Pictured: Katsunari Takayama


On Wednesday, December 18, two bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings took place. The winners of those bouts were Katsunari Takayama and Milan Prat.


Barangay Bula, General Santos City, Cotabato del Sur, Philippines-

Strawweight Bout-
Katsunari Takayama (35-9, 1 NC, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Kha Lu (7-1, 3 KOs)
- The scores were 119-109, 118-110, and 120-108.
- The 41-year-old Takayama won the vacant IBO World minimumweight title. He has previously held the WBC, IBF (twice), and WBO (twice) titles for this weight class.

Paris, Paris, France-

Junior Middleweight Bout-
Milan Prat (25-1, 19 KOs)
TKO-4 1:15
Evander Castillo (15-2, 14 KOs)
- Prat won the vacant WBO Global junior middleweight title.