Cruiserweight: 2013: Mar 25-31
#17 Dmytro Kucher captured a shutout 12-round decision in Kiev on Thursday over mid-level Brazilian journeyman Julio Cesar Dos Santos.
1) Denis Lebedev (27-163-163) Last Fight: 12/17/2012- KO4 Santander Silgado (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Guillermo Jones (UNR) Lebedev will be fighting inactive titlist Guillermo Jones near Moscow on May 17.
2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (27-143-143) 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 (27-27-59) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: Unknown Quote from Ross’s Twitter: “If the right opportunity arises I will fight again.” That sounds more like a semi-retired fighter than the guy that just outfought the division’s #1 contender. Here’s hoping he starts hunting for good fights like a starving mountain man any second now. 4) Ola Afolabi (6-210-210) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: 5/11/2013- vs. #7 Marco Huck Originally scheduled for May 25, the Huck-Afolabi trilogy fight is now on for May 11 in Hannover, Germany. 5) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (6-404-404) 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 (6-45-88) 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 (6-328-328) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #10 Firat Arslan (Robbery) Next Fight: 5/11/2013- vs. #4 Ola Afolabi See Afolabi’s notes, above. 8) Lateef Kayode (6-42-122) 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 (6-19-172) 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 (6-6-143) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Flores says on Twitter that he’ll be fighting for a title in May, and has a contract almost signed. No word yet on the details.
11) Giacobbe Fragomeni (6-227) 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 (6-53) 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 (4-114) 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 (4-51) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- UD12 Juho Haapoja (UNR) Next Fight: 4/13/2013- vs. Jeremy Ouanna (UNR) Masternak will be back on April 13, fighting French gatekeeper Jeremy Ouanna in Vienna. 15) Francisco Palacios (4-103) 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 (6-19) 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) Dmytro Kucher (6-38) Last Fight: 3/21/2013- UD12 Julio Cesar Dos Santos (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 18) Enad Licina (6-143) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO2 Koeksal Orduhan Next Fight: Unknown 19) Grigory Drozd (6-19) 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. He suffered a hand injury in his last fight, and is on the shelf from training until April. 20) Pawel Glazewski (6-6) Last Fight: 2/23/2013- UD10 Bartlomiej Grafka (UNR) Next Fight: 6/29/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Glazewski returns in late June in Ostroda, Poland. Probably more or less at light heavyweight.
One-loss prospect Lukasz Janik won his own shutout in Poland on Saturday, dominating Berlin’s Lars Buchholz and perhaps solidifying a tenuous grasp on top 50 status a bit in the process.
No changes this week.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20) Champ: None
1) Denis Lebedev (27-163-163) Last Fight: 12/17/2012- KO4 Santander Silgado (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Guillermo Jones (UNR) Lebedev will be fighting inactive titlist Guillermo Jones near Moscow on May 17.
2) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (27-143-143) 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 (27-27-59) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- L*(UD12) vs. #1 Yoan Pablo Hernandez Next Fight: Unknown Quote from Ross’s Twitter: “If the right opportunity arises I will fight again.” That sounds more like a semi-retired fighter than the guy that just outfought the division’s #1 contender. Here’s hoping he starts hunting for good fights like a starving mountain man any second now. 4) Ola Afolabi (6-210-210) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: 5/11/2013- vs. #7 Marco Huck Originally scheduled for May 25, the Huck-Afolabi trilogy fight is now on for May 11 in Hannover, Germany. 5) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (6-404-404) 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 (6-45-88) 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 (6-328-328) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #10 Firat Arslan (Robbery) Next Fight: 5/11/2013- vs. #4 Ola Afolabi See Afolabi’s notes, above. 8) Lateef Kayode (6-42-122) 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 (6-19-172) 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 (6-6-143) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Flores says on Twitter that he’ll be fighting for a title in May, and has a contract almost signed. No word yet on the details.
11) Giacobbe Fragomeni (6-227) 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 (6-53) 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 (4-114) 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 (4-51) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- UD12 Juho Haapoja (UNR) Next Fight: 4/13/2013- vs. Jeremy Ouanna (UNR) Masternak will be back on April 13, fighting French gatekeeper Jeremy Ouanna in Vienna. 15) Francisco Palacios (4-103) 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 (6-19) 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) Dmytro Kucher (6-38) Last Fight: 3/21/2013- UD12 Julio Cesar Dos Santos (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 18) Enad Licina (6-143) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO2 Koeksal Orduhan Next Fight: Unknown 19) Grigory Drozd (6-19) 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. He suffered a hand injury in his last fight, and is on the shelf from training until April. 20) Pawel Glazewski (6-6) Last Fight: 2/23/2013- UD10 Bartlomiej Grafka (UNR) Next Fight: 6/29/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Glazewski returns in late June in Ostroda, Poland. Probably more or less at light heavyweight.
THE WEEK AHEAD: Congolese prospect Ilunga Makubu- who hasn’t lost since his pro debut- looks to take a step forward toward fringe contender status against decent French journeyman Jean Marc Monrose. That fight is scheduled for Saturday on the Golovkin-Ishida undercard in Monte Carlo.
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