Pictured: Emanuel Navarrete


On Thursday, November 16, four fighters ranked by TTR as being among the best currently campaigning in their respective weight classes were in action. Emanuel Navarrete and Robson Conceicao battled to an entertaining stalemate while Shakur Stevenson outboxed Edwin De Los Santos in an unexciting snoozefest.


Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Junior Lightweight Bout-
Emanuel Navarrete (TTR #1, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #1, The Ring #1; 38-1-1, 31 KOs)
Maj. Dec. Draw 12
Robson Conceicao (The Ring #7, TTR #8, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #8; 17-2-1, 1 ND, 8 KOs)
- This bout was fought for Navarrete's WBO World junior lightweight title.
- Navarrete floored Conceicao in round 4 and in round 7.
- The scores were 114-112 for Navarrete, 113-113, and 113-113.
- Scoring the bout for TTR's Main Page, I also had Navarrete winning by a 114-112 score as did Mark Kriegel, who scored the bout for ESPN.

Lightweight Bout-
Shakur Stevenson (TTR #3, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3, The Ring #5; 21-0, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Edwin De Los Santos (TTR #16; 16-2, 14 KOs)
- The scores were 115-113, 116-112, and 116-112.
- Stevenson won the vacant WBC World lightweight title.
- The judges' scores were closer than I expected. I scored the bout for TTR's Main Page and had it 118-110 for Stevenson with Stevenson winning all but the fifth and twelfth rounds. BoxingScene also had Stevenson winning 118-110 but with De Los Santos taking the third and twelfth rounds.