Middleweight: 2011, Nov 14-20
#20 Billi Godoy of Argentina unsurprisingly slapped away the challenge of low-level Brazilian journeyman Luciano Silva in Viedma, Argentina on Saturday. Silva went down twice before he was stopped inside of 2 minutes. No changes to the rankings.
Next Fight: Unknown
There are simply too many potential challengers for Martinez’ crown to list them all here.
1) Daniel Geale (21-126-126) Last Fight: 8/31/2011- UD12 Eromosele Albert (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Geale says he’s 90% sure he’ll be fighting Pirog on New Year’s Eve.
2) Grzegorz Proksa (7-31-31) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- RTD3 #4 Sebastian Sylvester
Next Fight: Unknown After destroying Sylvester, Proksa may be in for a fight with fringe contender Sebastian Zbik next.
3) Felix Sturm (7-426-426) Last Fight: 6/25/2011- W*(SD12) vs. #11 Matthew Macklin
Next Fight: 12/2/2012- vs. Martin Murray (UNR) Apparently ducking a rematch with British contender Matthew Macklin, Sturm will instead fight his countryman, undefeated prospect Martin Murray, in Mannheim. 4) Matthew Macklin (7-21-112) Last Fight: 6/25/2011- L*(SD12) vs. #1 Felix Sturm
Next Fight: Unknown
Macklin couldn’t secure a rematch of his borderline robbery loss to Sturm, as the German has opted to fight countryman Martin Murray, instead. 5) Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (19-55-55) Last Fight: 4/2/2011- UD12 Giovanni Lorenzo (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown A fight rumored to be in the works with Gennady Golovkin has reportedly been scuttled by N’Dam’s unwillingness to fight the Kazakh, but N’Dam says he wants to fight someone in January.
6) Dmitry Pirog (19-68-68) Last Fight: 9/25/2011- RTD10 Gennady Martirosyan (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Geale says there’s a 90% chance he’ll be fighting Pirog on New Year’s Eve.
7) Sebastian Sylvester (7-327-327) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- L(RTD3) vs. #9 Grzegorz Proksa
Next Fight: Unknown
Sylvester may be getting long in the tooth after being destroyed by Proksa. 8) Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (7-24-42) Last Fight: 6/4/2011- W(MD12) vs. #19 Sebastian Zbik
Next Fight: 11/19/2011- vs. Peter Manfredo, Jr. (UNR)
Chavez is now claiming a hand injury, and will likely now skip his scheduled fight with Ronald Hearns in September and go straight to his second scheduled fight with Peter Manfredo in November.
9) Marco Antonio Rubio (7-32-42) Last Fight: 9/3/2011- TKO5 Mohammed Akrong (UNR)
Next Fight: 12/16/2011- vs. Mohammed Said (UNR)
Rubio is feasting on journeymen at the moment.
10) Anthony Mundine (19-19-42) Last Fight: 10/19/2011- UD12 Rigoberto Alvarez (UNR) (at JMW)
Next Fight: Unknown
Mundine believes he’s been blacklisted in the US for comments he made in 2001 blaming the US for 9/11 and supporting Al Quaeda. Well boo-hoo, asshole. Austin Trout is also trying to make a fight with Mundine.
11) Osumanu Adama (6-34) Last Fight: 10/6/2011- TKO9 Roman Karmazin (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Adama has now quietly put together a really respectable resume after battering Karmazin. 12) Max Bursak (6-42) Last Fight: 10/22/2011- TKO3 Abdulaziz Matazimov (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Bursak had little trouble with his latest weak opponent.
13) Paul Williams (19-136) Last Fight: 7/9/2011- W*(MD12) vs. JMW #15 Erislandy Lara (at JMW)
Next Fight: Unknown
Williams will be removed for inactivity within the division if he doesn’t schedule a middleweight contest during this week.
14) Garth Wood (5-42) Last Fight: 4/13/2011- L (UD10) vs. #20 Anthony Mundine
Next Fight: Unknown Wood appeared set to fight journyeman Johannes Mwetupunga on the Geale-Albert undercard, but pulled out of that fight. 15) Nobuhiro Ishida (4-32) Last Fight: 4/9/2011- TKO1 James Kirkland (UNR) Next Fight: 11/26/2011- vs. #17 Avtandil Khurtsidze Ishida’s fight with Khurtsidze fell through as suddenly as it had been made, and Ishida will keep his November 26 date, with no opponent yet.
16) Gennady Golovkin (4-22) Last Fight: 6/17/2011- KO10 Kassim Ouma (UNR) Next Fight: 12/9/2011- vs. Lajuan Simon (UNR) Golovkin is now set to fight journeyman Lajuan Simon in December. 17) Avtandil Khurtsidze (4-42) Last Fight: 10/3/2012- TKO2 Jason LeHoullier (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown
Khurtsidze suddenly appeared set to fight Ishida in December, and just as suddenly the fight was scrapped.
18) Demetrius Andrade (4-13) Last Fight: 9/21/2011- RTD3 Saul Duran (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Andrade is likely fighting in January. 19) Darren Barker (4-5) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- L(KO11) vs. Champ Sergio Martinez Next Fight: Unknown Barker has been receiving interest from Chavez and Geale after his over-performance against Martinez. 20) Billi Godoy (4-4) Last Fight: 11/12/2011- TKO1 Luciano Silva (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: Sergio Martinez (83-83-83) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- KO11 #20 Darren Barker
Next Fight: Unknown
There are simply too many potential challengers for Martinez’ crown to list them all here.
