Japanese prodigy Ken Shiro comes in at No. ┬À Junior flyweight Alberto Rossel, who hasn’t fought at 108 pounds since December 2014. He is replaced by Rex Tso of China, who enters at No. ┬À Junior bantamweight Oleydong Sithsamerchai, who has fought only journeyman the past two years. 10.Īlso, three fighters who have not fought at all or at the weight at which they’re rated for a year or more were dropped. The Editorial Board considered a number of fighters to replace Pagara – including Moises Flores, Jonathan Guzman, Juarez and Gavin McDonnell – but settled on Flores because he has the strongest resume. Pagara was upset by unrated Cesar Juarez, who scored an eighth-round knockout Saturday in San Mateo, California. Chilemba was reasonably competitive but has now lost two consecutive fights. Kovalev defeated Chilemba by a unanimous decision (116-111, 117-110 and 118-109) in a relatively uneventful fight, although Chilemba went down in the seventh round. 7 last week) were among only three rated fighters who were in action, the third being junior featherweight Albert Pagara (No. And that includes the unusual Monday fight between light heavyweights Sergey Kovalev and Issac Chilemba in Russia. It was another slow week on the ratings front.
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