Pictured: Luka Plantic


During the two-day period of Friday, May 23 and Saturday, May 24, four bouts featuring fighters not currently ranked by TTR which may impact TTR's rankings took place. The winners of those bouts were Luka Plantic, Maxi Hughes, Ekow Essuman, and Nathaniel Collins.


MEN'S PROFESSIONAL BOXING:

Friday, May 23, 2025-

Zagrab, Croatia-

Super Middleweight Bout-
Luka Plantic (12-0, 9 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Bruno Damian Acosta (11-1, 8 KOs)
- Plantic retained the WBC International super middleweight title.

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England-

Lightweight Bout-
Maxi Hughes (29-7-2, 6 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Archie Sharp (25-2, 9 KOs)
- Hughes won the vacant WBC Silver lightweight title.

Saturday, May 24, 2025-

Glasgow, Scotland-

Welterweight Bout-
Ekow Essuman (22-1, 8 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Josh Taylor (Transnational Boxing Rankings Board #9 at 140; 19-3, 13 KOs)
- This bout was fought for the vacant WBO Global welterweight title.
- Essuman won by the scores of 116-112, 116-113, and 115-113.

Featherweight Bout-
Nathaniel Collins (17-0, 8 KOs)
TKO-4 1:45
Lee McGregor (15-2-1, 12 KOs)
- Collins, who decked McGregor three times in round 4, won the vacant WBC Silver featherweight title.