Pictured: Terence "Bud" Crawford


On Saturday, November 20, ten fighters ranked by TTR as being among the best currently campaigning in their respective weight classes were in action. Eight, Richard Riakporhe, Jeremias Nicolas Ponce, Yuniel Dorticos, Mike Plania, Terence "Bud" Crawford, Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, Esquiva Falcao, and Isaac Dogboe, emerged with victories while two, Olanrewaju Durodola and Shawn Porter, suffered TKO losses (to Riakporhe and Crawford respectively).


Wembley, London, England-

Cruiserweight Bout-
Richard Riakporhe (Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #10, TTR #12; 13-0, 9 KOs)
TKO-5 0:36
Olanrewaju Durodola (TTR #16; 36-9, 33 KOs)
- Riakporhe, who decked Durodola in round 5, won the vacant WBC Silver cruiserweight title.

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany-

Super Lightweight Bout-
Jeremias Nicolas Ponce (TTR #17; 29-0, 19 KOs)
KO-2 0:40
Michel Marcano (22-5-1, 19 KOs)

Miami, Florida, USA-

Cruiserweight Bout-
Yuniel Dorticos (The Ring #1, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #2, TTR #3; 25-2, 23 KOs)
TKO-2 0:35
Jesse Bryan (20-6-2, 2 NDs, 16 KOs)

Featherweight Bout-
Mike Plania (TTR #13 at 122; 26-1, 13 KOs)
TKO-1 2:41
Ricardo Nunez (29-13, 23 KOs)
- This was a non-title bout. Plania's IBF North American junior featherweight title was not on the line.
- Plania weighed in at 123 1/4; Nunez at 124.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Welterweight Bout-
Terence "Bud" Crawford (TTR #2, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #2, The Ring #2; TTR #4 P4P, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #4 P4P, The Ring #4 P4P; 38-0, 29 KOs)
TKO-10 1:21
"Showtime" Shawn Porter (TTR #4, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #4, The Ring #4; 31-4-1, 17 KOs)
- Crawford, who floored Porter twice in round 10, retained the WBO World welterweight title.
- Porter, 34, a former two-time World welterweight champion, announced his retirement at the post-fight press conference.

Middleweight Bout-
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #6, The Ring #7, TTR #8; 11-0, 7 KOs)
TKO-8 2:40
Hassan N'Dam (Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam; 38-6, 21 KOs)
- Alimkanuly floored N'Dam in round 3.
- Alimkhanuly retained the WBO Global and WBC Continental Americas middleweight titles.

Middleweight Bout-
Esquiva Falcao (TTR #11; 29-0, 20 KOs)
Split Tech. Dec. 6 2:18
Patrice Volny (16-1, 10 KOs)
- This bout was an IBF World middleweight title eliminator.
- Falcao was badly cut above his left eyebrow by an accidental clash of heads.
- The scores were 58-56 and 58-57 for Falcao and 58-57 for Volny.

Featherweight Bout-
Isaac Dogboe (TTR #7; 23-2, 15 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 10
Christopher Diaz (26-4, 16 KOs)
- The scores were 96-94, 95-95, and 97-93.
- Dogboe retained the NABF featherweight title.