Super Middleweight: 2013, May 13-19
No action or changes this week.
Next Fight: Unknown Ward is said to be planning a return for August. He has expressed interest in fighting the Froch-Kessler or Bute-Pascal winner at some point. 1) Carl Froch (51-361-361)
Last Fight: 11/17/2012- KO3 LHW #11 Yusaf Mack
Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #3 Mikkel Kessler The deal is done. Froch will get a rematch with Kessler on May 25 in London. 2) Robert Stieglitz (8-194-194) Last Fight: 3/23/2013- TKO3 #2 Arthur Abraham Next Fight: Unknown After being blitzed by an uncharacteristically aggressive Stieglitz, Abraham has demanded a trilogy bout, which Stieglitz seems disposed to grant. Sauerland also seems to be on board. 3) Mikkel Kessler (22-440-440) Last Fight: 12/8/2012- TKO3 Brian Magee (UNR)
Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #1 Carl Froch See Froch’s notes, above. 4) Lucian Bute (38-370-370) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- UD12 LHW #16 Denis Grachev (at LHW) Next Fight: Unknown Bute hurt his hand in training and withdrew from his May 25 bout with Pascal, though it appears likely that fight will be rescheduled. 5) Arthur Abraham (8-186-186)
Last Fight: 3/23/2013- L (TKO3) vs. #5 Robert Stieglitz
Next Fight: Unknown See Stieglitz’s notes above. 6) Thomas Oosthuizen (38-102-150)
Last Fight: 11/10/2012- UD12 Fulgencio Zuniga (UNR)
Next Fight: 6/29/2013- vs. Brandon Gonzales (UNR) Oosthuizen will be fighting highly overrated and nominally “undefeated ” prospect Brandon Gonzales on the Golovkin-Macklin undercard. 7) Adonis Stevenson (31-75-75) Last Fight: 3/22/2013- TKO6 Darnell Boone (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. LHW #1 Chad Dawson (at LHW) After tending to unfinished business with the lowly Boone, Stevenson will now set sites on #1 light heavyweight Chad Dawson, who most outlets still consider the Champ. 8) George Groves (17-22-44) Last Fight: 3/23/2013- TKO2 Baker Barakat (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. Noe Gonzalez (UNR) Groves will fight Uruguayan gatekeeper Noe Gonzalez on the Froch-Kessler undercard. 9) Sakio Bika (11-13-319) Last Fight: 2/16/2013- UD12 Nikola Sjekloca (UNR) Next Fight: 6/22/2013- vs. Marco Antonio Periban (UNR) Bika will fight undefeated Mexican Marco Antonio Periban in California on June 22 for the WBC belt that that organization just heisted from Andre Ward. 10) Will Rosinsky (2-2-48) Last Fight: 12/19/2012- UD10 Otis Griffin (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: Unknown Rosinsky was all but set to fight Brandon Gonzales on Friday Night Fights, but Gonzales withdrew with a bad hamstring. Sounds like Gonzales is moving on to a higher-reward opportunity with Oosthuizen. 11) Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye (2-79) Last Fight: 3/23/2013- W (PTS6) vs. Jevgenijs Andrejevs (UNR) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. Christopher Rebrasse (UNR) Ndiaye battles French gatekeeper Christopher Rebrasse on June 8 in Italy. 12) Dimitri Sartison (2-150)
Last Fight: 1/27/2013- UD6 Artem Solomko (UNR) (at LHW)
Next Fight: Unknown Sartison’s fight in St. Petersburg, Russia this week appears to have been canceled. 13) James DeGale (2-83) Last Fight: 12/8/2012- UD12 Fulgencio Zuniga (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent DeGale will be fighting in Quebec on May 17. No opponent yet. He was supposed to fight Alexander Brand before that fight was postponed. It doesn’t sound like Brand will be his opponent this time, though. 14) Maxim Vlasov (2-27) Last Fight: 12/30/2012- RTD7 Geard Ajetovic (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 15) Edwin Rodriguez (2-17) Last Fight: 3/30/2013- W* (UD10) vs. #15 Ezequiel Maderna Next Fight: 7/13/2013- vs. #16 LHW Denis Grachev (at LHW) After getting the benefit of yet another questionable but not totally out-of-bounds decision against Maderna, Rodriguez remains in the mix, but kinda on the periphery of the division’s contenders. He gets a chance at a million bucks against Grachev, who also arguably deserved to lose his first round fight. 