Cruiserweight: 2012, Oct 22-28
Nothing going on at the 200 pound limit this week.
Champ: None
1) Denis Lebedev (6-142-142) Last Fight: 4/4/2012- KO2 Shawn Cox (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown The fight with Guillermo Jones appears to be off, with Jones now looking to fight journeyman Andres Taylor instead. 2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (6-122-122) 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 (6-6-38) 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 (6-436-436) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- UD10 Jason Gavern (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: 12/22/2012- vs. HW #3 Tomasz Adamek (at HW) With Odlanier Solis’ withdrawal, Cunningham has a chance to avenge his 2008 loss to Tomasz Adamek just before Christmas, 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 (6-307-307) 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 (6-189-189) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: Unknown 7) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (6-383-383) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: Unknown There is talk of a fight with former Champ Jean-Marc Mormeck, but Wlodarczyk’s team is dismissing these rumors. 8) Lateef Kayode (6-21-101) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown With no mention of Kayode’s rumored fight with Drozd being made in a while, the latest news is that Kayode might be trying to move up to fight Seth Mitchell. 9) Guillermo Jones (6-108-108) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- TKO6 Michael Marrone (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. Andres Taylor (UNR) Jones has gone from the division’s #1 Contender Lebedev to mere journeyman Andres Taylor for his next fight. Quite a drop-off. 10) Firat Arslan (6-24-67) 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 (6-151) 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 (6-122) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Flores’ level of opposition lately is consistent with that of a protected undefeated prospect rather than a veteran contender trying to get back on top. He’s completely treading water at this point in his career.
13) Giacobbe Fragomeni (5-206) 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 (5-32) 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 (5-30) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO8 David Quinonero (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak appears set to fight for the European title technically held by Alekseev next. 16) Francisco Palacios (5-82) 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 (6-93) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw*(MD12) vs. #19 Firat Arslan (robbery- should have been L) Next Fight: Unknown 18) Enad Licina (6-122) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #17 Alexander Alexeev Next Fight: Unknown 19) Dmitro Kucher (6-17) Last Fight: 8/19/2012- TKO5 Geoffrey Battelo (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. Steve Herelius (UNR) Kucher will be fighting in Kiev on October 27 for some alphabet regional color-coded belt. His opponent will be a bit of a blast from the past. Steve Herelius- who stopped current #10 Firat Arslan before getting stopped by current #2 Yoan Pablo Hernandez and going inactive for 20 months. 20) Danie Venter (5-5) 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 (6-142-142) Last Fight: 4/4/2012- KO2 Shawn Cox (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown The fight with Guillermo Jones appears to be off, with Jones now looking to fight journeyman Andres Taylor instead. 2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (6-122-122) 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 (6-6-38) 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 (6-436-436) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- UD10 Jason Gavern (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: 12/22/2012- vs. HW #3 Tomasz Adamek (at HW) With Odlanier Solis’ withdrawal, Cunningham has a chance to avenge his 2008 loss to Tomasz Adamek just before Christmas, 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 (6-307-307) 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 (6-189-189) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: Unknown 7) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (6-383-383) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: Unknown There is talk of a fight with former Champ Jean-Marc Mormeck, but Wlodarczyk’s team is dismissing these rumors. 8) Lateef Kayode (6-21-101) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown With no mention of Kayode’s rumored fight with Drozd being made in a while, the latest news is that Kayode might be trying to move up to fight Seth Mitchell. 9) Guillermo Jones (6-108-108) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- TKO6 Michael Marrone (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. Andres Taylor (UNR) Jones has gone from the division’s #1 Contender Lebedev to mere journeyman Andres Taylor for his next fight. Quite a drop-off. 10) Firat Arslan (6-24-67) 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 (6-151) 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 (6-122) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Flores’ level of opposition lately is consistent with that of a protected undefeated prospect rather than a veteran contender trying to get back on top. He’s completely treading water at this point in his career.
13) Giacobbe Fragomeni (5-206) 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 (5-32) 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 (5-30) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO8 David Quinonero (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak appears set to fight for the European title technically held by Alekseev next. 16) Francisco Palacios (5-82) 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 (6-93) Last Fight: 5/11/2012- Draw*(MD12) vs. #19 Firat Arslan (robbery- should have been L) Next Fight: Unknown 18) Enad Licina (6-122) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- L(UD12) vs. #17 Alexander Alexeev Next Fight: Unknown 19) Dmitro Kucher (6-17) Last Fight: 8/19/2012- TKO5 Geoffrey Battelo (UNR) (at HW) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. Steve Herelius (UNR) Kucher will be fighting in Kiev on October 27 for some alphabet regional color-coded belt. His opponent will be a bit of a blast from the past. Steve Herelius- who stopped current #10 Firat Arslan before getting stopped by current #2 Yoan Pablo Hernandez and going inactive for 20 months. 20) Danie Venter (5-5) 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: Four significant fights this Saturday:
In Caracas, Venezuela, #9 Guillermo Jones fights journeyman Andres Taylor- a far cry from Jones’ original opponent for the same date, #1 Denis Lebedev.
In Kiev, #19 Dmitro Kucher takes on Steve Herelius, who was my #15 contender as recently as February, when he was removed for inactivity. He has not fought since. This could be an interesting test for Kucher, though it may be hard to determine just how much ability Herelius lost during his 20-month hiatus.
In Brooklyn, undefeated Colombian prospect Santander Silgado battles inactive Utah journeyman Gary Gomez in an 8-rounder.
And across the Empire State in Verona, NY, Oklahoma prospect Eric Fields takes on complete novice Kevin Franklin in a 6-round affair.
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