Junior Middleweight: 2012, Jul 9-15
Vanes Martirosyan did indeed cancel his Saturday fight, and only perhaps those that had tickets to the card remotely minded, since he was to be in against a no-hoper.
In a fight that did happen, Dominican fringe prospect and/or journeyman Euri Gonzalez put forth a spirited effort against gatekeeper Jesus Soto Karass on Saturday in Costa Mesa, California. I gave Soto Karass the first 3 rounds, but any of them could have gone the other direction. Gonzalez then clearly won the 4th. Soto Karass was having his best round in the 5th, and sent Gonzalez flying into the ropes with a good shot. That’s when referee Raul Caiz, Jr. really blew it. He stopped the fight on the basis of that one punch. It was a competitive fight by any measure. Gonzalez was removed from his feet against the ropes to the point that a technical knockdown should have been called and a count begun. Instead, Caiz needlessly stopped the fight. Awful.
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) Saul Alvarez (10-71-86) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- UD12 Shane Mosley (UNR) Next Fight: 9/15/2012- vs. WW#? Josesito Lopez Canelo will presumably be paying well for the privilege of making Josesito Lopez- a natural 140 pounder- move up to 154 after he made his bones at 147 with a shocking upset of would-be Alvarez opponent Victor Ortiz. 2) Carlos Molina (10-53-68) Last Fight: 3/23/2012- L*(DQ10) vs. #3 James Kirkland (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Molina has said he’ll appeal his DQ against Kirkland. 3) Cornelius Bundrage (16-101-101) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- TKO7 #11 Cory Spinks Next Fight: Unknown After removing whatever irrational doubt may have existed by dispatching Cory Spinks for a second time, Bundrage is hoping to secure a fight with Canelo. 4) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (10-10-10) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- UD12* #4 Miguel Cotto Next Fight: Unknown Floyd says he’s considering retirement after a tough fight with Cotto. But more recently, future fights against Pacquiao, Canelo, Khan, Cotto, Guerrero, and Ortiz have been mentioned. Of course Floyd is now in jail. 5) Miguel Cotto (10-110-110) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- L* (UD12) vs. WW #1 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Next Fight: Unknown Cotto will likely fight at MSG on December 1, and he’s said it may be at 160. 6) Erislandy Lara (10-53-75) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- UD10 Freddy Hernandez (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown After Martirosyan originally turned down a shot at Lara, it now looks like that fight will indeed happen. Vanes says he’s all-in for it now after Canelo went elsewhere, and a purse bid is scheduled for July 27. The fight would serve as an eliminator for a Canelo shot. 7) James Kirkland (10-36-36) Last Fight: 3/24/2012- W*(DQ10) vs. #6 Carlos Molina (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Kirkland bailed almost immediately on a fight he signed with Canelo, and says he plans to return in October or November. 8) Austin Trout (6-6-75) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 #13 Delvin Rodriguez Next Fight: Unknown 9) Alfredo Angulo (6-146-146) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- L (TKO6) vs. James Kirkland (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Troubling news. Angulo has been detained by US authorities since at least January. Apparently his only crime was being here on an expired Visa. Don’t get me wrong. I’m in favor of enforcing immigration laws, but to lock a guy up for months on end without so much as a trial? Awful. We’re rooting for you, Perro. 10) Gabriel Rosado (7-7-75) Last Fight: 6/1/2013- TKO9 #19 Sechew Powell Next Fight: Unknown 11) Cory Spinks (4-24) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- L (TKO7) vs. #3 Cornelius Bundrage Next Fight: Unknown Spinks failed to revenge his ugly 2010 TKO loss to Bundrage, but managed to look a little better and capture a round or two this time. 12) Sergey Rabchenko (4-4) Last Fight: 6/16/2012- TKO7 #11 Ryan Rhodes Next Fight: Unknown Rabchenko is likely to defend his European title against France’s Cedric Vitu in his next fight. 13) Delvin Rodriguez (7-52) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- L (UD12) vs. #12 Austin Trout Next Fight: Unknown 14) Vanes Martirosyan (5-58) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- TKO3 Troy Lowry (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Martirosyan took the night off after his unworthy opponent Ryan Davis failed the pre-fight physical, and now has agreed to fight Lara- a fight he had previously turned down. Purse bids are scheduled for 7/27. 15) Lukas Konecny (5-48) Last Fight: 4/5/2012- TKO7 Salim Larbi (UNR) Next Fight: 10/27/2012- vs. Zaurbek Baysangurov (UNR) Konecny-Baysangurov will finally happen- October 27 in Kiev. 16) Carlos Quintana (5-10) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- TKO6 Deandre Latimore (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Quintana said he wanted Canelo in the immediate aftermath of his upset TKO of Deandre Latimore, and has since expressed interest in Cotto and Trout, as well. 17) Ryan Rhodes (4-142) Last Fight: 6/16/2012- L (TKO7) vs. Sergey Rabchenko (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rhodes says he has no plans to retire after losing to Rabchenko. 18) Sechew Powell (4-121) Last Fight: 6/1/2012- L (TKO9) vs. #10 Gabriel Rosado Next Fight: Unknown 19) Brian Rose (4-32) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- W* (UD12) vs. Kris Carslaw (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rose’s reign as British Champion hasn’t been the greatest- partly due to limited available opposition, and partly due to his own awful performance against Carslaw. 20) Roberto Garcia (4-5) Last Fight: 3/23/2012- UD10 Antwone Smith (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown
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