Light Heavyweight: 2012, Sep 17-23
No meaningful action this past week.
Last Fight: 9/8/2012- L(TKO10) vs. SMW Champ Andre Ward (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown Most sources will still credit him with being the light heavyweight championship, but he lost a fight at or below the 175 pound limit, and thus his conqueror deserves that honor regardless of the actual weights of the fighters. 2) Bernard Hopkins (2-328-328)
Last Fight: 4/28/2012- L(MD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: Unknown Hopkins might be looking to return- likely for his last fight- around the end of the year.
3) Jean Pascal (2-170-170)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: Unknown Pascal will come back in December following his long inactivity and hand injury (thus retaining his ranking), with venue and TV problems ensuring that the Cloud fight could not be rescheduled until 2013. No opponent has been announced.
4) Gabriel Campillo (2-117-117)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Campillo was injured in training and has withdrawn from his scheduled late-September fight with Sergei Kovalev. 5) Tavoris Cloud (2-160-160)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #9 Karo Murat With Pascal’s injury and subsequent scheduling difficulties related to TV dates and the venue, Cloud will now apparently fight Karo Murat sometime in November. If successful, the idea would be for him to reschedule the Pascal fight for next year. 6) Cornelius White (2-10-40) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- UD12 #10 Dmitri Sukhotski Next Fight: Unknown White is on a tear. Is he really top-5 good? I wouldn’t think so, but he proves me wrong every time I feel I might be overrating him. 7) Nathan Cleverly (2-137-137)
Last Fight: 2/25/2012- UD12 Tommy Karpency (UNR)
Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #13 Vyacheslav Uzelkoff Cleverly has taken what could be a trap fight against the somewhat underachieving Uzelkoff, in Cardiff. 8) Tony Bellew (10-49-49) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO9 Edison Miranda (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Bellew continues to impress as he continues his rise to the top. 9) Karo Murat (2-51-72) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- TKO7 Sandro Siproshvili (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #5 Tavoris Cloud With Pascal’s injury, Murat will get his alphabet title shot a little earlier than expected, with November being the apparent target. 10) Beibut Shumenov (2-113-117) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 Enrique Ornelas (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Word has it that Shumenov is working on fighting gatekeeper/journeyman hybrid Nicholson Poulard in November, either in Vegas or Kazakhstan. While it could be argued that Poulard is a bit more live of a body than Shumenov’s last 3 opponents, the step up would be marginal at best, and he’s really not at a different level than those guys. Let’s hope this fight falls through, because Shumenov hasn’t fought a decent opponent in well over 2 years, and this would be a pathetic way to move forward in his career. 11) Yusaf Mack (2-117)
Last Fight: 7/7/2012- UD6 Sabou Ballogou (UNR)
Next Fight: 11/17/2012- vs. #1 SMW Carl Froch (at SMW) In a fairly sudden development, Mack will drop back down to 168 to fight Carl Froch. 12) Isaac Chilemba (2-33) Last Fight: 2/3/2012- UD10 #16 Edison Miranda Next Fight: 9/29/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Chilemba’s notoriously fragile opponent Zsolt Erdei had to pull out of their fight. Chilemba will keep the date, but so far no opponent has been announced. He reportedly won’t be fighting live on HBO anymore, though clips will appear. 13) Vyacheslav Uzelkoff (2-33) Last Fight: 7/21/2012- W(MD12) vs. Mohamed Belkacem (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #7 Nathan Cleverly Uzelkoff won’t be able to muddle his way through his next fight the way he did with Belkacem if he intends to have a shot. 14) Andrzej Fonfara (2-10) Last Fight: 7/13/2012- UD10* SMW #16 Glen Johnson Next Fight: 11/16/2012- vs. Tommy Karpency (UNR) Fonfara will fight journeyman Tommy Karpency in Chicago in mid-November. 15) Jürgen Brähmer (2-22) Last Fight: 4/21/2012- UD10 Vikapita Meroro (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Braehmer has showed up for his last two fights, which at least feels like a record for him. 16) Denis Grachev (2-21) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- TKO8 #15 Ismayl Sillakh Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. SMW #3 Lucian Bute Grachev will fight Lucian Bute at a 170 pound catchweight in November. 17) Dmitri Sukhotski (2-99) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- L(UD12) vs. #16 Cornelius White Next Fight: Unknown The White loss must be a bitter disappointment for Sukhotski, who had been in line for a shot at an alphabet strap held by Cleverly for some time, but with Cleverly blatantly ducking him to great effect. 18) Mikkel Kessler (2-18) Last Fight: 5/19/2012- TKO4 Allan Green (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. Brian Magee (UNR) (at SMW) Kessler will fight Irish fringe contender Brian Magee later this year. No date or location yet. The fight will be at 168 it would seem. 19) Tony Averlant (2-25) Last Fight: 3/31/2012- L*(SD12) vs. #12 Eduard Gutknecht (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Averlant is probably closer to the journeyman he was on 3/30 than the solid fringe contender he became on 3/31, but a win is a win…even when it’s a loss (in Germany). 20) Ismayl Sillakh (2-88) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- L(TKO8) vs. Denis Grachev (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I didn’t see that coming at all. I trust Sillakh will bounce back from the upset loss to Grachev. But wow.
