Cruiserweight: 2013: Mar 4-10
Nothing to report from last week.
1) Denis Lebedev (24-160-160) Last Fight: 12/17/2012- KO4 Santander Silgado (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. Guillermo Jones (UNR) After much speculation that he’d be making his US debut against Eddie Chambers, it now appears he’ll be fighting heavily inactive former titlist Guillermo Jones in either Miami, Panama, or Nigeria. Don King is the promoter, so you never know for sure if it’ll come off, but it might end up on the same card as Huck-Afolabi III, and could land in Moscow.
2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (24-140-140) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #20 Troy Ross Next Fight: Unknown Hernandez pulled out of his scheduled 2/2 fight with Eric Fields with a fractured hand. 3) Troy Ross (24-24-56) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: Unknown Ross deserved to beat Hernandez. 4) Ola Afolabi (3-207-207) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #7 Marco Huck Assuming Don King doesn’t get in the way with his poor track record of making fights happen lately, the Huck-Afolabi trilogy fight will land on May 25. 5) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (3-401-401) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: Unknown
After Mormeck withdrew with injury, Wlodarczyk has a fight with Fragomeni on the horizon, but probably after a voluntary defense.
6) Firat Arslan (3-42-85) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #5 Marco Huck (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown A rematch with Huck might be in the offing for the summer, but there’s plenty that can happen between now and then. 7) Marco Huck (3-325-325) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #10 Firat Arslan (Robbery) Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #4 Ola Afolabi See Afolabi’s notes, above. 8) Lateef Kayode (3-39-119) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown All indications are that Kayode will next fight at heavyweight, but the plan to get him in the ring in February obviously didn’t work. 9) Danny Green (3-16-169) Last Fight: 11/21/2012- UD12 Shane Cameron (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown As has been the case after every fight since he had very serious surgery a couple years ago, there is speculation that Green may retire following his win over Shane Cameron. Green himself remains non-committal. 10) B.J. Flores (3-3-140) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Flores says he’s looking to fight Lebedev or the Huck-Afolabi winner. I’ll believe it when I see it, as he’s talked about fighting good fighters before recently, only to fight the likes of David McNemar.
11) Giacobbe Fragomeni (3-224) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- W*(SD12) vs. #13 Silvio Branco Next Fight: Unknown After limping to back-to-back tossup fights with the painfully old Silvio Branco, Fragomeni is now looking to step up to what would have to be seen as a cash-out trilogy fight with the much better Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. 12) Silvio Branco (3-50) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- L*(SD12) vs. #12 Giacobbe Fragomeni Next Fight: Unknown Branco can still hang with whippersnappers like 43 year-old countryman Fragomeni, but you’ve gotta think his active days are numbered at 46. 13) Alexander Alekseev (1-111) Last Fight: 2/22/2013- UD12* Garrett Wilson (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Alekseev barely squeaked by after building an early lead against Wilson, but it’s still an improvement from his previous fight. 14) Mateusz Masternak (1-48) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- UD12 Juho Haapoja (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak just put it on cruise control and walked away with a European title belt. 15) Francisco Palacios (1-100) 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. 16) Thabiso Mchunu (3-16) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO5 #20 Danie Venter Next Fight: Unknown The promoter of Congolese prospect Ilunga Makabu has offered to fight Mchunu, but reportedly met with tepid interest from Mchunu’s camp. 17) Dmitro Kucher (3-35) Last Fight: 12/22/2012- UD8 Willie Herring (UNR) Next Fight: 3/21/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Kucher’s return is set for March 21 in Kiev. 18) Enad Licina (3-140) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO2 Koeksal Orduhan Next Fight: Unknown Really, Enad? He just fought the most obviously terrible opponent I think I’ve ever had to write about on here. The record of said fighter? 0-15. No joke. 19) Grigory Drozd (3-16) Last Fight: 12/17/2012- UD12 Jean-Marc Monrose (UNR) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Drozd will apparently be fighting in an unpronounceable Russian town in early June, but no opponent has been named yet. 20) Pawel Glazewski (3-3) Last Fight: 2/23/2013- UD10 Bartlomiej Grafka (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown It was with a bit of regret that I chose Glazewski to assume the #20 spot, as I expect him to campaign around the light heavyweight limit for the foreseeable future.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20) Champ: None
1) Denis Lebedev (24-160-160) Last Fight: 12/17/2012- KO4 Santander Silgado (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. Guillermo Jones (UNR) After much speculation that he’d be making his US debut against Eddie Chambers, it now appears he’ll be fighting heavily inactive former titlist Guillermo Jones in either Miami, Panama, or Nigeria. Don King is the promoter, so you never know for sure if it’ll come off, but it might end up on the same card as Huck-Afolabi III, and could land in Moscow.
