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2022-12-14
TTR RANKED FIGHTERS IN ACTION- December 9 through December 13- Lineal Champ Naoya Inoue Unifies All 4 Major Belts at 118/Luis Alberto Lopez, Teofimo Lopez, Terence Crawford Also Among Winners
Pictured: Naoya Inoue



During the five-day period of Friday, December 9 through December 13, seventeen boxers ranked by TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective divisions were in action. Thirteen, Osleys Iglesias, Richard Rivera, Michael Conlan, Padraig McCrory, Luis Alberto Lopez, Felix Cash, Teofimo Lopez, Terence Crawford, Kosei Tanaka, Sho Ishida, Magomed Kurbanov, Naoya Inoue, and Takuma Inoue, were victorious while four, Josh Warrington, Sandor Martin, David Avanesyan, and Paul Butler, suffered defeats.



Friday, December 9, 2022-

Gliwice, Poland-

Super Middleweight Bout-
Osleys Iglesias (TTR #19; 8-0, 7 KOs)
TKO-10 0:58
Andrii Velikovskyi (21-3-2, 14 KOs)
- This bout was fought for the vacant IBO World super middleweight title. Velikovskyi's IBO Intercontinental middleweight title was not at stake.
- Iglesias was leading by three 90-81 scores going into the 10th round.

San Juan, Puerto Rico-

Cruiserweight Bout-
Richard Rivera (TTR #17; 21-1, 1 NC, 17 KOs)
TKO-2 1:12
Ariel Armando Basconcel (13-4-1, 12 KOs)

Saturday, December 10, 2022-

Belfast, Northern Ireland-

Featherweight Bout-
Michael Conlan (The Ring #10, TTR #18; 18-1, 9 KOs)
TKO-1
Karim Guerfi (31-7, 1 ND, 9 KOs)
- Conlan dropped Guerfi once before the bout was stopped.

Light Heavyweight Bout-
Padraig McCrory (TTR #16; 16-0, 9 KOs)
PTS. 8
Dmytro Fedas (8-1-2, 5 KOs)
- This was a non-title bout. McCrory's IBO World light heavyweight title was not on the line.
- McCrory won by the score of 80-72.

Leeds, Yorkshire, England-

Featherweight Bout-
Luis Alberto Lopez (TTR #12; 27-2, 15 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
Josh Warrington (TTR #5, The Ring #5, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #7; 31-2-1, 8 KOs)
- This bout was fought for Warrington's IBF World featherweight title.
- The scores were 115-113 for Lopez, 114-114, and 115-113 for Lopez.

Super Middleweight Bout-
Felix Cash (TTR #8, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #9- both at 160; 16-0, 10 KOs)
PTS. 8
Celso Neves (9-3-2, 2 KOs)
- This was a non-title bout. Cash's WBC International middleweight title was not on the line.
- Both fighters weighed in at 166.
- Cash won by a 77-75 score.

New York, New York, USA-

Junior Welterweight Bout-
Teofimo Lopez (TTR #14; 18-1, 13 KOs)
Split Dec. 10
Sandor Martin (TTR #6, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #6; 40-3, 13 KOs)
- This bout was both a WBO World junior welterweight title eliminator and a WBC World super lightweight title eliminator. It was also fought for Lopez' WBO International junior welterweight and NABF super lightweight titles.
- Martin scored a knockdown in round 2.
- The scores were 95-94 for Martin, 96-93 for Lopez, and 97-92 for Lopez.

Omaha, Nebraska, USA-

Welterweight Bout-
Terence Crawford (TTR #2, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #2, The Ring #2; TTR #3 P4P, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3 P4P, The Ring #3 P4P; 39-0, 30 KOs)
KO-6 2:14
David Avanesyan (The Ring #8, TTR #9, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #9; 29-4-1, 17 KOs)
- Crawford retained the WBO World welterweight title.

Sunday, December 11, 2022-

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan-

Junior Bantamweight Bout-
Kosei Tanaka (TTR #7, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #8, The Ring #8; 18-1, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Yanga Sigqibo (17-2-1, 5 KOs)
- The scores were 98-92, 97-93, and 97-93.

Osaka, Osaka, Japan-

Bantamweight Bout-
Sho Ishida (TTR #16; 32-3, 16 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 8
Ronnie Baldonado (15-4-1, 9 KOs)
- Ishida won by three 80-72 scores.

Ekaterinburg, Russia-

Junior Middleweight Bout-
Magomed Kurbanov (TTR #5, The Ring #6, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #8, 24-0, 13 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Johan Gonzalez (31-2, 31 KOs)
- Kurbanov outpointed the hard-hitting Gonzalez by three 97-93 scores.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022-

Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan-

Lineal, Transnational, and The Ring World Bantamweight Titles-
Champion Naoya Inoue (TTR #1 P4P, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #1 P4P, The Ring #2 P4P; 24-0, 21 KOs)
KO-11 1:09
Paul Butler (The Ring #6, TTR #8, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #8; 34-3, 15 KOs)
- This bout was also fought for Inoue's IBF, WBA Super, and WBC World bantamweight titles and Butler's WBO World bantamweight title.
- Inoue was leading by three 100-90 scores going into the 11th round.

Featherweight Bout-
Takuma Inoue (TTR #5,Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #5, The Ring #10- all at 122; 17-1, 4 KOs)
TKO-8 2:48
Jake Bornea (14-4-1, 7 KOs)
- This was a non-title bout. Inoue's WBO Asia Pacific junior featherweight title was not on the line. Note: Inoue has voluntarily relinquished the Japanese super bantamweight title.
- For this bout, billed as a featherweight contest, Inoue weighed in at 122 1/4; Bornea at 123 3/4.
 
Article By: Ken Pollitt