Light Heavyweight: 2012, Feb 27- Mar 4
The three top-50 light heavyweights that fought last week against overmatched journeymen all won. In Ghana, local undefeated prospect Braimah Kamoko was actually dropped in the first, but came back to win the fight when his opponent, journeyman Hamza Wandera, pulled an Oliver McCall. Wandera reportedly turned his back and stopped defending himself in the third, prompting the fight to be stopped in bizarre fashion.
Last Fight: 10/15/2011- NC vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: 4/28/2012- vs. #2 Chad Dawson Hopkins and Dawson will square off- hopefully to a conclusion this time- on regular HBO in late April.
1) Jean Pascal (41-141-141)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: Unknown Pacal-Erdei appeared almost made, but apparently Showtime lacked the budget to make the fight.
2) Chad Dawson (63-300-300)
Last Fight: 10/15/2011- NC* vs. Champ Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: 4/28/2012- vs. Champ Bernard Hopkins See Hopkins’ notes, above. 3) Gabriel Campillo (2-88-88)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Campillo all but dominated Cloud after being knocked down twice in round 1. He won by at least two points- probably 4, but the judges robbed him, as they often do. I don’t give any credence to judging that bad here. Campillo is the winner. 4) Tavoris Cloud (2-131-131)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown I would say I hope the IBF orders an immediate rematch, but Cloud has no right to expect that, and probably doesn’t want it. Campillo won the fight, and everybody knows that. Campillo doesn’t need a rematch as far as I’m concerned. 5) Nathan Cleverly (20-108-108)
Last Fight: 2/25/2012- UD12 Tommy Karpency (UNR)
Next Fight: 4/28/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Cleverly will fight April 28 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, with the opponent to be announced. 6) Karo Murat (22-22-43) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- Draw (SD12) vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo Next Fight: Unknown I never thought this would happen, but I now rate the long-overrated Murat even higher than does Ring Magazine. 7) Tony Bellew (20-20-20) Last Fight: 10/15/2011- L*(MD12) vs. #4 Nathan Cleverly Next Fight: 4/14/2012- vs. #18 Danny McIntosh Bellew will face McIntosh in Liverpool on April 14. 8) Beibut Shumenov (4-84-88) Last Fight: 7/29/2011- TKO9 Danny Santiago (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Shumenov’s attempts to get a fight with Cleverly have apparently failed. Shumenov wants to unify the alphabet titles, but he appears to be the odd man out in a lot of those fights. This might be an ideal time for a rematch with Campillo if he can’t get a unification at this point. 9) Yusaf Mack (4-52-88)
Last Fight: 6/25/2011- L(TKO8) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud
Next Fight: Unknown Mack will apparently be fighting journeyman Omar Sheika, possibly in April, possibly in Atlantic City. 10) Dmitri Sukhotski (4-4-70) Last Fight: 10/8/2011- TKO2 Nadjib Mohammedi (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Sukhotski has a fight with Cleverly on the horizon, but it appears unlikely to be in Cleverly’s next appearance in February. 11) Isaac Chilemba (4-4) Last Fight: 2/3/2012- UD10 #16 Edison Miranda Next Fight: Unknown Chilemba, a former super middleweight, now has the highest ranking of his career at either weight after beating fringe contender Miranda. 12) Eduard Gutknecht (4-43) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- UD12* vs. Vyacheslav Uzelkov (UNR) Next Fight: 3/31/2012- vs. Tony Averlant (UNR) Gutknecht will follow up his shaky performance against Uzelkov with what looks like a much easier fight against french journeyman Tony Averlant on the Abraham-Wilczewski undercard. 13) Vyacheslav Uzelkov (4-4) Last Fight: 3/4/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #8 Eduard Gutknecht Next Fight: Unknown Deserved much better than a unanimous decision loss against Gutknecht, and is rewarded for it in my rankings. 14) Adrian Diaconu (4-251)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: Unknown A quality fighter, Diaconu is nevertheless slipping in the rankings simply because he never wins against anyone above the journeyman level. He ought to try and find some kind of mid-range fringe contender just to get a decent win, because fighting journeymen or top contenders isn’t working out for him.
15) Ismayl Sillakh (4-59) Last Fight: 11/4/2011- TKO4 Ali Ismailov (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: Unknown The WBC has slated Sillakh for an eliminator against Pascal, but that appears to be dead as Pascal apparently never wanted the fight. 16) Cornelius White (4-11) Last Fight: 12/17/2011- UD6 #16 Yordanis Despaigne Next Fight: Unknown White, who was blown out in one round by prospect Don George at super middleweight early in 2011, may be a fluke. But at least for one night, he looked a lot better against former top amateur Yordanis Despaigne than did established fringe contender Edison Miranda. 17) Zsolt Erdei (4-67) Last Fight: 6/4/2011- KO6 Byron Mitchell (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown See Pascal’s notes, above. 18) Danny McIntosh (4-88)
Last Fight: 5/7/2011- L(TKO8) vs. Eduard Gutknecht (UNR)
Next Fight: 4/14/2012- vs. #7 Tony Bellew McIntosh will travel to Liverpool to fight Bellew for the British title. 19) Edison Miranda (4-11) Last Fight: 2/3/2012- L(UD10) vs. Isaac Chilemba (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Miranda was winning the fight with Chilemba before suffering a cut that appeared to really throw him off. Hopefully he can bounce back from this setback. 20) Luis Garcia (2-2) Last Fight- 12/30/2011- UD8 Alexander Johnson (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Hopefully 2012 looks a more like 2010 than 2011 for Garcia. The prospect fought 6 times in the former and only once in the latter.