16) Ezequiel Maderna (2-20) Last Fight: 3/30/2013- L* (UD10) vs. #17 Edwin Rodriguez Next Fight: Unknown Maderna, despite arguably deserving a win against Rodriguez, did himself few favors in dropping the decision, especially considering how ugly the fight was. I don’t imagine he’ll be getting too many international suitors anytime soon since he seems difficult to look good against. 17) Dyah Davis (2-12) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- L (TKO10) vs. #9 Sakio Bika Next Fight: Unknown Davis said on May 4 via Twitter that “a particular some(one)” called him on May 3 for a fight, and that based on “that performance” he’d better not call again. That seems like a veiled reference to Anthony Dirrell to me. He says he’s looking at a return date of July 19, which also fits reasonably well with Dirrell’s post-fight statement that he intends to fight at 168 in roughly two months. If I’m reading the situation accurately, that would give both guys a good opportunity to prove they are for real after each has suffered significant setbacks in and/or out of the ring since their last significant success. 18) Don George (2-8) Last Fight: 3/22/2013- Draw* (SD10) vs. David Lopez (should be win) Next Fight: 6/21/2013- vs. Caleb Truax (UNR) Another reasonably decent challenge for George, as he travvels to Caleb Truax’s hometown of Minneapolis for their fight. 19) Hadillah Mohoumadi (2-11) Last Fight: 1/19/2013- UD10 Cedric Bellais (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Giovanni De Carolis (UNR) Mohoumadi gets a halfway decent outing on May 17 against borderline top 50 Italian Giovanni De Carolis, for the European Union title. 20) Glen Johnson (2-2) Last Fight: 4/19/2013- TKO2 Junior Ramos (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: Unknown
Johnson should be retired, but instead finds himself clinging to a ranking in a very shallow division.
Dan’s Top 20 Champ: Andre Ward (74-208-208) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 LHW Champ Chad Dawson
Next Fight: Unknown Ward is said to be planning a return for August. He has expressed interest in fighting the Froch-Kessler or Bute-Pascal winner at some point. 1) Carl Froch (51-361-361)
Last Fight: 11/17/2012- KO3 LHW #11 Yusaf Mack
Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #3 Mikkel Kessler The deal is done. Froch will get a rematch with Kessler on May 25 in London. 2) Robert Stieglitz (8-194-194) Last Fight: 3/23/2013- TKO3 #2 Arthur Abraham Next Fight: Unknown After being blitzed by an uncharacteristically aggressive Stieglitz, Abraham has demanded a trilogy bout, which Stieglitz seems disposed to grant. Sauerland also seems to be on board. 3) Mikkel Kessler (22-440-440) Last Fight: 12/8/2012- TKO3 Brian Magee (UNR)
Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. #1 Carl Froch See Froch’s notes, above. 4) Lucian Bute (38-370-370) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- UD12 LHW #16 Denis Grachev (at LHW) Next Fight: Unknown Bute hurt his hand in training and withdrew from his May 25 bout with Pascal, though it appears likely that fight will be rescheduled. 5) Arthur Abraham (8-186-186)
Last Fight: 3/23/2013- L (TKO3) vs. #5 Robert Stieglitz
Next Fight: Unknown See Stieglitz’s notes above. 6) Thomas Oosthuizen (38-102-150)
Last Fight: 11/10/2012- UD12 Fulgencio Zuniga (UNR)
Next Fight: 6/29/2013- vs. Brandon Gonzales (UNR) Oosthuizen will be fighting highly overrated and nominally “undefeated ” prospect Brandon Gonzales on the Golovkin-Macklin undercard. 7) Adonis Stevenson (31-75-75) Last Fight: 3/22/2013- TKO6 Darnell Boone (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. LHW #1 Chad Dawson (at LHW) After tending to unfinished business with the lowly Boone, Stevenson will now set sites on #1 light heavyweight Chad Dawson, who most outlets still consider the Champ. 8) George Groves (17-22-44) Last Fight: 3/23/2013- TKO2 Baker Barakat (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: 5/25/2013- vs. Noe Gonzalez (UNR) Groves will fight Uruguayan gatekeeper Noe Gonzalez on the Froch-Kessler undercard. 