2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (24-140-140) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #20 Troy Ross Next Fight: Unknown Hernandez pulled out of his scheduled 2/2 fight with Eric Fields with a fractured hand. 3) Troy Ross (24-24-56) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: Unknown Ross deserved to beat Hernandez. 4) Ola Afolabi (3-207-207) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #7 Marco Huck Assuming Don King doesn’t get in the way with his poor track record of making fights happen lately, the Huck-Afolabi trilogy fight will land on May 25. 5) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (3-401-401) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: Unknown
After Mormeck withdrew with injury, Wlodarczyk has a fight with Fragomeni on the horizon, but probably after a voluntary defense.
6) Firat Arslan (3-42-85) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #5 Marco Huck (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown A rematch with Huck might be in the offing for the summer, but there’s plenty that can happen between now and then. 7) Marco Huck (3-325-325) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #10 Firat Arslan (Robbery) Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #4 Ola Afolabi See Afolabi’s notes, above. 8) Lateef Kayode (3-39-119) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- Draw (SD12) vs. ‘Roided up #3 Antonio Tarver Next Fight: Unknown All indications are that Kayode will next fight at heavyweight, but the plan to get him in the ring in February obviously didn’t work. 9) Danny Green (3-16-169) Last Fight: 11/21/2012- UD12 Shane Cameron (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown As has been the case after every fight since he had very serious surgery a couple years ago, there is speculation that Green may retire following his win over Shane Cameron. Green himself remains non-committal. 10) B.J. Flores (3-3-140) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Flores says he’s looking to fight Lebedev or the Huck-Afolabi winner. I’ll believe it when I see it, as he’s talked about fighting good fighters before recently, only to fight the likes of David McNemar.
11) Giacobbe Fragomeni (3-224) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- W*(SD12) vs. #13 Silvio Branco Next Fight: Unknown After limping to back-to-back tossup fights with the painfully old Silvio Branco, Fragomeni is now looking to step up to what would have to be seen as a cash-out trilogy fight with the much better Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. 12) Silvio Branco (3-50) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- L*(SD12) vs. #12 Giacobbe Fragomeni Next Fight: Unknown Branco can still hang with whippersnappers like 43 year-old countryman Fragomeni, but you’ve gotta think his active days are numbered at 46. 13) Alexander Alekseev (1-111) Last Fight: 2/22/2013- UD12* Garrett Wilson (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Alekseev barely squeaked by after building an early lead against Wilson, but it’s still an improvement from his previous fight. 14) Mateusz Masternak (1-48) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- UD12 Juho Haapoja (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak just put it on cruise control and walked away with a European title belt. 15) Francisco Palacios (1-100) 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. 16) Thabiso Mchunu (3-16) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO5 #20 Danie Venter Next Fight: Unknown The promoter of Congolese prospect Ilunga Makabu has offered to fight Mchunu, but reportedly met with tepid interest from Mchunu’s camp. 17) Dmitro Kucher (3-35) Last Fight: 12/22/2012- UD8 Willie Herring (UNR) Next Fight: 3/21/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Kucher’s return is set for March 21 in Kiev. 18) Enad Licina (3-140) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO2 Koeksal Orduhan Next Fight: Unknown Really, Enad? He just fought the most obviously terrible opponent I think I’ve ever had to write about on here. The record of said fighter? 0-15. No joke. 19) Grigory Drozd (3-16) Last Fight: 12/17/2012- UD12 Jean-Marc Monrose (UNR) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Drozd will apparently be fighting in an unpronounceable Russian town in early June, but no opponent has been named yet. 20) Pawel Glazewski (3-3) Last Fight: 2/23/2013- UD10 Bartlomiej Grafka (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown It was with a bit of regret that I chose Glazewski to assume the #20 spot, as I expect him to campaign around the light heavyweight limit for the foreseeable future.
THE WEEK AHEAD: We get started early, on Monday in Toronto. There, fast-rising 8-0 Ontario prospect Denton Daley gets a decent early-career challenge from experienced but over-the-hill journeyman Richard Hall. Hall last tasted success in June of 2011, halting the comeback attempt of former Champion O’Neil Bell. Since then, he’s lost 3 consecutive fights to prospects.
Saturday, gatekeeper Juho Haapoja looks to bounce back from his recent loss to Mateusz Masternak against mediocre Georgian journeyman Levan Jomardishvili in Haapoja’s native Finland.
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