Junior Middleweight: 2012, Dec 10-16
Saturday in Spodek, Poland, undefeated Polish prospect Damian Jonak got a comfortable 12-round decision win over Belgium-based Ghanaian gatekeeper Jackson Osei Bonsu, but came in as a small middleweight at 155, while Bonsu was under 154. As a result, he still has yet to earn a significant win as a junior middleweight. He may get some considering for this win in the future, but as of now he’s technically not eligible for consideration. What a difference a pound makes.
Guido Pitto, an Argentine prospect that was robbed in his only loss, stopped less proven one-loss Lebanese prospect Reda Zam Zam in the 8th round in Herning, Denmark on the same night. The scorecards were in position for a close split draw at the time of the stoppage, but considering Zam Zam is based in Denmark it wouldn’t surprise me if Pitto was winning every round in reality.
Roberto Garcia’s fight with Inocente Fiz failed to come off for the second consecutive time at the last minute.
No changes to the rankings.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: None 1) Saul Alvarez (32-93-108) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO5 WW#? Josesito Lopez Next Fight: Unknown Canelo says he’s open to fighting Austin Trout on the Cinco de Mayo weekend, but sadly Golden Boy is more interested in the guy Trout just beat. 2) Carlos Molina (32-75-90) Last Fight: 8/17/2012- UD10 Damian Frias (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 3) Cornelius Bundrage (38-123-123) 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) Austin Trout (2-28-97) Last Fight: 12/1/2012- UD12 #6 Miguel Cotto Next Fight: Unknown See Alvarez’s notes, above. 5) Erislandy Lara (2-75-97) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- D* (TD9) vs. #15 Vanes Martirosyan (should be win) Next Fight: Unknown The WBC will order a re-match of the robbery draw that Lara clearly won in his eliminator with Vanes. 6) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (2-32-32) Last Fight: 5/5/2012- UD12* #4 Miguel Cotto Next Fight: Unknown Mayweather is in discussions to fight Robert Guerrero at welterweight sometime in the first half of 2013. 7) Miguel Cotto (2-132-132) Last Fight: 12/1/2012- L (UD12) vs. #8 Austin Trout Next Fight: Unknown In the aftermath of his defeat, Cotto shrugged off talk of retirement, and may be heartened by news from Golden Boy that Canelo is still intersted in a fight with him. 8) James Kirkland (2-58-58) Last Fight: 3/24/2012- W*(DQ10) vs. #6 Carlos Molina (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Kirkland is apparently having managerial problems. 9) Alfredo Angulo (28-168-168) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- KO1 Raul Casarez (UNR) Next Fight: 12/15/2012- vs. Jorge Silva (UNR) Angulo will fight undersized but very tough prospect Jorge Silva on December 15. 10) Gabriel Rosado (29-29-97) Last Fight: 9/21/2012- TKO10 Charles Whittaker (UNR) Next Fight: 1/19/2013- vs. #3 MW Gennady Golovkin Rosado is set to fight intimidating middleweight puncher Gennady Golovkin on January 19 in New York. 11) Cory Spinks (26-46) 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 (26-26) Last Fight: 11/24/2012- W (SD12) vs. Cedric Vitu (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rabchenko survived a scare against Vitu. 13) Delvin Rodriguez (29-74) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- L (UD12) vs. #12 Austin Trout Next Fight: Unknown Rodriguez had an opportunity to fight Angulo, but passed for some reason. 14) Lukas Konecny (10-70) 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) Keith Thurman (3-3) Last Fight: 11/24/2012- TKO4 #16 Carlos Quintana Next Fight: Unknown Who knows if he’ll fight at this weight again anytime soon, but it sure suited him. 16) Vanes Martirosyan (3-80) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- D* (TD9) vs. #6 Erislandy Lara (robbery- should be L) Next Fight: Unknown Martirosyan clearly lost to Lara, but will get a second opportunity thanks to the failure of 2 judges. 17) Sechew Powell (14-143) Last Fight: 6/1/2012- L (TKO9) vs. #10 Gabriel Rosado Next Fight: Unknown 18) Brian Rose (14-54) Last Fight: 10/5/2012- KO3 Vivian Harris (UNR) Next Fight: 12/14/2012- vs. Sam Webb (UNR) Rose will fight journeyman and former British titlist Sam Webb on December 14. 19) Roberto Garcia (14-27) Last Fight: 3/23/2012- UD10 Antwone Smith (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 20) Anthony Mundine (14-14) Last Fight: 7/14/2012- TKO7 Bronco McKart (at MW) Next Fight: 1/30/2013- vs. #1 MW Daniel Geale (at MW) Mundine’s next fight will be against top Middleweight contender Daniel Geale on January 30, in Sydney.
The Week Ahead: #18 Brian Rose looks to make another defense of his British title against another relatively non-threatening opponent from a thin British scene in former British titlist Sam Webb. Webb lost his title to Prince Arron, from whom Rose won it in dominant fashion. That fight is Friday in Blackpool, England.
Unbeaten Ecuador-born German prospect Jack Culcay sees his toughest challenge to date when he mixes it up in Nuremberg with high-level French journeyman Jean Michel Hamilcaro on Saturday.
Later that night in L.A., #9 Alfredo Angulo continues his comeback against undersized but game Mexican action fighter Jorge Silva, who is really a welterweight, but at least showed some quality at that weight via a clear-cut draw with highly-regarded Japanese prospect Yoshihiro Kamegai in October.
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