Pictured: Muhammad Waseem


On Saturday, May 10, four bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings took place. The winners of those bouts were Muhammad Waseem, Souleymane Cissokho, Erickson Lubin, and Ellie Bouttell.


MEN'S PROFESSIONAL BOXING:

Quetta, Pakistan-

Bantamweight Bout-
Muhammad Waseem (14-2, 10 KOs)
KO-9
Wiston Orono (16-6, 15 KOs)
- Waseem won the vacant WBA Gold bantamweight title.

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea-

Welterweight Bout-
Souleymane Cissokho (18-0, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Egidijus Kavaliauskas (24-3-1, 19 KOs)
- This bout was fought as a WBC World welterweight title final eliminator.
- Cissokho recovered from two knockdowns; one in round 2 and one in round 5. He went on to win by the scores of 114-112, 115-111, and 116-110.

Kissimmee, Florida, USA-

Junior Middleweight Bout-
Erickson Lubin (27-2, 19 KOs)
TKO-11 2:00
Ardreal Holmes, Jr. (17-1, 6 KOs)
- This bout was fought as an eliminator for the #1 spot in the IBF's junior middleweight ratings.


WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL BOXING:

Shanghai, China-

Bantamweight Bout-
Ellie Bouttell (5-0-1, 1 KO)
TKO-2
Prakayrat Wongsuta (4-1-1, 1 KO)
- This was a non-title bout. Ms. Bouttell's WBC Far East bantamweight title was not listed as being at stake.