Junior Middleweight: 2012, Oct 29- Nov 4
No action and no changes to report this week. That’s actually a quote from last week, that applies to this week, as well.
second third consecutive slow week in the division.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: None 1) Saul Alvarez (26-87-102) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO5 WW#? Josesito Lopez Next Fight: Unknown After some (literally) light work against Lopez, Canelo is considering Kirkland in December, and hoping for Mayweather or Cotto on May 4. The WBC plans to make him fight the Vanes vs. Lara winner in 2013. 2) Carlos Molina (26-69-84) Last Fight: 8/17/2012- UD10 Damian Frias (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 3) Cornelius Bundrage (32-117-117) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- TKO7 #11 Cory Spinks Next Fight: Unknown Bundrage has left Don King and signed with Golden Boy, and now says he wants Angulo and Kirkland. 4) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (26-26-26) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- UD12* #4 Miguel Cotto Next Fight: Unknown Mayweather says his next fight will be in the first half of 2013. 5) Miguel Cotto (26-126-126) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- L* (UD12) vs. WW #1 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Next Fight: 12/1/2012- vs. #8 Austin Trout Cotto fights Austin Trout December 1 at Madison Square Garden. 6) Erislandy Lara (26-69-91) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- UD10 Freddy Hernandez (UNR) Next Fight: 11/10/2012- vs. #15 Vanes Martirosyan After months of speculation, Lara-Martirosyan is finally on, November 10 in Vegas, with the winner to get a mandatory shot at Canelo. The fight will be shown on HBO. 7) James Kirkland (26-52-52) Last Fight: 3/24/2012- W*(DQ10) vs. #6 Carlos Molina (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Kirkland is apparently having managerial problems, but may be in position for a Canelo fight in December. 8) Austin Trout (22-22-91) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- UD12 #13 Delvin Rodriguez Next Fight: 12/1/2012- vs. #5 Miguel Cotto See Cotto’s notes, above. 9) Alfredo Angulo (22-162-162) Last Fight: 11/5/2011- L (TKO6) vs. James Kirkland (UNR) Next Fight: 11/10/2012- vs. Raul Casarez (UNR) After what must have been a nightmarish 8 months in a detention center for very little reason, Angulo has already got a fight scheduled, against journeyman Raul Casarez on November 10, and he reportedly may hire Virgil Hunter as trainer. 10) Gabriel Rosado (23-23-91) Last Fight: 9/21/2012- TKO10 Charles Whittaker (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rosado was briefly scheduled to fight Elvin Ayala on December 8, but quickly withdrew. 11) Cory Spinks (20-40) 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 (20-20) Last Fight: 6/16/2012- TKO7 #11 Ryan Rhodes Next Fight: 11/24/2012- vs. Cedric Vitu (UNR) Rabchenko will fight one-loss French prospect Cedric Vitu on November 24 in Manchester, England. 13) Delvin Rodriguez (23-68) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- L (UD12) vs. #12 Austin Trout Next Fight: Unknown 14) Lukas Konecny (4-64) Last Fight: 10/6/2012- L* (UD12) vs. Zaurbek Baysangurov (UNR) (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Konecny all but dominated Baysangurov, but walked away with one of the worst robbery losses I’ve ever seen. 15) Vanes Martirosyan (4-74) Last Fight: 2/4/2012- TKO3 Troy Lowry (UNR) Next Fight: 11/10/2012- vs. #6 Erislandy Lara See Lara’s notes, above. 16) Carlos Quintana (21-26) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- TKO6 Deandre Latimore (UNR) Next Fight: 11/24/2012- vs. Keith Thurman (UNR) Quintana will serve as a gatekeeper against typically welterweight top prospect Keith Thurman on November 24. 17) Sechew Powell (8-137) Last Fight: 6/1/2012- L (TKO9) vs. #10 Gabriel Rosado Next Fight: Unknown 18) Brian Rose (8-48) Last Fight: 10/5/2012- KO3 Vivian Harris (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Another very mediocre opponent for Rose, but at least this time he took care of business. 19) Roberto Garcia (8-21) Last Fight: 3/23/2012- UD10 Antwone Smith (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 20) Anthony Mundine (8-8) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- TKO7 Bronco McKart (at MW) Next Fight: Unknown Mundine’s next fight will be against top Middleweight contender Daniel Geale sometime in January, but no date or venue yet.
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