Cruiserweight: 2012, Oct 1-7
#17 Alexander Alekseev was supposed to fight Macedonian novice Agron Dzila this week, but that fight was abruptly canceled. Nothing of note happened in the absence of that fight.
Champ: None
1) Denis Lebedev (3-139-139) Last Fight: 4/4/2012- KO2 Shawn Cox (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #9 Guillermo Jones Lebedev will fight very inactive alphabet titleholder and former welterweight Guillermo Jones in Moscow this October. 2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (3-119-119) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #20 Troy Ross Next Fight: Unknown Hernandez officially got the win over Ross, and I’m not quite willing to call it a robbery, but it’s pretty close to one. I think you’d be pushing the limits of reason to give the fight to Hernandez, and I think that even if you managed to do so in terms of rounds won, you’d have to admit that Ross got the better of the fight overall. Even Hernandez promoter Sauerland admits that Hernandez didn’t deserve a win, and believes a rematch is warranted. 3) Troy Ross (3-3-35) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: Unknown Ross deserved to beat Hernandez. That’s all I’ve got to say (except the more detailed statement I made above). 4) Steve Cunningham (3-433-433) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- UD10 Jason Gavern (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: Unknown So far so good for Cunningham at Heavyweight. He’ll retain his ranking here until the anniversary of his February 4 cruiserweight fight, or until he schedules a heavyweight fight for a date after that. 5) Marco Huck (3-304-304) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #7 Ola Afolabi Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. #10 Firat Arslan Huck will fight Arslan next in early November. 6) Ola Afolabi (3-186-186) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: Unknown 7) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (3-380-380) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: Unknown Redemption for El Diablo, as he confirmed his superiority over Palacios after a year of living with a gift decision. 8) Lateef Kayode (3-18-98) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown Kayode is upset that he has been passed over for a shot at Tarver’s stripped alphabet title, as an Aussie-Kiwi rivalry match between Danny Green and Shane Cameron will fill that vacancy for whatever that’s worth. It’s unclear if rumored negotiations with Grigory Drozd are still pending or not. 9) Guillermo Jones (3-105-105) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- TKO6 Michael Marrone (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #1 Denis Lebedev Jones will travel to Moscow to put his alphabet title on the line against the much younger Lebedev. 10) Firat Arslan (3-21-64) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #12 Alexander Alekseev (Robbery) Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. #5 Marco Huck Long-since slated for a November rematch with Alekseev, Arslan was the subject of a surprise announcement that he would instead fight Marco Huck. 11) Danny Green (3-148) Last Fight: 7/25/2012- TKO5 Danny Santiago (UNR) Next Fight: 11/21/2012- vs. Shane Cameron (UNR) Will take on Kiwi fringe contender Shane Cameron in late November. 12) B.J. Flores (3-119) Last Fight: 1/28/2012- TKO6 Hugo Pineda (UNR) Next Fight: 10/6/2012- vs. Ahmed Samir (UNR) Flores will take on undefeated/untested Egyptian prospect Ahmed Samir in Springfield, MO on October 6.
13) Giacobbe Fragomeni (2-203) 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 (2-29) 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 (2-27) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO8 David Quinonero (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak put on a Masterful performance against a game but apparently limited Quinonero, but that was only the 2nd-best event of his week, as his son was born that same Wednesday. 16) Francisco Palacios (2-79) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- L(UD12) vs. #7 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Next Fight: Unknown Very little of note left on his resume after his should-be win over Wlodarczyk was neutralized by a close but clear loss to same, and with his win over Louis Azille over 5 years old now. 17) Alexander Alekseev (3-90) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw*(MD12) vs. #19 Firat Arslan (robbery- should have been L) Next Fight: Unknown 18) Enad Licina (3-119) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #17 Alexander Alexeev Next Fight: Unknown 19) Dmitro Kucher (3-14) Last Fight: 8/19/2012- TKO5 Geoffrey Battelo (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Kucher will be fighting in Kiev on October 27 for some alphabet regional color-coded belt, but no announced opponent yet. 20) Danie Venter (2-2) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- TKO4 Zack Mwekassa (UNR) Next Fight: 11/10/2012- vs. Thabiso Mchunu (UNR) Venter has established himself as clearly the best South African cruiserweight, and will fight for what amounts to that country’s undisputed championship in the Super 8 Tournament finals in November.
