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New Transnational Boxing Rankings Are Out
TRANSNATIONAL BOXING RANKINGS BOARD
Weekly Rankings
22 January 2013
* = new entry
Heavyweight
1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. David Haye
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Tomasz Adamek
6. Kubrat Pulev
7. Eddie Chambers
8. Tyson Fury
9. Robert Helenius
10. Steve Cunningham
Cruiserweight
1. Marco Huck
2. Yoan Pablo Hernandez
3. Kryzstof Wlodarczyk
4. Ola Afolabi
5. Denis Lebedev
6. Antonio Tarver
7. Troy Ross
8. Lateef Kayode
9. Francisco Palacios
10. Firat Arslan
Light Heavyweight
Champion Chad Dawson
1. Bernard Hopkins
2. Tavoris Cloud
3. Jean Pascal
4. Sergey Kovalev*
5. Nathan Cleverly
6. Beibut Shumenov
7. Gabriel Campillo ?
8. Karo Murat
9. Issac Chilemba
10. Tony Bellew
Super Middleweight
Champion Andre Ward
1. Carl Froch
2. Mikkel Kessler
3. Lucian Bute
4. Arthur Abraham
5. Robert Stieglitz
6. Thomas Oosthuizen
7. Sakio Bika
8. George Groves
9. Edwin Rodriguez
10. Adonis Stevenson
Middleweight
Champion Sergio Martinez
1. Daniel Geale
2. Gennady Golovkin
3. Felix Sturm
4. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.
5. Peter Quillin
6. Matthew Macklin
7. Martin Murray
8. Dmitry Pirog
9. Marco Antonio Rubio
10. Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam
Junior Middleweight
1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Austin Trout
3. Erislandy Lara
4. Saul Alvarez
5. Miguel Cotto
6. James Kirkland
7. Carlos Molina
8. Vanes Martirosyan
9. Cornelius Bundrage
10. Gabriel Rosado
Welterweight
1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Juan Manuel Marquez
3. Manny Pacquiao
4. Timothy Bradley
5. Robert Guerrero
6. Devon Alexander
7. Josesito Lopez
8. Victor Ortiz
9. Jan Zaveck
10. Paulie Malignaggi
Junior Welterweight
1. Danny Garcia
2. Lucas Matthysse
3. Amir Khan
4. Brandon Rios
5. Zab Judah
6. Juan Manuel Marquez
7. Mike Alvarado
8. Olusegun Ajose
9. Khabib Allakhverdiev
10. César Rene Cuenca
Lightweight
1. Adrien Broner
2. Ricky Burns
3. Miguel Vazquez
4. Antonio DeMarco
5. Richard Abril
6. Paulus Moses
7. Raymundo Beltran
8. Gavin Rees
9. Hank Lundy
10. Sharif Bogere
Junior Lightweight
1. Takashi Uchiyama
2. Juan Carlos Salgado
3. Juan Carlos Burgos ?
4. Roman Martinez ?
5. Vitali Tajbert
6. Miguel Beltran Jr.
7. Yuriorkis Gamboa
8. Argenis Mendez
9. Gamaliel Diaz
10. Takahiro Aoh
Featherweight
1. Mikey Garcia ?
2. Chris John
3. Daniel Ponce De Leon
4. Jhonny Gonzalez
5. Orlando Salido ?
6. Juan Manuel Lopez
7. Billy Dib
8. Elio Rojas
9. Daud Yordan
10. Javier Fortuna
Junior Featherweight
Champion: Nonito Donaire
1. Guillermo Rigondeuax
2. Abner Mares
3. Jeffrey Mathebula
4. Victor Terrazas
5. Rico Ramos
6. Carl Frampton
7. Cristian Mijares
8. Vic Darchinyan
9. Scott Quigg
10. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
Bantamweight
1. Anselmo Moreno
2. Shinsuke Yamanaka
3. Leo Santa Cruz
4. Koki Kameda
5. Hugo Ruiz
6. Malcolm Tunacao
7. Jamie McDonnell
8. Stephane Jamoye
9. Julio Ceja
10. Pungluang Sor Singyu
Junior Bantamweight
1. Omar Narvaez
2. Yota Sato
3. Kohei Kono
4. Tepparith Singwancha
5. Juan Carlos Sanchez
6. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
7. Juan Alberto Rosas
8. Marco Demecillo
9. Daniel Rosas
10. Carlos Cuadras
Flyweight
Champion Toshiyuki Igarashi
1. Brian Viloria
2. Moruti Mthalane
3. Hernan Marquez
4. Sonny Boy Jaro
5. Edgar Sosa
6. Juan Carlos Reveco
7. Luis Concepcion
8. Milan Melindo
9. Rocky Fuentes
10. Wilbert Uicab
Junior Flyweight
1. Roman Gonzalez
2. Adrian Hernandez
3. Ulises Solis
4. Donnie Nietes
5. Kompayak Porpramook
6. Johnriel Casimero
7. Kazuto Ioka
8. Pedro Guevara
9. Masayuki Kuroda
10. Juan Francisco Estrada
Strawweight
1. Mario Rodriguez
2. Moises Fuentes
3. Nkosinathi Joyi
4. Akira Yaegashi
5. Raul Garcia
6. Ryo Miyazaki
7. Pornsawan Porpramook
8. Wanheng Menayothin
9. Juan Palacios
10. Hekkie Budler
Check out the latest Boxing Rankings at The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
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2015 Fight of the Year – Francisco Vargas vs Takashi Miura
The WBC World Super Featherweight title bout between Francisco Vargas and Takashi Miura came on one of the biggest boxing stages of 2015, as the bout served as the HBO pay-per-view’s co-main event on November 21st, in support of Miguel Cotto vs Saul Alvarez.
