Pictured: Lineal, TBRB, The Ring, and IBF World Cruiserweight Champion Mairis Briedis


On Saturday, October 16, six fighters ranked by TTR as being among the best currently campaigning in the their respective weight classes were in action. Five, Chris Eubank, Jr., Mairis Briedis, Jesse Rodriguez, Jonathan Gonzalez, and David Cuellar, won their bouts while one, Elwin Soto, lost his (to Gonzalez).


Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England-

Middleweight Bout-
Chris Eubank, Jr. (TTR #6, The Ring #8, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #9; 31-2, 23 KOs)
TKO-5 3:00
Wanik Awdijan (28-2, 11 KOs)
- Awdijan retired after the fifth round because of a broken rib.

Riga, Latvia-

Lineal, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and The Ring World Cruiserweight Titles-
Champion Mairis Briedis (TTR #13 P4P; 28-1, 20 KOs)
TKO-3 2:54
Artur Mann (17-2, 9 KOs)
- Briedis' IBF World title was also on the line.
- Briedis dropped Mann with a right late in round 2.
- The defending champion decked Mann two more times in round 3 to force the stoppage.

Fresno, California, USA-

Flyweight Bout-
Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez (The Ring #7, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #9, TTR #16- all at 108; 14-0, 10 KOs)
KO-4 1:23
Jose Alejandro Burgos (18-5-1, 15 KOs)
- Burgos was a substitute. Rodriguez was originally scheduled to fight Esteban Bermudez (TTR #6, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #8, The Ring #8- all at 108; 14-3-2, 10 KOs) for Bermudez' WBA World light flyweight title. Bermudez withdrew when the WBA would not sanction the fight. They had mandated that Bermudez fight WBA Super World light flyweight champion (and The Ring World junior flyweight champion) Hiroto Kyoguchi (TTR #1, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #2; 15-0, 10 KOs) next.
- Rodriguez dropped Burgos twice.

Jonathan "Bomba" Gonzalez (TTR #11; 25-3-1, 14 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
Elwin Soto (The Ring #2, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #4, TTR #5; 19-2, 13 KOs)
- Soto was making his fourth defense of the WBO World title while Gonzalez was challenging for a WBO World title for the second time.
- The scores were 116-112 for Gonzalez, 116-112 for Soto, and 116-112 for Gonzalez.

Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico-

Super Flyweight Bout-
David "El General" Cuellar (TTR #18; 20-0, 13 KOs)
KO-6 2:11
Moises Fuentes (25-7-1, 14 KOs)
- The 19-year-old Cuellar KOed former World champion Fuentes with a pulverizing left hook.