Dan’s Top 20 Champ: Andre Ward (2-2-2) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 Champ Chad Dawson (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Ward hasn’t scaled over 168 since 2009, and has done so just twice in his whole career, and yet finds himself as the reigning Light Heavyweight AND Super Middleweight champion after breaking down fellow reigning Champion Chad Dawson in a fight at 168. 1) Chad Dawson (2-329-329)
Last Fight: 9/8/2012- L(TKO10) vs. SMW Champ Andre Ward (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown Most sources will still credit him with being the light heavyweight championship, but he lost a fight at or below the 175 pound limit, and thus his conqueror deserves that honor regardless of the actual weights of the fighters. 2) Bernard Hopkins (2-328-328)
Last Fight: 4/28/2012- L(MD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: Unknown Hopkins might be looking to return- likely for his last fight- around the end of the year.
3) Jean Pascal (2-170-170)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: Unknown Pascal will come back in December following his long inactivity and hand injury (thus retaining his ranking), with venue and TV problems ensuring that the Cloud fight could not be rescheduled until 2013. No opponent has been announced.
4) Gabriel Campillo (2-117-117)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Campillo was injured in training and has withdrawn from his scheduled late-September fight with Sergei Kovalev. 5) Tavoris Cloud (2-160-160)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #9 Karo Murat With Pascal’s injury and subsequent scheduling difficulties related to TV dates and the venue, Cloud will now apparently fight Karo Murat sometime in November. If successful, the idea would be for him to reschedule the Pascal fight for next year. 6) Cornelius White (2-10-40) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- UD12 #10 Dmitri Sukhotski Next Fight: Unknown White is on a tear. Is he really top-5 good? I wouldn’t think so, but he proves me wrong every time I feel I might be overrating him. 7) Nathan Cleverly (2-137-137)
Last Fight: 2/25/2012- UD12 Tommy Karpency (UNR)
Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #13 Vyacheslav Uzelkoff Cleverly has taken what could be a trap fight against the somewhat underachieving Uzelkoff, in Cardiff. 8) Tony Bellew (10-49-49) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO9 Edison Miranda (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Bellew continues to impress as he continues his rise to the top. 9) Karo Murat (2-51-72) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- TKO7 Sandro Siproshvili (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. #5 Tavoris Cloud With Pascal’s injury, Murat will get his alphabet title shot a little earlier than expected, with November being the apparent target. 10) Beibut Shumenov (2-113-117) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 Enrique Ornelas (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Word has it that Shumenov is working on fighting gatekeeper/journeyman hybrid Nicholson Poulard in November, either in Vegas or Kazakhstan. While it could be argued that Poulard is a bit more live of a body than Shumenov’s last 3 opponents, the step up would be marginal at best, and he’s really not at a different level than those guys. Let’s hope this fight falls through, because Shumenov hasn’t fought a decent opponent in well over 2 years, and this would be a pathetic way to move forward in his career. 11) Yusaf Mack (2-117)
Last Fight: 7/7/2012- UD6 Sabou Ballogou (UNR)
Next Fight: 11/17/2012- vs. #1 SMW Carl Froch (at SMW) In a fairly sudden development, Mack will drop back down to 168 to fight Carl Froch. 12) Isaac Chilemba (2-33) Last Fight: 2/3/2012- UD10 #16 Edison Miranda Next Fight: 9/29/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Chilemba’s notoriously fragile opponent Zsolt Erdei had to pull out of their fight. Chilemba will keep the date, but so far no opponent has been announced. He reportedly won’t be fighting live on HBO anymore, though clips will appear. 13) Vyacheslav Uzelkoff (2-33) Last Fight: 7/21/2012- W(MD12) vs. Mohamed Belkacem (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #7 Nathan Cleverly Uzelkoff won’t be able to muddle his way through his next fight the way he did with Belkacem if he intends to have a shot. 14) Andrzej Fonfara (2-10) Last Fight: 7/13/2012- UD10* SMW #16 Glen Johnson Next Fight: 11/16/2012- vs. Tommy Karpency (UNR) Fonfara will fight journeyman Tommy Karpency in Chicago in mid-November. 15) Jürgen Brähmer (2-22) Last Fight: 4/21/2012- UD10 Vikapita Meroro (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Braehmer has showed up for his last two fights, which at least feels like a record for him. 16) Denis Grachev (2-21) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- TKO8 #15 Ismayl Sillakh Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. SMW #3 Lucian Bute Grachev will fight Lucian Bute at a 170 pound catchweight in November. 17) Dmitri Sukhotski (2-99) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- L(UD12) vs. #16 Cornelius White Next Fight: Unknown The White loss must be a bitter disappointment for Sukhotski, who had been in line for a shot at an alphabet strap held by Cleverly for some time, but with Cleverly blatantly ducking him to great effect. 18) Mikkel Kessler (2-18) Last Fight: 5/19/2012- TKO4 Allan Green (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. Brian Magee (UNR) (at SMW) Kessler will fight Irish fringe contender Brian Magee later this year. No date or location yet. The fight will be at 168 it would seem. 19) Tony Averlant (2-25) Last Fight: 3/31/2012- L*(SD12) vs. #12 Eduard Gutknecht (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Averlant is probably closer to the journeyman he was on 3/30 than the solid fringe contender he became on 3/31, but a win is a win…even when it’s a loss (in Germany). 20) Ismayl Sillakh (2-88) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- L(TKO8) vs. Denis Grachev (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I didn’t see that coming at all. I trust Sillakh will bounce back from the upset loss to Grachev. But wow.
The Week Ahead: Friday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, undefeated Russian Sergei Kovalev battles journeyman Lionell Thompson on NBC Sports. The following night in Buenos Aires, Argentina, local prospect Roberto Feliciano Bolonti takes on his countryman, decent journeyman Jose Clavero.
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