The title report June '08

[killersheep]

OK guys, I think I'm gonna try monthly to list all the title fights that happened in the month kinda like a stock market report. Here's the info for June

Title bouts for the big 4 alphabets in June
Heavyweight
NONE

Cruiserweight
NONE

Light Heavyweight
NONE

Super Middleweight
WBA(vacant) - Mikkel Kessler KO 12 over Dimitri Sartison

Middleweight
WBO, WBC - Kelly Pavlik(defending) TKO 3 over Gary Lockett

Light Middleweight
WBC - Sergio Mora MD 12 over Vernon Forrest(defending)

Welterweight
WBO - Paul Williams TKO 1 over Carlos Quintana(defending)
WBC(vacant) - Andre Berto TKO 7 over Miguel Angel Rodriguez

Light Welterweight
NONE

Lightweight
WBC - Manny Pacquiao KO 9 over David Diaz(defending)

Super Featherweight
WBA - Edwin Valero(defending) TKO 7 over Takehiro Shimada

Featherweight
WBO - Steven Luevano(defending) Draw with Mario Santiago

Super Bantamweight
WBO - Juan Manuel Lopez TKO 1 over Daniel Ponce de Leon(defending)
WBA - Celestino Caballero(defending) TKO 12 over Lorenzo Parra

Bantamweight
NONE

Super Flyweight
NONE

Flyweight
NONE

Light Flyweight
WBC - Edgar Sosa(defending) TKO 8 over Takashi Kunishige

Minimumweight
WBC - Oleydong Sithsanerchai(defending) KO 9 over Junichi Ebisouka
IBF - Raul Garcia SD 12 over Florante Condes(defending)

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Breakdown stats
Total fights - Successful Defense - Vacant
IBF - 1 - 0 - 0
WBA - 3 - 2 - 1
WBC - 6 - 3 - 1
WBO - 4 - 2 - 0

Fights by nationality
Nation W - L - D = Score (+2 for a win, +1 for a draw, -2 for a loss)
USA 4-2-1 = +5
Denmark 1-0-0 = +2
Panama 1-0-0 = +2
Thailand 1-0-0 = +2
Puerto Rico 1-1-1 = +1
Mexico 2-2-0 = 0
Philippines 1-1-0 = 0
Venezuela 1-1-0 = 0
Germany 0-1-0 = -2
UK 0-1-0 = -2
Japan 0-3-0 = -6

[Lance Uppercut]

Interesting idea, but - Mikkel Kessler vs Dimitri Sartison wasn't for the WBA title; it was for the wba "regular" title. Which is a complete farce even by alphabet standards.