Cruiserweight: 2013: May 6-12
Unbeaten Ghanaian prospect Braimah Kamoko dropped Georgian journeyman George Tevdorashvili in the 5th in Accra, Ghana, eventually wearing him down to the point where he retired in his corner following the 6th.
1) Denis Lebedev (34-170-170) 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 (34-150-150) 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 (34-34-66) 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 (13-217-217) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. #7 Marco Huck Sauerland is now promoting the Huck-Afolabi trilogy match after Don King botched it, and has limited the damage to about a month’s delay, with the fight now set for June 8 in Berlin. 5) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (13-411-411) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: 6/22/2013- vs. Rakhim Chakhkiev (UNR)
Apparently an agreement has been reached for Wlodarczyk to fight undefeated and fringe-contending Russian Olympian Rakhim Chakhkiev in Moscow, June 22. Wlodarczyk will reportedly have a rematch clause in the event he loses.
6) Firat Arslan (13-52-95) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- UD10 Varol Vekiloglu (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Arslan easily handled his first opponent under the Sauerland banner, but disappointed a bit in that he failed to stop him. 7) Marco Huck (13-335-335) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #10 Firat Arslan (Robbery) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. #4 Ola Afolabi See Afolabi’s notes, above. 8) Lateef Kayode (13-49-129) 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 (13-26-179) 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 (13-13-150) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. Nuri Seferi (UNR) Don King’s embarrassing failure to make the Huck-Afolabi card happen has claimed Flores-Palacios as collateral damage. Flores instead will be fighting a month later against Albanian gatekeeper Nuri Seferi, in Albania.
11) Giacobbe Fragomeni (13-234) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- W*(SD12) vs. #13 Silvio Branco Next Fight: Unknown There is some speculation that Masternak might try to lure Fragomeni out of his mandatory shot at Wlodarczyk with a higher monetary offer that might put Masternak in the same position with a victory. 12) Silvio Branco (13-60) 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 (11-121) 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 (11-58) Last Fight: 4/13/2013- TKO9 Sean Corbin (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak’s scheduled meeting with Jeremy Ouanna gave way to an even less impressive match-up against Sean Corbin, a mediocre Guyana journeyman best known for beating a totally shot Wayne Braithwaite after being inactive for 2 years. 15) Francisco Palacios (11-110) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- L(UD12) vs. #7 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Next Fight: Unknown Okay so maybe this was me and maybe it wasn’t. But about three weeks ago I tweeted to Palacios after Flores pulled out on him that Eddie Chambers is looking for a cruiserweight fight. Chambers re-tweeted it, and now the two both seem extremely interested in making it happen. If it actually happens, I must say I’ll view that fight as my baby, whether justified or not. 16) Thabiso Mchunu (13-26) 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 (13-45) Last Fight: 3/21/2013- UD12 Julio Cesar Dos Santos (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Kucher had a fight scheduled on May 17, but it no longer shows up on Boxrec. I can’t find any other evidence that it’s been canceled, however. 18) Enad Licina (13-150) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO2 Koeksal Orduhan Next Fight: Unknown While there hasn’t been a lot of chirping about Licina’s next fight, he appears to have his hands full with Angry Birds Star Wars. Seriously. Look him up on Twitter. 19) Grigory Drozd (13-26) 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. That’s assuming his recovery from hand surgery goes according to plan. 20) Pawel Glazewski (13-13) 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.
Borderline top 50 Frenchman Jeremy Ouanna scored a solid 10 round decision over sub-.500 journeyman Gabriel Lecrosnier in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France. Lecrosnier not only entered with an uninspiring record of 15-18-2, but also fought as a welterweight as recently as 2007 and a middleweight as recently as 2009. Somehow, someone sanctioned this for the vacant French title.
No changes.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20) Champ: None
1) Denis Lebedev (34-170-170) 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 (34-150-150) 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 (34-34-66) 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 (13-217-217) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- Draw* (MD12) vs. #4 Marco Huck Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. #7 Marco Huck Sauerland is now promoting the Huck-Afolabi trilogy match after Don King botched it, and has limited the damage to about a month’s delay, with the fight now set for June 8 in Berlin. 5) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (13-411-411) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- UD12 #13 Francisco Palacios Next Fight: 6/22/2013- vs. Rakhim Chakhkiev (UNR)
Apparently an agreement has been reached for Wlodarczyk to fight undefeated and fringe-contending Russian Olympian Rakhim Chakhkiev in Moscow, June 22. Wlodarczyk will reportedly have a rematch clause in the event he loses.
6) Firat Arslan (13-52-95) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- UD10 Varol Vekiloglu (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Arslan easily handled his first opponent under the Sauerland banner, but disappointed a bit in that he failed to stop him. 7) Marco Huck (13-335-335) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- W*(UD12) vs. #10 Firat Arslan (Robbery) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. #4 Ola Afolabi See Afolabi’s notes, above. 8) Lateef Kayode (13-49-129) 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 (13-26-179) 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 (13-13-150) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- TKO2 David McNemar (UNR) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. Nuri Seferi (UNR) Don King’s embarrassing failure to make the Huck-Afolabi card happen has claimed Flores-Palacios as collateral damage. Flores instead will be fighting a month later against Albanian gatekeeper Nuri Seferi, in Albania.
11) Giacobbe Fragomeni (13-234) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- W*(SD12) vs. #13 Silvio Branco Next Fight: Unknown There is some speculation that Masternak might try to lure Fragomeni out of his mandatory shot at Wlodarczyk with a higher monetary offer that might put Masternak in the same position with a victory. 12) Silvio Branco (13-60) 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 (11-121) 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 (11-58) Last Fight: 4/13/2013- TKO9 Sean Corbin (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Masternak’s scheduled meeting with Jeremy Ouanna gave way to an even less impressive match-up against Sean Corbin, a mediocre Guyana journeyman best known for beating a totally shot Wayne Braithwaite after being inactive for 2 years. 15) Francisco Palacios (11-110) Last Fight: 9/22/2012- L(UD12) vs. #7 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Next Fight: Unknown Okay so maybe this was me and maybe it wasn’t. But about three weeks ago I tweeted to Palacios after Flores pulled out on him that Eddie Chambers is looking for a cruiserweight fight. Chambers re-tweeted it, and now the two both seem extremely interested in making it happen. If it actually happens, I must say I’ll view that fight as my baby, whether justified or not. 16) Thabiso Mchunu (13-26) 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 (13-45) Last Fight: 3/21/2013- UD12 Julio Cesar Dos Santos (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Kucher had a fight scheduled on May 17, but it no longer shows up on Boxrec. I can’t find any other evidence that it’s been canceled, however. 18) Enad Licina (13-150) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- TKO2 Koeksal Orduhan Next Fight: Unknown While there hasn’t been a lot of chirping about Licina’s next fight, he appears to have his hands full with Angry Birds Star Wars. Seriously. Look him up on Twitter. 19) Grigory Drozd (13-26) 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. That’s assuming his recovery from hand surgery goes according to plan. 20) Pawel Glazewski (13-13) 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: Friday in Cartagena, one-loss Colombian prospect Santander Silgado takes on low-level Brazilian journeyman Marcelo Leandro Da Silva. Nothing else of note to report.
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