Pictured: Robson Conceicao, who won an an extremely controversial decision Saturday night


During the two-day period of Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7, eleven men ranked by TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective divisions were in action. Eight, Shokichi Iwata, Shakur Stevenson, Robson Conceicao, Keyshawn Davis, William Zepeda, Ricardo Sandoval, Fernando Daniel Martinez, and Seiya Tsutsumi, were victorious while three, O'Shaquie Foster, Giovanni Cabrera, and Kazuto Ioka, lost (to Conceicao controversially, Zepeda, and Martinez respectively).


Saturday, July 6, 2024-

Tokyo, Japan-

Junior Flyweight Bout-
Shokichi Iwata (TTR #8, The Ring #8, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #9; 13-1, 10 KOs)
TKO-6 1:10
Jahzeel Trinidad (11-1, 6 KOs)

Newark, New Jersey, USA-

Lightweight Bout-
Shakur Stevenson (TTR #3, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3, [/i] The Ring[/i] #4; 22-0, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Artem Harutyunyan (12-2, 7 KOs)
- This bout was fought for Stevenson's WBC World lightweight title.
- Stevenson won by the scores of 119-109, 118-110, and 116-112.
- Scoring the bout for TTR's Main Page, I agreed with the judge who scored the bout 119-109.
- Mark Kriegel, who scored the bout for ESPN, also had Stevenson winning, 119-109.

Junior Lightweight Bout-
Robson Conceicao (Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3, TTR #5, The Ring #8; 19-2-1, 1 ND, 9 KOs)
Split Dec. 12
O'Shaquie Foster (Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #2, The Ring #2, TTR #3; 22-3, 12 KOs)
- The bout was fought for Foster's WBC World super featherweight title.
- The scores were 116-112 for Conceicao, 116-112 for Foster, and 115-113 for Conceicao.
- ESPN had Foster winning by the score of 119-109 and I scored the bout for TTR's Main Page and had Foster winning, 118-110.
- In my opinion, this decision is the worst so far this year and, as such, is the leading contender for Robbery Of The Year.

Lightweight Bout-
Keyshawn 'The Businessman' Davis (TTR #6, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #7, The Ring #8; 11-0, 1 ND, 7 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Miguel Madueno (31-3, 28 KOs)
- Davis, who won by three 99-91 scores, retained the USBA, WBC USA, and WBO Inter-Continental lightweight titles.

Ontario, California, USA-

Lightweight Bout-
William Zepeda (The Ring #3, TTR #4, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #4; 31-0, 27 KOs)
KO-3 1:58
Giovanni Cabrera (TTR #13; 22-2, 7 KOs)
- Zepeda battered Cabrera in round 3 and punctuated his dominance with a missile to the body that left Cabrera incapacitated on the canvas.

Flyweight Bout-
Ricardo 'El Nino' Sandoval (Ricardo Rafael Sandoval; Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #5, The Ring #6, TTR #7; 25-2, 18 KOs)
TKO-10 1:23
Angel 'Tito' Acosta (24-5, 22 KOs)
- Sandoval, who was leading by the scores of 88-83, 89-82, and 87-84 going into the 10th round, won the vacant WBC Silver flyweight title.


Sunday, July 7, 2024-

Tokyo, Japan-

Junior Bantamweight Bout-
Fernando Daniel Martinez (TTR #2, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #2, The Ring #3; 17-0, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Kazuto Ioka (TTR #1, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #1, The Ring #2; 31-3-1, 16 KOs)
- This bout was fought to unify Martinez' IBF World junior bantamweight title and Ioka's WBA World super flyweight title.
- The 32-year-old Martinez unanimously outpointed Ioka, 35, by the scores of 117-111, 120-108, and 116-112.
- Martinez improved to 4-0 with 1 KO in world title bouts while Ioka, who has held titles in 4 different divisions, slips to 22-3-1 with 11 KOs in world title contests.

Junior Featherweight Bout-
Seiya Tsutsumi (TTR #13 at 118; 11-0-2, 8 KOs)
TKO-4 1:13
Weerawat Noolae (4-2, 2 KOs)