Pictured: Fernando Daniel 'Pumita' Martinez


During the six-day period of Friday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 14. seventeen men ranked by TTR as being among the best currently fighting in their respective weight classes. Fourteen, Andreas Katzourakis, Bryan Mercado, Karen Chukhadzhian, Anthony Cacace, Liam Davies, Sam Noakes, Kevin Lele Sadjo, Emanuel Navarrete, Raymond Muratalla, Giovani Santillan, Andres Cortes, Sebastian Hernandez, Fernando Daniel Martinez, and Sam Goodman, were victorious while three, Charly Suarez, Zaur Abdullaev, and Kazuto Ioka, lost (to Navarrete, Muratalla, and Martinez respectively).

It should be noted that on June 2, a hearing regarding the outcome of the Navarrete-Suarez WBO World junior lightweight title bout will be conducted by the California State Athletic Commission.


Friday, May 9, 2025-

Houston, Texas, USA-

Junior Middleweight Bout-
Andreas Katzourakis (TTR #13; 16-0, 11 KOs)
TKO-7 2:37
Roberto Cruz (11-1, 7 KOs)
- Katzourakis retained the WBA Continental Americas super welterweight title.

Tlalnepantla, Mexico, Mexico-

Junior Featherweight Bout-
Bryan 'Destructor' Mercado (TTR #13; 31-1, 25 KOs)
KO-2
Nicolas Emiliano Paz (8-9-3, 3 KOs)

Saturday, May 10, 2025-

Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany-

Welterweight Bout-
Karen Chukhadzhian (TTR #18; 25-3, 13 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Cristian Javier Ayala (13-3-1, 4 KOs)
- The scores were 99-92, 99-92, and 99-91.
- Chukhadzhian won the vacant WBO International welterweight title.

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England-

Junior Lightweight Bout-
Anthony Cacace (TTR #4, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #4; 24-1, 9 KOs)
TKO-9 2:15
Leigh Wood (28-4, 17 KOs)
- Cacace retained the IBO World super featherweight title.

Featherweight Bout-
Liam Davies (TTR #14 at 122; 17-1, 8 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Kurt Walker (12-1, 2 KOs)
- The scores were 115-113, 116-112, and 117-111.
- Davies won the vacant IBF Intercontinental featherweight title.

Junior Welterweight Bout-
Sam Noakes (TTR #14 at 135; 17-0, 15 KOs)
KO-3 2:17
Patrik Balaz (13-5-1, 5 KOs)
- This was a non-title bout. Noakes' EBU European, BBBofC British, Commonweath, and WBO International lightweight titles were not at stake.

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea-

Super Middleweight Bout-
Kevin Lele Sadjo (TTR #10, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #10; 25-0, 22 KOs)
KO-3
Habib Ahmed (30-4-1, 1 NC, 21 KOs)
- Lele Sadjo dropped Ahmed twice; once in round 2 and once, for the full ten-count, in round 3.

San Diego, California, USA-

Junior Lightweight Bout-
Emanuel Navarrete (TTR #1, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #1; 40-2-1, 32 KOs)
Unan. Tech. Dec. 8 0:01
Charly Suarez (TTR #17; 18-1, 10 KOs)
- Referee Edward Collantes ruled that Navarrete was cut by an accidental clash of heads.
- Video replay official Jack Reiss decided that there was "no conclusive evidence" to overturn Collantes' ruling.
- The scores were 77-76,78-75, and 77-76.
- The California State Athletic Commission's subsequent viewings of the action in question revealed that a punch by Suarez, not an accidental headbutt, had caused the cut. The official result of the bout is expected to be changed to a "No Contest" when the CSAC holds a hearing June 2.

Lightweight Bout-
Raymond Muratalla (TTR #7, Transnational Boxings Rankings Board #7; 23-0, 17 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Zaur Abdullaev (TTR #8, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #8; 20-2, 12 KOs)
- The scores were 119-109, 119-109, and 118-110.
- Muratalla won the vacant IBF Interim World lightweight title

Welterweight Bout-
Giovani Santillan (TTR #5, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #5; 34-1, 18 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Angel Beltran (Angel Beltran Villa; 18-3, 11 KOs)
- Santillan won by three 97-93 scores.

Junior Lightweight Bout-
Andres Cortes (TTR #19; 23-0, 12 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Salvador Jimenez (14-2-1, 6 KOs)
- The scores were 97-91, 100-90, and 100-90.

Junior Featherweight Bout-
Sebastian 'Logan' Hernandez (TTR #11; 20-0, 18 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Azat Hovhannisyan (21-6, 17 KOs)
- Hernandez won by three 98-91 scores.

Sunday, May 11, 2025-

Tokyo, Japan-

Junior Bantamweight Bout-
Fernando Daniel Martinez (TTR #1, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #1; 18-0, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Kazuto Ioka (TTR #3, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3; 31-4-1, 16 KOs)
- The scores were 115-112, 117-110, and 114-113.
- Martinez, who recovered from a 10th round knockdown and is now 2-0 versus Ioka, retained the WBA World super flyweight title.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025-

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia-

Featherweight Bout-
Sam Goodman (TTR #3, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #3- both at 122; 20-0, 8 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Cesar Vaca (Cesar Vaca Espinoza; 19-2-1, 12 KOs)
- Goodman weighed in at 123 3/4; Vaca at 123 1/2.
- The scores were 99-92, 99-91, and 100-90.