Light Heavyweight: 2012, Oct 29- Nov 4
Gusmyr Perdomo and his 7-pound weight advantage destroyed late replacement opponent Dario Matorras in Caracas on Saturday, with a 2nd-round stoppage. The fight was a woeful mismatch in more ways than just the weight, too. Their numerical records were similar, but Perdomo has been in with the likes of Mikkel Kessler, while Matorras has only beaten 4 men with even a single win, and has never beaten an opponent with a winning record. No changes to the rankings this week.
Champ: Andre Ward (8-8-8) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 Champ Chad Dawson (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Ward and Pavlik’s promoters have both confirmed that talks are underway for a February 23 fight on HBO. 1) Chad Dawson (8-335-335)
Last Fight: 9/8/2012- L(TKO10) vs. SMW Champ Andre Ward (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown Rumors of a Dawson-Pascal rematch are now floating around. 2) Bernard Hopkins (8-334-334)
Last Fight: 4/28/2012- L(MD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: Unknown Hopkins is currently non-committal on whether or not he’ll fight again. 3) Jean Pascal (8-176-176)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: 12/14/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent 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. Pascal is on thin ice with me, though. He didn’t have to wait as long as he did to schedule the fight with Cloud in the first place, and so if it ever appears that he is no longer returning in December, he will be promptly removed.
4) Gabriel Campillo (8-123-123)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown It now looks likely that Campillo will reschedule his fight with hot prospect Sergei Kovalev, from which he withdrew with injury this summer. It looks like the fight will be the main event of a NBC Sports card from Bethlehem Pennsylvania on January 19. 5) Tavoris Cloud (8-166-166)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: 11/16/2012- vs. #9 Karo Murat Dan Rafael reports that Cloud-Murat is tentative for November 16 in Venezuela. 6) Cornelius White (8-16-46) 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 (8-143-143)
Last Fight: 2/25/2012- UD12 Tommy Karpency (UNR)
Next Fight: 11/10/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Don King pulled a real a-hole move and ripped the Cleverly fight right out from under Ryan Coyne via a lawsuit, forcing Clev to look for a new opponent, which will be announced any day. 8) Tony Bellew (16-55-55) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO9 Edison Miranda (UNR) Next Fight: 11/17/2012- vs. Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (UNR) Bellew now has an opponent for his appearance on the Froch-Mack undercard: Argentine Champion Roberto Feliciano Bolonti. 9) Karo Murat (8-57-78) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- TKO7 Sandro Siproshvili (UNR) Next Fight: 11/16/2012- 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 (8-119-123) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 Enrique Ornelas (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown 11) Yusaf Mack (8-123)
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 (8-39) Last Fight: 9/29/2012- UD8 Rayco Saunders (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Chilemba came in a bit heavy, but performed as expected, shutting out journeyman Rayco Saunders. 13) Vyacheslav Uzelkoff (8-39) Last Fight: 7/21/2012- W(MD12) vs. Mohamed Belkacem (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Cleverly understandably skipped out on him for a shot on HBO. No new plans announced for the Ukrainian. 14) Andrzej Fonfara (8-16) 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 (8-28) Last Fight: 4/21/2012- UD10 Vikapita Meroro (UNR) Next Fight: 12/15/2012- vs. Eduard Gutknecht (UNR) Braehmer gets a shot at very vulnerable paper titlist Eduard Gutknecht in December. That sounds like a fight safe enough to actually show up to. 16) Denis Grachev (8-27) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- TKO8 #15 Ismayl Sillakh Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. SMW #4 Lucian Bute Grachev will fight Lucian Bute at a 170 pound catchweight in November. 17) Dmitri Sukhotski (8-105) 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 (8-24) Last Fight: 5/19/2012- TKO4 Allan Green (UNR) Next Fight: 12/8/2012- vs. Brian Magee (UNR) (at SMW) Kessler will fight Irish fringe contender Brian Magee on December 8 in Denmark. The fight will be at 168 it would seem. 19) Tony Averlant (8-31) Last Fight: 3/31/2012- L*(SD12) vs. #12 Eduard Gutknecht (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown I don’t know if Averlant is now considered too high-risk, low-reward after getting robbed against Gutknecht, but he sure hasn’t fought since then. 20) Ismayl Sillakh (8-94) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- L(TKO8) vs. Denis Grachev (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Sillakh and his manager are apparently in a very bitter dispute at present, and so Sillakh may have difficulty securing another fight anytime soon.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20)
Champ: Andre Ward (8-8-8) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 Champ Chad Dawson (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Ward and Pavlik’s promoters have both confirmed that talks are underway for a February 23 fight on HBO. 1) Chad Dawson (8-335-335)
Last Fight: 9/8/2012- L(TKO10) vs. SMW Champ Andre Ward (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown Rumors of a Dawson-Pascal rematch are now floating around. 2) Bernard Hopkins (8-334-334)
Last Fight: 4/28/2012- L(MD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: Unknown Hopkins is currently non-committal on whether or not he’ll fight again. 3) Jean Pascal (8-176-176)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: 12/14/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent 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. Pascal is on thin ice with me, though. He didn’t have to wait as long as he did to schedule the fight with Cloud in the first place, and so if it ever appears that he is no longer returning in December, he will be promptly removed.