Miura entered the fight with a (29-2-2) record and he was making the fifth defense of his world title, while Vargas entered the fight with an undefeated mark of (22-0-1) in what was his first world title fight. Both men had a reputation for all-out fighting, with Miura especially earning high praise for his title defense in Mexico where he defeated Sergio Thompson in a fiercely contested battle.
The fight started out hotly contested, and the intensity never let up. Vargas seemed to win the first two rounds, but by the fourth round, Miura seemed to pull ahead, scoring a knock-down and fighting with a lot of confidence. After brawling the first four rounds, Miura appeared to settle into a more technical approach. Rounds 5 and 6 saw the pendulum swing back towards Vargas, as he withstood Miura’s rush to open the fifth round and the sixth round saw both men exchanging hard punches.
The big swinging continued, and though Vargas likely edged Miura in rounds 5 and 6, Vargas’ face was cut in at least two spots and Miura started to assert himself again in rounds 7 and 8. Miura was beginning to grow in confidence while it appeared that Vargas was beginning to slow down, and Miura appeared to hurt Vargas at the end of the 8th round.
Vargas turned the tide again at the start of the ninth round, scoring a knock down with an uppercut and a straight right hand that took Miura’s legs and sent him to the canvas. Purely on instinct, Miura got back up and continued to fight, but Vargas was landing frequently and with force. Referee Tony Weeks stepped in to stop the fight at the halfway point of round 9 as Miura was sustaining a barrage of punches.
Miura still had a minute and a half to survive if he was going to get out of the round, and it was clear that he was not going to stop fighting.
A back and forth battle of wills between two world championship level fighters, Takashi Miura versus “El Bandido” Vargas wins the 2015 Fight of the Year.
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Jan 9 in Germany – Feigenbutz and De Carolis To Settle Score
This coming Saturday, January 9th, the stage is set at the Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany for a re-match between Vincent Feigenbutz and Giovanni De Carolis. The highly anticipated re-match is set to air on SAT.1 in Germany, and Feigenbutz will once again be defending his GBU and interim WBA World titles at Super Middleweight.
The first meeting between the two was less than three months ago, on October 17th and that meeting saw Feigenbutz controversially edge De Carolis on the judge’s cards by scores of (115-113, 114-113 and 115-113). De Carolis scored a flash knock down in the opening round, and he appeared to outbox Feigenbutz in the early going, but the 20 year old German champion came on in the later rounds.
The first bout is described as one of the most crowd-pleasing bouts of the year in Germany, and De Carolis and many observers felt that the Italian had done enough to win.
De Carolis told German language website RAN.DE that he was more prepared for the re-match, and that due to the arrogance Feigenbutz displayed in the aftermath of the first fight, he was confident that he had won over some of the audience. Though De Carolis fell short of predicting victory, he promised a re-vamped strategy tailored to what he has learned about Feigenbutz, whom he termed immature and inexperienced.
The stage is set for Feigenbutz vs De Carolis 2, this Saturday January 9th in Offenburg, Germany. If you can get to the live event do it, if not you have SAT.1 in Germany airing the fights, and The Boxing Channel right back here for full results.
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2015 Knock Out of the Year – Saul Alvarez KO’s James Kirkland
On May 9th of 2015, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez delivered a resonant knock-out of James Kirkland on HBO that wins the 2015 KO of the Year.
The knock-out itself came in the third round, after slightly more than two minutes of action. The end came when Alvarez delivered a single, big right hand that caught Kirkland on the jaw and left him flat on his back after spinning to the canvas.Alvarez was clearly the big star heading into the fight. The fight was telecast by HBO for free just one week after the controversial and disappointing Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao fight, and Alvarez was under pressure to deliver the type of finish that people were going to talk about. Kirkland was happy to oblige Alvarez, taking it right to Alvarez from the start. Kirkland’s aggression saw him appear to land blows that troubled the young Mexican in the early going. Alvarez played good defense, and he floored Kirkland in the first round, displaying his power and his technique in knocking down an aggressive opponent.
However, Kirkland kept coming at Alvarez and the fight entered the third round with both men working hard and the feeling that the fight would not go the distance. Kirkland continued to move forward, keeping “Canelo” against the ropes and scoring points with a barrage of punches while looking for an opening.
At around the two minute mark, Alvarez landed an uppercut that sent Kirkland to the canvas again. Kirkland got up, but it was clear that he did not have his legs under him. Kirkland was going to try to survive the round, but Alvarez had an opportunity to close out the fight. The question was would he take it?
Alvarez closed in on Kirkland, putting his opponent’s back to the ropes. Kirkland was hurt, but he was still dangerous, pawing with punches and loading up for one big shot.
But it was the big shot “Canelo” threw that ended the night. Kirkland never saw it coming, as he was loading up with a huge right hand of his own. The right Alvarez threw cracked Kirkland in the jaw, and his eyes went blank. His big right hand whizzed harmlessly over the head of a ducking Alvarez, providing the momentum for the spin that left Kirkland prone on the canvas.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez went on to defeat Miguel Cotto in his second fight of 2015 and he is clearly one of boxing’s biggest stars heading into 2016. On May 9th Alvarez added another reel to his highlight film when he knocked out James Kirkland with the 2015 “Knock Out of the Year”.
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