Junior Middleweight: 2012-2013, Dec 31-Jan 6
With most of the top 50 154-pounders still no doubt recovering from Christmas Dinner, there were no major fights to report last week.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: None 1) Saul Alvarez (35-96-111) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO5 WW#? Josesito Lopez Next Fight: Unknown The Canelo-Trout fight on 5/4 can now be characterized as very likely. 2) Carlos Molina (35-78-93) Last Fight: 8/17/2012- UD10 Damian Frias (UNR) Next Fight: 2/1/2013- vs. #11 Cory Spinks Molina finally gets another fight somewhat worthy of his true standing, as he takes on #11 Cory Spinks to open February on Friday Night Fights. 3) Cornelius Bundrage (41-126-126) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- TKO7 #11 Cory Spinks Next Fight: 2/23/2013- vs. Ishe Smith (UNR) K9 returns to action against gatekeeper Ishe Smith on Showtime, February 23. 4) Austin Trout (5-31-100) Last Fight: 12/1/2012- UD12 #6 Miguel Cotto Next Fight: Unknown See Alvarez’s notes, above. 5) Erislandy Lara (5-78-100) 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. (5-35-35) 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 (5-135-135) Last Fight: 12/1/2012- L (UD12) vs. #8 Austin Trout Next Fight: Unknown Cotto finally appears to have taken a decided back seat to Trout in the Canelo sweepstakes. 8) James Kirkland (5-61-61) Last Fight: 3/24/2012- W*(DQ10) vs. #6 Carlos Molina (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Kirkland is apparently having managerial problems. 9) Alfredo Angulo (31-171-171) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- UD10 Jorge Silva (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Angulo proved he can still go to war after gutting out a tough fight with very hungry prospect Jorge Silva. 10) Gabriel Rosado (32-32-100) 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 (29-49) Last Fight: 6/30/2012- L (TKO7) vs. #3 Cornelius Bundrage Next Fight: Unknown Spinks will get yet another shot to rise to the top, this time against Carlos Molina on Friday Night Fights on February 1. 12) Sergey Rabchenko (29-29) Last Fight: 11/24/2012- W (SD12) vs. Cedric Vitu (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rabchenko survived a scare against Vitu. 13) Delvin Rodriguez (32-77) Last Fight: 6/2/2012- L (UD12) vs. #12 Austin Trout Next Fight: 2/15/2013- vs. George Tahdooahnippah (UNR) Rodriguez will fight undefeated but totally untested Comanche tribesman George Tahdooahnippah on Friday Night Fights in Uncasville, CT in mid-February. 14) Lukas Konecny (13-73) 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 (6-6) 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 (6-83) 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 (17-146) Last Fight: 6/1/2012- L (TKO9) vs. #10 Gabriel Rosado Next Fight: Unknown 18) Roberto Garcia (3-30) Last Fight: 3/23/2012- UD10 Antwone Smith (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 19) Anthony Mundine (3-17) 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. 20) Brian Rose (3-57) Last Fight: 12/14/2012- UD12* Sam Webb (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown After securing the Lonsdale Challenge belt by (often shakily) defending his British title three times, Rose would now like a shot at Sergey Rabchenko’s European belt.
The Week Ahead: The first notable junior middleweight fight of 2013 is on Friday Night Fights from Miami, Florida, as undefeated prospect Jonathan Gonzalez battles inconsistent journeyman Derek Ennis, who is sometimes good enough to beat Gabriel Rosado (2010), and sometimes bad enough to last less than 2 rounds with Giorbis Barthelemy (2011).
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