4) Gabriel Campillo (8-123-123)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown It now looks likely that Campillo will reschedule his fight with hot prospect Sergei Kovalev, from which he withdrew with injury this summer. It looks like the fight will be the main event of a NBC Sports card from Bethlehem Pennsylvania on January 19. 5) Tavoris Cloud (8-166-166)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: 11/16/2012- vs. #9 Karo Murat Dan Rafael reports that Cloud-Murat is tentative for November 16 in Venezuela. 6) Cornelius White (8-16-46) 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 (8-143-143)
Last Fight: 2/25/2012- UD12 Tommy Karpency (UNR)
Next Fight: 11/10/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Don King pulled a real a-hole move and ripped the Cleverly fight right out from under Ryan Coyne via a lawsuit, forcing Clev to look for a new opponent, which will be announced any day. 8) Tony Bellew (16-55-55) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO9 Edison Miranda (UNR) Next Fight: 11/17/2012- vs. Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (UNR) Bellew now has an opponent for his appearance on the Froch-Mack undercard: Argentine Champion Roberto Feliciano Bolonti. 9) Karo Murat (8-57-78) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- TKO7 Sandro Siproshvili (UNR) Next Fight: 11/16/2012- 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 (8-119-123) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 Enrique Ornelas (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown 11) Yusaf Mack (8-123)
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 (8-39) Last Fight: 9/29/2012- UD8 Rayco Saunders (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Chilemba came in a bit heavy, but performed as expected, shutting out journeyman Rayco Saunders. 13) Vyacheslav Uzelkoff (8-39) Last Fight: 7/21/2012- W(MD12) vs. Mohamed Belkacem (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Cleverly understandably skipped out on him for a shot on HBO. No new plans announced for the Ukrainian. 14) Andrzej Fonfara (8-16) 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 (8-28) Last Fight: 4/21/2012- UD10 Vikapita Meroro (UNR) Next Fight: 12/15/2012- vs. Eduard Gutknecht (UNR) Braehmer gets a shot at very vulnerable paper titlist Eduard Gutknecht in December. That sounds like a fight safe enough to actually show up to. 16) Denis Grachev (8-27) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- TKO8 #15 Ismayl Sillakh Next Fight: 11/3/2012- vs. SMW #4 Lucian Bute Grachev will fight Lucian Bute at a 170 pound catchweight in November. 17) Dmitri Sukhotski (8-105) 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 (8-24) Last Fight: 5/19/2012- TKO4 Allan Green (UNR) Next Fight: 12/8/2012- vs. Brian Magee (UNR) (at SMW) Kessler will fight Irish fringe contender Brian Magee on December 8 in Denmark. The fight will be at 168 it would seem. 19) Tony Averlant (8-31) Last Fight: 3/31/2012- L*(SD12) vs. #12 Eduard Gutknecht (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown I don’t know if Averlant is now considered too high-risk, low-reward after getting robbed against Gutknecht, but he sure hasn’t fought since then. 20) Ismayl Sillakh (8-94) Last Fight: 4/27/2012- L(TKO8) vs. Denis Grachev (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Sillakh and his manager are apparently in a very bitter dispute at present, and so Sillakh may have difficulty securing another fight anytime soon.
The Week Ahead: Two significant fights in the division, both in Montreal on Saturday. Super middleweight #4 Lucian Bute moves up to fight #16 Denis Grachev at a 170-pound catchweight, after gatekeepers Renan St. Juste and Allan Green both look to get back in the win column on the undercard.
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