- The scores were 98-93, 97-93, and 98-92.