Cruiserweight: 2012, Aug 6-12
Olympic boxing swallowed up the pro boxing schedule this weekend. Nothing to report.
Champ: None
1) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (27-111-111) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- UD12 #4 Steve Cunningham Next Fight: 9/15/2012- vs. #20 Troy Ross This Cuban will fight Canadian fringe contender Troy Ross- in Germany. I feel like this could only happen at Cruiserweight.
2) Denis Lebedev (27-131-131) Last Fight: 4/4/2012- KO2 Shawn Cox (UNR) Next Fight: 10/20/2012- vs. #8 Guillermo Jones Lebedev will fight very inactive alphabet titleholder and former welterweight Guillermo Jones in Moscow this October. 3) Steve Cunningham (10-425-425) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #3 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: 9/8/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent (at HW) Cunningham has now signed with Main Events and is poised to move up to heavyweight. This paves the way for his return to America after fighting in Germany for Sauerland for a while, and also potentially for a rematch with new stablemate Tomasz Adamek down the road. He will be ranked here until he’s been inactive at 200 for a year or signs a heavyweight fight for after that anniversary. 4) Marco Huck (10-296-296) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #7 Ola Afolabi Next Fight: Unknown Huck wants to fight Haye at heavyweight in what could be an interesting fight. He says he doesn’t see any reason to rematch Afolabi, since he beat him twice. That’s pure posturing. 5) Ola Afolabi (10-178-178) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: Unknown Afolabi is now discussing a September fight with Mormeck. 6) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (10-372-372) Last Fight: 11/30/2011- TKO11 #9 Danny Green Next Fight: 9/22/2012- vs. #12 Francisco Palacios It appears- according to Boxrec- that Wlodarczyk has finally consented to an alphabet-mandated rematch with Palacios. The first fight was close (I thought Palacios won), but unfortunately almost unwatchable, as well. 7) Lateef Kayode (7-10-90) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown BJ Flores wants to fight Kayode, and Kayode is evidently gunning for Danny Green. 8) Guillermo Jones (7-97-97) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- TKO6 Michael Marrone (UNR) Next Fight: 10/20/2012- vs. #2 Denis Lebedev Jones will travel to Moscow to put his alphabet title on the line against the much younger Lebedev. 9) Firat Arslan (7-13-56) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #12 Alexander Alekseev (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #16 Alexander Alekseev Arslan-Alekseev II is reportedly on for November. 10) Danny Green (7-7-140) Last Fight: 7/25/2012- TKO5 Danny Santiago (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 11) B.J. Flores (7-111) Last Fight: 1/28/2012- TKO6 Hugo Pineda (UNR) Next Fight: 9/8/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Flores is replacing the disgraced Antonio Tarver in NBC’s Olympic boxing coverage, and then will apparently fight (probably against a nobody) on September 8 in Missouri. Unfortunately, Flores is a pretty terrible commentator. 12) Francisco Palacios (7-71) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- UD8 Joell Godfrey (UNR) Next Fight: 9/22/2012- vs. #6 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk See Wlodarczyk’s notes, above. 13) Giacobbe Fragomeni (7-195) Last Fight: 3/17/2012- Draw (MD12) vs. Silvio Branco (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Fragomeni appears to be showing his age after nearly losing to an even older man in Branco. 14) Silvio Branco (7-21) Last Fight: 3/17/2012- Draw (MD12) vs. #10 Giacobbe Fragomeni Next Fight: Unknown 45 year old veteran Silvio Branco got what may have been his final hurrah with a close-fought draw with top 10-ranked Giacobbe Fragomeni. 15) Mateusz Masternak (7-19) Last Fight: 5/19/2012- UD10 Hari Miles (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown A proposed fight with Enad Licina has apparently fallen through, and Masternak now looks likely to fight David Quinonero next, instead. 16) Alexander Alekseev (7-82) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw*(MD12) vs. #19 Firat Arslan (robbery- should have been L) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #9 Firat Arslan See Arslan’s notes, above. 17) Enad Licina (7-111) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #17 Alexander Alexeev Next Fight: Unknown 18) Dmitro Kucher (6-6) Last Fight: 6/27/2012- KO3 Cesar Crenz (UNR) Next Fight: 8/19/2012- vs. Geoffrey Battelo (UNR) Kucher will face journeyman Geoffrey Battelo next. 19) Pawel Glazewski (6-6) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- L(Robbery) vs. Roy Jones, Jr. (UNR) Next Fight: 10/13/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Glazewski is on the schedule for October 13 in Poland, with no opponent yet announced. 20) Troy Ross (6-27) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- UD8 Lukasz Rusiewicz (UNR) Next Fight: 9/15/2012- vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Ross will roll the dice in a big way against Hernandez- the first decent opponent he’s fought in a very long time.
Dan’s Top 20
Champ: None
1) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (27-111-111) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- UD12 #4 Steve Cunningham Next Fight: 9/15/2012- vs. #20 Troy Ross This Cuban will fight Canadian fringe contender Troy Ross- in Germany. I feel like this could only happen at Cruiserweight.
