Junior Middleweight: 2012, Dec 24-30
No action of importance to report from 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 (34-95-110) Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO5 WW#? Josesito Lopez Next Fight: Unknown Despite Golden Boy apparently preferring Cotto, Canelo says he’s leaning toward fighting Trout on May 4, with hopefully a shot at Mayweather to follow. 2) Carlos Molina (34-77-92) Last Fight: 8/17/2012- UD10 Damian Frias (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 3) Cornelius Bundrage (40-125-125) 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 (4-30-99) Last Fight: 12/1/2012- UD12 #6 Miguel Cotto Next Fight: Unknown See Alvarez’s notes, above. 5) Erislandy Lara (4-77-99) 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. (4-34-34) 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 (4-134-134) Last Fight: 12/1/2012- L (UD12) vs. #8 Austin Trout Next Fight: Unknown Cotto wants to take a few months off and announce his next fight in 2013. 8) James Kirkland (4-60-60) Last Fight: 3/24/2012- W*(DQ10) vs. #6 Carlos Molina (Robbery) Next Fight: Unknown Kirkland is apparently having managerial problems. 9) Alfredo Angulo (30-170-170) 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 (31-31-99) 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 (28-48) 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 (28-28) Last Fight: 11/24/2012- W (SD12) vs. Cedric Vitu (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rabchenko survived a scare against Vitu. 13) Delvin Rodriguez (31-76) 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 (12-72) 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 (5-5) 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 (5-82) 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 (16-145) Last Fight: 6/1/2012- L (TKO9) vs. #10 Gabriel Rosado Next Fight: Unknown 18) Roberto Garcia (2-29) Last Fight: 3/23/2012- UD10 Antwone Smith (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 19) Anthony Mundine (2-16) 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 (2-56) 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: No major fights in the division in the last fulll week of 2012.
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