Dan’s Top 20
Champ: None
1) Denis Lebedev (3-139-139) Last Fight: 4/4/2012- KO2 Shawn Cox (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #9 Guillermo Jones Lebedev will fight very inactive alphabet titleholder and former welterweight Guillermo Jones in Moscow this October. 2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (3-119-119) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #20 Troy Ross Next Fight: Unknown Hernandez officially got the win over Ross, and I’m not quite willing to call it a robbery, but it’s pretty close to one. I think you’d be pushing the limits of reason to give the fight to Hernandez, and I think that even if you managed to do so in terms of rounds won, you’d have to admit that Ross got the better of the fight overall. Even Hernandez promoter Sauerland admits that Hernandez didn’t deserve a win, and believes a rematch is warranted. 3) Troy Ross (3-3-35) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: Unknown Ross deserved to beat Hernandez. That’s all I’ve got to say (except the more detailed statement I made above). 4) Steve Cunningham (3-433-433) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- UD10 Jason Gavern (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: Unknown So far so good for Cunningham at Heavyweight. He’ll retain his ranking here until the anniversary of his February 4 cruiserweight fight, or until he schedules a heavyweight fight for a date after that. 5) Marco Huck (3-304-304) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #7 Ola Afolabi Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. #10 Firat Arslan Huck will fight Arslan next in early November. 6) Ola Afolabi (3-186-186) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: Unknown 7) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (3-380-380) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: Unknown Redemption for El Diablo, as he confirmed his superiority over Palacios after a year of living with a gift decision. 8) Lateef Kayode (3-18-98) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown Kayode is upset that he has been passed over for a shot at Tarver’s stripped alphabet title, as an Aussie-Kiwi rivalry match between Danny Green and Shane Cameron will fill that vacancy for whatever that’s worth. It’s unclear if rumored negotiations with Grigory Drozd are still pending or not. 9) Guillermo Jones (3-105-105) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- TKO6 Michael Marrone (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. #1 Denis Lebedev Jones will travel to Moscow to put his alphabet title on the line against the much younger Lebedev. 10) Firat Arslan (3-21-64) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #12 Alexander Alekseev (Robbery) Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. #5 Marco Huck Long-since slated for a November rematch with Alekseev, Arslan was the subject of a surprise announcement that he would instead fight Marco Huck. 11) Danny Green (3-148) Last Fight: 7/25/2012- TKO5 Danny Santiago (UNR) Next Fight: 11/21/2012- vs. Shane Cameron (UNR) Will take on Kiwi fringe contender Shane Cameron in late November. 12) B.J. Flores (3-119) Last Fight: 1/28/2012- TKO6 Hugo Pineda (UNR) Next Fight: 10/6/2012- vs. Ahmed Samir (UNR) Flores will take on undefeated/untested Egyptian prospect Ahmed Samir in Springfield, MO on October 6.
13) Giacobbe Fragomeni (2-203) 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 (2-29) 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 (2-27) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO8 David Quinonero (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak put on a Masterful performance against a game but apparently limited Quinonero, but that was only the 2nd-best event of his week, as his son was born that same Wednesday. 16) Francisco Palacios (2-79) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- L(UD12) vs. #7 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Next Fight: Unknown Very little of note left on his resume after his should-be win over Wlodarczyk was neutralized by a close but clear loss to same, and with his win over Louis Azille over 5 years old now. 17) Alexander Alekseev (3-90) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw*(MD12) vs. #19 Firat Arslan (robbery- should have been L) Next Fight: Unknown 18) Enad Licina (3-119) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #17 Alexander Alexeev Next Fight: Unknown 19) Dmitro Kucher (3-14) Last Fight: 8/19/2012- TKO5 Geoffrey Battelo (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Kucher will be fighting in Kiev on October 27 for some alphabet regional color-coded belt, but no announced opponent yet. 20) Danie Venter (2-2) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- TKO4 Zack Mwekassa (UNR) Next Fight: 11/10/2012- vs. Thabiso Mchunu (UNR) Venter has established himself as clearly the best South African cruiserweight, and will fight for what amounts to that country’s undisputed championship in the Super 8 Tournament finals in November.
THE WEEK AHEAD: #12 B.J. Flores gets a likely showcase fight against undefeated but completely untested Egyptian prospect Ahmed Samir on Saturday. The fight will take place in Flores’ hometown of Springfield, Missouri, and thus Samir will have to console himself with the venue itself- The Shrine Mosque.
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