1) Daniel Geale (21-126-126) Last Fight: 8/31/2011- UD12 Eromosele Albert (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Geale says he’s 90% sure he’ll be fighting Pirog on New Year’s Eve.
2) Grzegorz Proksa (7-31-31) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- RTD3 #4 Sebastian Sylvester
Next Fight: Unknown After destroying Sylvester, Proksa may be in for a fight with fringe contender Sebastian Zbik next.
3) Felix Sturm (7-426-426) Last Fight: 6/25/2011- W*(SD12) vs. #11 Matthew Macklin
Next Fight: 12/2/2012- vs. Martin Murray (UNR) Apparently ducking a rematch with British contender Matthew Macklin, Sturm will instead fight his countryman, undefeated prospect Martin Murray, in Mannheim. 4) Matthew Macklin (7-21-112) Last Fight: 6/25/2011- L*(SD12) vs. #1 Felix Sturm
Next Fight: Unknown
Macklin couldn’t secure a rematch of his borderline robbery loss to Sturm, as the German has opted to fight countryman Martin Murray, instead. 5) Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (19-55-55) Last Fight: 4/2/2011- UD12 Giovanni Lorenzo (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown A fight rumored to be in the works with Gennady Golovkin has reportedly been scuttled by N’Dam’s unwillingness to fight the Kazakh, but N’Dam says he wants to fight someone in January.
6) Dmitry Pirog (19-68-68) Last Fight: 9/25/2011- RTD10 Gennady Martirosyan (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Geale says there’s a 90% chance he’ll be fighting Pirog on New Year’s Eve.
7) Sebastian Sylvester (7-327-327) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- L(RTD3) vs. #9 Grzegorz Proksa
Next Fight: Unknown
Sylvester may be getting long in the tooth after being destroyed by Proksa. 8) Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (7-24-42) Last Fight: 6/4/2011- W(MD12) vs. #19 Sebastian Zbik
Next Fight: 11/19/2011- vs. Peter Manfredo, Jr. (UNR)
Chavez is now claiming a hand injury, and will likely now skip his scheduled fight with Ronald Hearns in September and go straight to his second scheduled fight with Peter Manfredo in November.
9) Marco Antonio Rubio (7-32-42) Last Fight: 9/3/2011- TKO5 Mohammed Akrong (UNR)
Next Fight: 12/16/2011- vs. Mohammed Said (UNR)
Rubio is feasting on journeymen at the moment.
10) Anthony Mundine (19-19-42) Last Fight: 10/19/2011- UD12 Rigoberto Alvarez (UNR) (at JMW)
Next Fight: Unknown
Mundine believes he’s been blacklisted in the US for comments he made in 2001 blaming the US for 9/11 and supporting Al Quaeda. Well boo-hoo, asshole. Austin Trout is also trying to make a fight with Mundine.
11) Osumanu Adama (6-34) Last Fight: 10/6/2011- TKO9 Roman Karmazin (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Adama has now quietly put together a really respectable resume after battering Karmazin. 12) Max Bursak (6-42) Last Fight: 10/22/2011- TKO3 Abdulaziz Matazimov (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Bursak had little trouble with his latest weak opponent.
13) Paul Williams (19-136) Last Fight: 7/9/2011- W*(MD12) vs. JMW #15 Erislandy Lara (at JMW)
Next Fight: Unknown
Williams will be removed for inactivity within the division if he doesn’t schedule a middleweight contest during this week.
14) Garth Wood (5-42) Last Fight: 4/13/2011- L (UD10) vs. #20 Anthony Mundine
Next Fight: Unknown Wood appeared set to fight journyeman Johannes Mwetupunga on the Geale-Albert undercard, but pulled out of that fight. 15) Nobuhiro Ishida (4-32) Last Fight: 4/9/2011- TKO1 James Kirkland (UNR) Next Fight: 11/26/2011- vs. #17 Avtandil Khurtsidze Ishida’s fight with Khurtsidze fell through as suddenly as it had been made, and Ishida will keep his November 26 date, with no opponent yet.
16) Gennady Golovkin (4-22) Last Fight: 6/17/2011- KO10 Kassim Ouma (UNR) Next Fight: 12/9/2011- vs. Lajuan Simon (UNR) Golovkin is now set to fight journeyman Lajuan Simon in December. 17) Avtandil Khurtsidze (4-42) Last Fight: 10/3/2012- TKO2 Jason LeHoullier (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown
Khurtsidze suddenly appeared set to fight Ishida in December, and just as suddenly the fight was scrapped.
18) Demetrius Andrade (4-13) Last Fight: 9/21/2011- RTD3 Saul Duran (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Andrade is likely fighting in January. 19) Darren Barker (4-5) Last Fight: 10/1/2011- L(KO11) vs. Champ Sergio Martinez Next Fight: Unknown Barker has been receiving interest from Chavez and Geale after his over-performance against Martinez. 20) Billi Godoy (4-4) Last Fight: 11/12/2011- TKO1 Luciano Silva (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown
The Week Ahead: The biggest fight of the weekend is in Houston, Texas, where #8 Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. battles blue collar fringe contender Peter Manfredo. The day before, in Flemington, Australia, aging former contender Sam Soliman of Melbourne meets Nigerian gatekeeper Eromosele Albert.
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