2) Denis Lebedev (27-131-131) Last Fight: 4/4/2012- KO2 Shawn Cox (UNR) Next Fight: 10/20/2012- vs. #8 Guillermo Jones Lebedev will fight very inactive alphabet titleholder and former welterweight Guillermo Jones in Moscow this October. 3) Steve Cunningham (10-425-425) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #3 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: 9/8/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent (at HW) Cunningham has now signed with Main Events and is poised to move up to heavyweight. This paves the way for his return to America after fighting in Germany for Sauerland for a while, and also potentially for a rematch with new stablemate Tomasz Adamek down the road. He will be ranked here until he’s been inactive at 200 for a year or signs a heavyweight fight for after that anniversary. 4) Marco Huck (10-296-296) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #7 Ola Afolabi Next Fight: Unknown Huck wants to fight Haye at heavyweight in what could be an interesting fight. He says he doesn’t see any reason to rematch Afolabi, since he beat him twice. That’s pure posturing. 5) Ola Afolabi (10-178-178) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: Unknown Afolabi is now discussing a September fight with Mormeck. 6) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (10-372-372) Last Fight: 11/30/2011- TKO11 #9 Danny Green Next Fight: 9/22/2012- vs. #12 Francisco Palacios It appears- according to Boxrec- that Wlodarczyk has finally consented to an alphabet-mandated rematch with Palacios. The first fight was close (I thought Palacios won), but unfortunately almost unwatchable, as well. 7) Lateef Kayode (7-10-90) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown BJ Flores wants to fight Kayode, and Kayode is evidently gunning for Danny Green. 8) Guillermo Jones (7-97-97) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- TKO6 Michael Marrone (UNR) Next Fight: 10/20/2012- vs. #2 Denis Lebedev Jones will travel to Moscow to put his alphabet title on the line against the much younger Lebedev. 9) Firat Arslan (7-13-56) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #12 Alexander Alekseev (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #16 Alexander Alekseev Arslan-Alekseev II is reportedly on for November. 10) Danny Green (7-7-140) Last Fight: 7/25/2012- TKO5 Danny Santiago (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 11) B.J. Flores (7-111) Last Fight: 1/28/2012- TKO6 Hugo Pineda (UNR) Next Fight: 9/8/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Flores is replacing the disgraced Antonio Tarver in NBC’s Olympic boxing coverage, and then will apparently fight (probably against a nobody) on September 8 in Missouri. Unfortunately, Flores is a pretty terrible commentator. 12) Francisco Palacios (7-71) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- UD8 Joell Godfrey (UNR) Next Fight: 9/22/2012- vs. #6 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk See Wlodarczyk’s notes, above. 13) Giacobbe Fragomeni (7-195) Last Fight: 3/17/2012- Draw (MD12) vs. Silvio Branco (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Fragomeni appears to be showing his age after nearly losing to an even older man in Branco. 14) Silvio Branco (7-21) Last Fight: 3/17/2012- Draw (MD12) vs. #10 Giacobbe Fragomeni Next Fight: Unknown 45 year old veteran Silvio Branco got what may have been his final hurrah with a close-fought draw with top 10-ranked Giacobbe Fragomeni. 15) Mateusz Masternak (7-19) Last Fight: 5/19/2012- UD10 Hari Miles (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown A proposed fight with Enad Licina has apparently fallen through, and Masternak now looks likely to fight David Quinonero next, instead. 16) Alexander Alekseev (7-82) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw*(MD12) vs. #19 Firat Arslan (robbery- should have been L) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #9 Firat Arslan See Arslan’s notes, above. 17) Enad Licina (7-111) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #17 Alexander Alexeev Next Fight: Unknown 18) Dmitro Kucher (6-6) Last Fight: 6/27/2012- KO3 Cesar Crenz (UNR) Next Fight: 8/19/2012- vs. Geoffrey Battelo (UNR) Kucher will face journeyman Geoffrey Battelo next. 19) Pawel Glazewski (6-6) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- L(Robbery) vs. Roy Jones, Jr. (UNR) Next Fight: 10/13/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Glazewski is on the schedule for October 13 in Poland, with no opponent yet announced. 20) Troy Ross (6-27) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- UD8 Lukasz Rusiewicz (UNR) Next Fight: 9/15/2012- vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Ross will roll the dice in a big way against Hernandez- the first decent opponent he’s fought in a very long time.
THE WEEK AHEAD: There are only a handful of notable fights going on in the world this week of the professional variety, and three of them are right here at cruiser.
On Thursday in Houston, Texas, undefeated Chicago prospect Cedric Agnew takes on veteran journeyman Zack Page in a 6-rounder.
Saturday, Ukrainian fringe prospect Anatoliy Dudchenko will fight gatekeeper Alfredo Contreras in Studio City, California. Across the country in Franklin Square, New York, undefeated Colombian Santander Silgado battles journeyman Joell Godfrey.
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