9) Sakio Bika (11-13-319) Last Fight: 2/16/2013- UD12 Nikola Sjekloca (UNR) Next Fight: 6/22/2013- vs. Marco Antonio Periban (UNR) Bika will fight undefeated Mexican Marco Antonio Periban in California on June 22 for the WBC belt that that organization just heisted from Andre Ward. 10) Will Rosinsky (2-2-48) Last Fight: 12/19/2012- UD10 Otis Griffin (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: Unknown Rosinsky was all but set to fight Brandon Gonzales on Friday Night Fights, but Gonzales withdrew with a bad hamstring. Sounds like Gonzales is moving on to a higher-reward opportunity with Oosthuizen. 11) Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye (2-79) Last Fight: 3/23/2013- W (PTS6) vs. Jevgenijs Andrejevs (UNR) Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. Christopher Rebrasse (UNR) Ndiaye battles French gatekeeper Christopher Rebrasse on June 8 in Italy. 12) Dimitri Sartison (2-150)
Last Fight: 1/27/2013- UD6 Artem Solomko (UNR) (at LHW)
Next Fight: Unknown Sartison’s fight in St. Petersburg, Russia this week appears to have been canceled. 13) James DeGale (2-83) Last Fight: 12/8/2012- UD12 Fulgencio Zuniga (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent DeGale will be fighting in Quebec on May 17. No opponent yet. He was supposed to fight Alexander Brand before that fight was postponed. It doesn’t sound like Brand will be his opponent this time, though. 14) Maxim Vlasov (2-27) Last Fight: 12/30/2012- RTD7 Geard Ajetovic (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 15) Edwin Rodriguez (2-17) Last Fight: 3/30/2013- W* (UD10) vs. #15 Ezequiel Maderna Next Fight: 7/13/2013- vs. #16 LHW Denis Grachev (at LHW) After getting the benefit of yet another questionable but not totally out-of-bounds decision against Maderna, Rodriguez remains in the mix, but kinda on the periphery of the division’s contenders. He gets a chance at a million bucks against Grachev, who also arguably deserved to lose his first round fight. 16) Ezequiel Maderna (2-20) Last Fight: 3/30/2013- L* (UD10) vs. #17 Edwin Rodriguez Next Fight: Unknown Maderna, despite arguably deserving a win against Rodriguez, did himself few favors in dropping the decision, especially considering how ugly the fight was. I don’t imagine he’ll be getting too many international suitors anytime soon since he seems difficult to look good against. 17) Dyah Davis (2-12) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- L (TKO10) vs. #9 Sakio Bika Next Fight: Unknown Davis said on May 4 via Twitter that “a particular some(one)” called him on May 3 for a fight, and that based on “that performance” he’d better not call again. That seems like a veiled reference to Anthony Dirrell to me. He says he’s looking at a return date of July 19, which also fits reasonably well with Dirrell’s post-fight statement that he intends to fight at 168 in roughly two months. If I’m reading the situation accurately, that would give both guys a good opportunity to prove they are for real after each has suffered significant setbacks in and/or out of the ring since their last significant success. 18) Don George (2-8) Last Fight: 3/22/2013- Draw* (SD10) vs. David Lopez (should be win) Next Fight: 6/21/2013- vs. Caleb Truax (UNR) Another reasonably decent challenge for George, as he travvels to Caleb Truax’s hometown of Minneapolis for their fight. 19) Hadillah Mohoumadi (2-11) Last Fight: 1/19/2013- UD10 Cedric Bellais (UNR) Next Fight: 5/17/2013- vs. Giovanni De Carolis (UNR) Mohoumadi gets a halfway decent outing on May 17 against borderline top 50 Italian Giovanni De Carolis, for the European Union title. 20) Glen Johnson (2-2) Last Fight: 4/19/2013- TKO2 Junior Ramos (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: Unknown
Johnson should be retired, but instead finds himself clinging to a ranking in a very shallow division.
The Week Ahead: #13 James DeGale is still scheduled to fight in Gatineau, Quebec on Friday, but oddly still seems to be lacking an opponent.
The same night in Rome, #19 Hadillah Mohoumadi takes on local fighter Giovanni De Carolis, a borderline top 50 fighter in his own right.
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