Dan's Weekly Boxer Rankings and Blog

French journeyman Frank Haroche Horta upset Ghana-born Belgian gatekeeper Jackson Osei Bonsu in Ghent, Belgium on Friday at what appears to have been a 155 pound contract weight.

 

#11 Sergey Rabchenko chalked up an easy defense of his European belt with a 2nd-round KO over Italian journeyman Adriano Nicchi on the Golovkin-Ishida undercard in Monte Carlo.

 

No changes this week.

 

Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20)

Champ: None

1) Carlos Molina (9-91-106)

Last Fight: 2/1/2013- UD12 #11 Cory Spinks

Next Fight: Unknown

Ishe Smith says he plans to offer Molina a shot at his alphabet belt.

2) Saul Alvarez (9-109-124)

Last Fight: 9/15/2012- TKO5 WW#? Josesito Lopez

Next Fight: 4/20/2013- vs. #3 Austin Trout

Canelo’s fight with Trout has been moved to April 20 after he had a falling out with Floyd over the apparent cancellation of their agreement to fight each other on September 14.  Canelo plans to fight in a September 14 PPV still, but is now looking at Cotto.

3) Austin Trout (6-44-113)

Last Fight: 12/1/2012- UD12 #6 Miguel Cotto

Next Fight: 4/20/2013- vs. #2 Saul Alvarez

See Alvarez’s notes, above.

4) Erislandy Lara (6-91-113)

Last Fight: 11/10/2012- D* (TD9) vs. #15 Vanes Martirosyan (robbery- should be win)

Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. #9 Alfredo Angulo

Lara will fight Angulo on Showtime, June 8 in Carson, California.

5) Ishe Smith (6-6-6)

Last Fight: 2/23/2013- W (MD12) vs. #3 Cornelius Bundrage

Next Fight: Unknown

See Molina’s notes, above.

6) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (18-48-48)

Last Fight: 5/5/2012- UD12* #4 Miguel Cotto

Next Fight: 5/4/2013- vs. WW #? Robert Guerrero (at WW)

Mayweather will officially be fighting Robert Guerrero on Showtime PPV on May 4.  That’s just a day before the 1-year anniversary of his last fight at 154, and since the fight will be at 147, he will likely be removed the following week.

7) Miguel Cotto (18-148-148)

Last Fight: 12/1/2012- L (UD12) vs. #8 Austin Trout

Next Fight: Unknown

Cotto has laid out the plans for the rest of his career.  He says he’ll fight in October or November, twice in 2014, and then retire.  Canelo wants him in September.

8) Cornelius Bundrage (2-139-139)

Last Fight: 2/23/2013- L (MD12) vs. Ishe Smith (UNR)

Next Fight: Unknown

Bundrage should probably retire after how awful he looked against Smith.

9) Alfredo Angulo (2-184-184)

Last Fight: 12/15/2012- UD10 Jorge Silva (UNR)

Next Fight: 6/8/2013- vs. #4 Erislandy Lara

After it looked for awhile that he might fight Rosado next, Angulo will instead battle #4 Lara in Carson, California in early June.

10) Gabriel Rosado (2-2-113)

Last Fight: 1/19/2013- L (TKO7) vs. #3 MW Gennady Golovkin (at MW)

Next Fight: 5/4/2013- vs. J’Leon Love (UNR) (at MW)

Rosado will fight undefeated prospect J’Leon Love on the Mayweather-Guerrero undercard on May 4, at 160.

11) Sergey Rabchenko (2-42)

Last Fight: 3/30/2013- KO2 Adriano Nicchi (UNR)

Next Fight: Unknown

Rabchenko got an easy 2nd defense of his European title after barely squeaking by in his first.

12) Delvin Rodriguez (2-90)

Last Fight: 2/15/2013- TKO6 George Tahdooahnippah (UNR) (at MW)

Next Fight: Unknown

Having not come all that close to making 154 against Tahdooahnippah, Rodriguez will need to schedule a fight at 154 before June 2 to maintain his ranking.

13) Lukas Konecny (2-86)

Last Fight: 3/23/2013- W (TD12) vs. Karim Achour (UNR) (at MW)

Next Fight: Unknown

14) Keith Thurman (2-19)

Last Fight: 3/9/2013- UD12 #? WW Jan Zaveck (at WW)

Next Fight: Unknown

Thurman will return on Showtime in June or July.

15) Vanes Martirosyan (2-96)

Last Fight: 11/10/2012- D* (TD9) vs. #6 Erislandy Lara (robbery- should be L)

Next Fight: Unknown

Martirosyan was set to fight Javier Maciel on April 6 in China, but broke his thumb.

16) Yuri Foreman (2-10)

Last Fight: 1/23/2013- UD6 Brandon Baue (UNR)

Next Fight: 4/6/2013- vs. Gundrick King (UNR)

Foreman continues his comeback on April 6 in New York against journeyman Gundrick King, in a 6-rounder.

17) Sechew Powell (2-159)

Last Fight: 6/1/2012- L (TKO9) vs. #10 Gabriel Rosado

Next Fight: Unknown

18) Willie Nelson (2-5)

Last Fight: 3/1/2013- TKO1 Michael Medina (UNR)

Next Fight: Unknown

After being dropped multiple times in a close decision with fellow prospect Vincent Arroyo at 147, Nelson has gone on quite a hot streak.

19) Michel Soro (2-12)

Last Fight: 1/12/2013- UD12 Kris Carslaw (UNR)

Next Fight: Unknown Date- vs. Frederic Serre (UNR)

Soro’s fight with Serre for the French title has been postponed, but I don’t know the new date yet.

20) Anthony Mundine (2-2)

Last Fight: 1/30/2013- L (UD12) vs. #1 MW Daniel Geale

Next Fight: Unknown

 

The Week Ahead: Thursday in New York, Yuri Foreman continues his comeback with a 6-round walk in the park with journeyman Gundrick King.

 

Two nights later in Zama, Japan, fringe contending American ex-pat Charlie Ota stays busy against Korean journeyman Kyung-Suk Kwak.

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