Light Heavyweight: 2012, Nov 26- Dec 2
As I reported last week, Tavoris Cloud did indeed pull out of his fight with Karo Murat on about a week’s notice, with no reason given except- apparently- unwillingness. Shameful. No changes to the rankings this week.
Champ: Andre Ward (12-12-12) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 Champ Chad Dawson (at SMW) Next Fight: 1/26/2012- vs. SMW #8 Kelly Pavlik (at SMW) Ward will break tradition by not fighting at home for once, as he travels south to fight Kelly Pavlik in L.A. 1) Chad Dawson (12-339-339)
Last Fight: 9/8/2012- L(TKO10) vs. SMW Champ Andre Ward (at SMW)
Next Fight: 3/23/2013- vs. #3 Jean Pascal According to Gary Shaw, who promotes Dawson, the Pascal deal is done. 2) Bernard Hopkins (12-338-338)
Last Fight: 4/28/2012- L(MD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: 3/9/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Hopkins has decided not to hang ’em up just yet, as he says he will fight either Shumenov, Cloud, or- most likely- Cleverly on March 9 in Brooklyn. 3) Jean Pascal (12-180-180)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: 12/14/2012- vs. Aleksy Kuziemski 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. His opponent will be Polish gatekeeper Aleksy Kuziemski. There is also a deal in principle to fight Dawson in March.
4) Gabriel Campillo (12-127-127)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: 1/19/2013- vs. Sergei Kovalev (UNR) Campillo will now officially fight hot prospect Sergei Kovalev on January 19, in Bethlehem, PA, on NBC Sports. 5) Tavoris Cloud (12-170-170)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Cloud pulled out of his scheduled fight with Karo Murat for no reason. Cloud is already one of the more inactive fighters you’ll find, so it’s probably about 50-50 as to whether he’ll be removed in February. In fairness, Cloud was the victim of Pascal pulling out of their fight, but he hasn’t even given an excuse for the Murat no-go. 6) Cornelius White (12-20-50) 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 (12-147-147)
Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO8 Shawn Hawk (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Cleverly appears very likely to fight Bernard Hopkins in March. 8) Tony Bellew (20-59-59) Last Fight: 11/17/2012- UD12 Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Bellew wants Chad Dawson, but Dawson is apparently otherwise occupied with Pascal. 9) Karo Murat (12-61-82) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- TKO7 Sandro Siproshvili (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown No idea what’s next for Murat after Cloud left him at the proverbial altar. 10) Beibut Shumenov (12-123-127) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 Enrique Ornelas (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown 11) Isaac Chilemba (2-43) 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. 12) Vyacheslav Uzelkoff (2-43) Last Fight: 7/21/2012- W(MD12) vs. Mohamed Belkacem (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 13) Andrzej Fonfara (2-20) Last Fight: 11/16/2012- TKO7 Tommy Karpency (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Fonfara vs. Karpency blah blah blah. Stay busy fight over. Moving on. 14) Yusaf Mack (2-127)
Last Fight: 11/17/2012- L(KO3) vs. #1 SMW Carl Froch (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown It’s no shame to lose to Carl Froch, but Mack’s showing was bad enough that you’ve got to wonder if he’s finished. 15) Jürgen Brähmer (12-32) Last Fight: 4/21/2012- UD10 Vikapita Meroro (UNR) Next Fight: 2/2/2013- vs. Eduard Gutknecht (UNR) Braehmer has reportedly rescheduled his fight with Gutknecht for early February. We’ll see if he follows through this time- always a big “if” with him. 16) Lucian Bute (4-4) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- UD12 #16 Denis Grachev Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. SMW #1 Carl Froch (at SMW) Bute barely beat Grachev, and even more barely did so at light heavyweight, but I’ve still got to rate him. He’ll now fight a rematch with Froch in March or April. 17) Denis Grachev (4-31) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- L(UD12) vs. SMW #4 Lucian Bute Next Fight: Unknown Grachev put forth a valiant effort against a heavy favorite in Bute, even after presumably draining almost all the way to 168. As a result, his ranking remains mostly intact. 18) Dmitri Sukhotski (4-109) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- L(UD12) vs. #16 Cornelius White Next Fight: 12/8/2012- vs. Mikhail Ryzhonkin (UNR) Sukhotski will look for an easy tune-up on December 8 when he fights a very weak 2-3 Russian in Russia. 19) Mikkel Kessler (4-28) 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. 20) Tony Averlant (4-35) Last Fight: 11/9/2012- UD6 Lubo Hantak (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown It looks like Averlant’s profile hasn’t benefited much from what should have been a victory over a fringe contender from back in March, as he’s back to fighting awful opponents in 6-rounders.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20)
Champ: Andre Ward (12-12-12) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 Champ Chad Dawson (at SMW) Next Fight: 1/26/2012- vs. SMW #8 Kelly Pavlik (at SMW) Ward will break tradition by not fighting at home for once, as he travels south to fight Kelly Pavlik in L.A. 1) Chad Dawson (12-339-339)
Last Fight: 9/8/2012- L(TKO10) vs. SMW Champ Andre Ward (at SMW)
Next Fight: 3/23/2013- vs. #3 Jean Pascal According to Gary Shaw, who promotes Dawson, the Pascal deal is done. 2) Bernard Hopkins (12-338-338)
Last Fight: 4/28/2012- L(MD12) vs. #2 Chad Dawson
Next Fight: 3/9/2012- vs. Unknown Opponent Hopkins has decided not to hang ’em up just yet, as he says he will fight either Shumenov, Cloud, or- most likely- Cleverly on March 9 in Brooklyn. 3) Jean Pascal (12-180-180)
Last Fight: 5/21/2011- L(UD12) vs. #1 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: 12/14/2012- vs. Aleksy Kuziemski 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. His opponent will be Polish gatekeeper Aleksy Kuziemski. There is also a deal in principle to fight Dawson in March.
