Pictured: Jared Anderson


During the three-day period of Friday, December 9 through Sunday, December 11, ten bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings took place. The winners of those bouts were Francisco Fonseca, Austin Trout, Charly Suarez, James Metcalf, Jared Anderson, Arnold Khegai, Toshiki Shimomachi, Evgeny Tishchenko, Zhankosh Turarov, and Melvin Lopez.


Friday, December 9, 2022-

Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia-

Junior Lightweight Bout-
Francisco Fonseca (31-3-2, 25 KOs)
TKO-2
Billel Dib (26-4, 13 KOs)
- This bout was fought for the vacant IBF International junior lightweight title. Fonseca's WBA Fedelatin super featherweight title and Dib's IBF Australasian junior lightweight title were not on the line.

Hidalgo, Texas, USA-

Junior Middleweight Bout-
Austin Trout (36-5-1, 18 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 8
Jose Sanchez Charles (20-3-1, 12 KOs)
- This bout was fought for the vacant Texas (USA) State super welterweight title.
- The 37-year-old former WBA World super welterweight champion won by three 80-72 scores.

Saturday, December 10, 2022-

Vung Tau, Vietnam-

Junior Lightweight Bout-
Charly Suarez (14-0, 8 KOs)
TKO-2 3:00
Defry Palulu (25-3-2, 14 KOs)
- This bout was fought for the vacant IBF Asia junior lightweight title. Suarez' WBA Asia and Philippines Games & Amusements Board super featherweight titles were not at stake.

Leeds, Yorkshire, England-

Junior Middleweight Bout-
James Metcalf (24-2, 15 KOs)
TKO-6 3:00
Courtney Pennington (16-6-3, 7 KOs)
- Metcalf retained the WBA Continental super welterweight title.

New York, New York, USA-

Heavyweight Bout-
Jared "The Real Big Baby" Anderson (13-0, 13 KOs)
TKO-2 1:34
Jerry Forrest (26-6-2, 20 KOs)
- Anderson won the vacant WBO Intercontinental and the vacant WBC USNBC Silver heavyweight titles.

Omaha, Nebraska, USA-

Featherweight Bout-
Arnold Khegai (19-1-1, 11 KOs)
Split Dec. 10
Eduardo Baez (21-4-2, 7 KOs)
- The scores were 95-94 for Baez and 95-94 and 96-93 for Khegai.

Sunday, December 11, 2022-

Osaka, Osaka, Japan-

Featherweight Bout-
Toshiki Shimomachi (16-1-2, 11 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Jeo Santisima (22-5, 19 KOs)
- Shimomachi won by three 99-91 scores.

Ekaterinburg, Russia-

Cruiserweight Bout-
Evgeny Tishchenko (10-1, 7 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Artur Mann (19-3, 10 KOs)
- This was a non-title bout. Mann's IBO Intercontinental cruiserweight title was not on the line.
- 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Tishchenko dropped Mann twice on the way to winning by the the scores of 100-88, 99-89, and 99-89.

Almaty, Kazakhstan-

Junior Welterweight Bout-
Zhankosh Turarov (26-0, 19 KOs)
KO-7 0:55
Luis Enrique Romero (11-6-1, 7 KOs)
- Turarov was fighting for the first time since his TKO-1 win over 22-1-1 Abdumonem Said on December 18, 2021.
- Romero came into the bout off his back-to-back upset wins over 21-1 Jonathan Alonso (PTS. 8; March 11, 2022) and 19-1-1 Maxim Prodan (TKO-7; May 13, 2022).
- Turarov won the vacant IBO Intercontinental super lightweight title.

Orlando, Florida, USA-

Bantamweight Bout-
Melvin Lopez (29-1, 19 KOs)
Split Dec. 10
Jobert Alvarez (20-4-2, 7 KOs)
- The scores were 95-94 and 97-92 for Lopez and 95-94 for Alvarez.
- Lopez won the vacant WBA Continental bantamweight title.