In Cardiff, Wales, Nathan Cleverly comfortably won every round against Pennsylvania journeyman Tommy Karpency. Cleverly was landing mostly pitty-pat and arm punches, but he boxed the ears off of Karpency, whose only talent appears to be hanging around in the fight. On the same card, Enzo Maccarinelli stopped sub-.500 journeyman Ciaran Healy in the 2nd round, though that fight was technically a cruiserweight fight. Maccarinelli was 2 pounds over the limit, while Healy was 6.
No changes to the rankings this week.
Dan’s Top 20 Champ: Bernard Hopkins (41-299-299)
Last Fight: 10/15/2011- NC vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: 4/28/2012- vs. #2 Chad Dawson Hopkins and Dawson will square off- hopefully to a conclusion this time- on regular HBO in late April.
1) Jean Pascal (41-141-141)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: Unknown Pacal-Erdei appeared almost made, but apparently Showtime lacked the budget to make the fight.
2) Chad Dawson (63-300-300)
Last Fight: 10/15/2011- NC* vs. Champ Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: 4/28/2012- vs. Champ Bernard Hopkins See Hopkins’ notes, above. 3) Gabriel Campillo (2-88-88)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Campillo all but dominated Cloud after being knocked down twice in round 1. He won by at least two points- probably 4, but the judges robbed him, as they often do. I don’t give any credence to judging that bad here. Campillo is the winner. 4) Tavoris Cloud (2-131-131)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown I would say I hope the IBF orders an immediate rematch, but Cloud has no right to expect that, and probably doesn’t want it. Campillo won the fight, and everybody knows that. Campillo doesn’t need a rematch as far as I’m concerned. 5) Nathan Cleverly (20-108-108)
Last Fight: 2/25/2012- UD12 Tommy Karpency (UNR)
Next Fight: 4/28/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Cleverly will fight April 28 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, with the opponent to be announced. 6) Karo Murat (22-22-43) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- Draw (SD12) vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo Next Fight: Unknown I never thought this would happen, but I now rate the long-overrated Murat even higher than does Ring Magazine. 7) Tony Bellew (20-20-20) Last Fight: 10/15/2011- L*(MD12) vs. #4 Nathan Cleverly Next Fight: 4/14/2012- vs. #18 Danny McIntosh Bellew will face McIntosh in Liverpool on April 14. 8) Beibut Shumenov (4-84-88) Last Fight: 7/29/2011- TKO9 Danny Santiago (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Shumenov’s attempts to get a fight with Cleverly have apparently failed. Shumenov wants to unify the alphabet titles, but he appears to be the odd man out in a lot of those fights. This might be an ideal time for a rematch with Campillo if he can’t get a unification at this point. 9) Yusaf Mack (4-52-88)
Last Fight: 6/25/2011- L(TKO8) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud
Next Fight: Unknown Mack will apparently be fighting journeyman Omar Sheika, possibly in April, possibly in Atlantic City. 10) Dmitri Sukhotski (4-4-70) Last Fight: 10/8/2011- TKO2 Nadjib Mohammedi (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Sukhotski has a fight with Cleverly on the horizon, but it appears unlikely to be in Cleverly’s next appearance in February. 11) Isaac Chilemba (4-4) Last Fight: 2/3/2012- UD10 #16 Edison Miranda Next Fight: Unknown Chilemba, a former super middleweight, now has the highest ranking of his career at either weight after beating fringe contender Miranda. 12) Eduard Gutknecht (4-43) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- UD12* vs. Vyacheslav Uzelkov (UNR) Next Fight: 3/31/2012- vs. Tony Averlant (UNR) Gutknecht will follow up his shaky performance against Uzelkov with what looks like a much easier fight against french journeyman Tony Averlant on the Abraham-Wilczewski undercard. 13) Vyacheslav Uzelkov (4-4) Last Fight: 3/4/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #8 Eduard Gutknecht Next Fight: Unknown Deserved much better than a unanimous decision loss against Gutknecht, and is rewarded for it in my rankings. 14) Adrian Diaconu (4-251)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: Unknown A quality fighter, Diaconu is nevertheless slipping in the rankings simply because he never wins against anyone above the journeyman level. He ought to try and find some kind of mid-range fringe contender just to get a decent win, because fighting journeymen or top contenders isn’t working out for him.
15) Ismayl Sillakh (4-59) Last Fight: 11/4/2011- TKO4 Ali Ismailov (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: Unknown The WBC has slated Sillakh for an eliminator against Pascal, but that appears to be dead as Pascal apparently never wanted the fight. 16) Cornelius White (4-11) Last Fight: 12/17/2011- UD6 #16 Yordanis Despaigne Next Fight: Unknown White, who was blown out in one round by prospect Don George at super middleweight early in 2011, may be a fluke. But at least for one night, he looked a lot better against former top amateur Yordanis Despaigne than did established fringe contender Edison Miranda. 17) Zsolt Erdei (4-67) Last Fight: 6/4/2011- KO6 Byron Mitchell (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown See Pascal’s notes, above. 18) Danny McIntosh (4-88)
Last Fight: 5/7/2011- L(TKO8) vs. Eduard Gutknecht (UNR)
Next Fight: 4/14/2012- vs. #7 Tony Bellew McIntosh will travel to Liverpool to fight Bellew for the British title. 19) Edison Miranda (4-11) Last Fight: 2/3/2012- L(UD10) vs. Isaac Chilemba (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Miranda was winning the fight with Chilemba before suffering a cut that appeared to really throw him off. Hopefully he can bounce back from this setback. 20) Luis Garcia (2-2) Last Fight- 12/30/2011- UD8 Alexander Johnson (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Hopefully 2012 looks a more like 2010 than 2011 for Garcia. The prospect fought 6 times in the former and only once in the latter.
The Week Ahead: Nothing going on this week.
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