4) Gabriel Campillo (12-127-127)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #3 Tavoris Cloud (Robbery)
Next Fight: 1/19/2013- vs. Sergei Kovalev (UNR) Campillo will now officially fight hot prospect Sergei Kovalev on January 19, in Bethlehem, PA, on NBC Sports. 5) Tavoris Cloud (12-170-170)
Last Fight: 2/18/2012- UD12* vs. #4 Gabriel Campillo (Robbery)
Next Fight: Unknown Cloud pulled out of his scheduled fight with Karo Murat for no reason. Cloud is already one of the more inactive fighters you’ll find, so it’s probably about 50-50 as to whether he’ll be removed in February. In fairness, Cloud was the victim of Pascal pulling out of their fight, but he hasn’t even given an excuse for the Murat no-go. 6) Cornelius White (12-20-50) 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 (12-147-147)
Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO8 Shawn Hawk (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Cleverly appears very likely to fight Bernard Hopkins in March. 8) Tony Bellew (20-59-59) Last Fight: 11/17/2012- UD12 Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Bellew wants Chad Dawson, but Dawson is apparently otherwise occupied with Pascal. 9) Karo Murat (12-61-82) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- TKO7 Sandro Siproshvili (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown No idea what’s next for Murat after Cloud left him at the proverbial altar. 10) Beibut Shumenov (12-123-127) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 Enrique Ornelas (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown 11) Isaac Chilemba (2-43) 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. 12) Vyacheslav Uzelkoff (2-43) Last Fight: 7/21/2012- W(MD12) vs. Mohamed Belkacem (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 13) Andrzej Fonfara (2-20) Last Fight: 11/16/2012- TKO7 Tommy Karpency (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Fonfara vs. Karpency blah blah blah. Stay busy fight over. Moving on. 14) Yusaf Mack (2-127)
Last Fight: 11/17/2012- L(KO3) vs. #1 SMW Carl Froch (at SMW)
Next Fight: Unknown It’s no shame to lose to Carl Froch, but Mack’s showing was bad enough that you’ve got to wonder if he’s finished. 15) Jürgen Brähmer (12-32) Last Fight: 4/21/2012- UD10 Vikapita Meroro (UNR) Next Fight: 2/2/2013- vs. Eduard Gutknecht (UNR) Braehmer has reportedly rescheduled his fight with Gutknecht for early February. We’ll see if he follows through this time- always a big “if” with him. 16) Lucian Bute (4-4) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- UD12 #16 Denis Grachev Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. SMW #1 Carl Froch (at SMW) Bute barely beat Grachev, and even more barely did so at light heavyweight, but I’ve still got to rate him. He’ll now fight a rematch with Froch in March or April. 17) Denis Grachev (4-31) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- L(UD12) vs. SMW #4 Lucian Bute Next Fight: Unknown Grachev put forth a valiant effort against a heavy favorite in Bute, even after presumably draining almost all the way to 168. As a result, his ranking remains mostly intact. 18) Dmitri Sukhotski (4-109) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- L(UD12) vs. #16 Cornelius White Next Fight: 12/8/2012- vs. Mikhail Ryzhonkin (UNR) Sukhotski will look for an easy tune-up on December 8 when he fights a very weak 2-3 Russian in Russia. 19) Mikkel Kessler (4-28) 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. 20) Tony Averlant (4-35) Last Fight: 11/9/2012- UD6 Lubo Hantak (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown It looks like Averlant’s profile hasn’t benefited much from what should have been a victory over a fringe contender from back in March, as he’s back to fighting awful opponents in 6-rounders.
The Week Ahead: Tuesday in Sao Paolo, undefeated Brazilian prospect Jackson Junior takes on sturdy Argentine journeyman Jose Clavero.
Friday in Mansfield, Australia, Australia-based Kenyan gatekeeper Kariz Kariuki battles 22 year-old Australian journeyman Mark Flanagan.
Later that night in Sunrise, Florida, one-loss Cuban prospect Umberto Savigne fights quality journeyman Dhafir Smith. Despite a very mediocre record, Smith can clearly be dangerous. He effectively put Jeff Lacy’s career out of its misery with a December 2010 decision, and also held now highly-ranked Cornelius White to a split decision in a 2011 6-rounder.
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