Junior Middleweight: 2013, Mar 25-31
#14 Lukas Konecny got a win against a mediocre opponent at 160. I’ve detailed it in my 160 update.
The big news in the division this week comes from the inactivity of #8 James Kirkland. He hasn’t fought in a year, has nothing scheduled, and seems to be shelved for the foreseeable future due to legal wrangling with his entire team. With his exit, everyone ranked #9 and below last week moves up, including Gabriel Rosado, who resumed a top 10 spot after a month out. The vacancy at #20 would have been filled by Roberto Garcia, except that he, too, has been out a year as of this week. That leaves us with Anthony Mundine, who will be removed in about 3 weeks, himself, if he doesn’t schedule something at 154.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: None 1) Carlos Molina (8-90-105) 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 (8-108-123) 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 (5-43-112) 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 (5-90-112) Last Fight: 11/10/2012- D* (TD9) vs. #15 Vanes Martirosyan (robbery- should be win) Next Fight: Unknown Lara has been ordered by the WBC to fight Emanuele Della Rosa in an eliminator, but his side says he may fight that fight, take on Sergey Rabchenko, or may even go direct to a Canelo fight. 5) Ishe Smith (5-5-5) Last Fight: 2/23/2013- W (MD12) vs. #3 Cornelius Bundrage Next Fight: Unknown See Molina’s notes, above. 6) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (17-47-47) 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 (17-147-147) 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 (1-138-138) 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 (1-183-183) Last Fight: 12/15/2012- UD10 Jorge Silva (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 10) Gabriel Rosado (1-1-112) 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 (1-41) Last Fight: 11/24/2012- W (SD12) vs. Cedric Vitu (UNR) Next Fight: 3/30/2013- vs. Adriano Nicchi (UNR) Rabchenko will fight Tuscan journeyman Adriano Nicchi in Monte Carlo on March 30. 12) Delvin Rodriguez (1-89) 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 (1-85) Last Fight: 3/23/2013- W (TD12) vs. Karim Achour (UNR) (at MW) Next Fight: Unknown 14) Keith Thurman (1-18) 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 (1-95) 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 (1-9) 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 (1-158) Last Fight: 6/1/2012- L (TKO9) vs. #10 Gabriel Rosado Next Fight: Unknown 18) Willie Nelson (1-4) 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 (1-11) 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 (1-1) Last Fight: 1/30/2013- L (UD12) vs. #1 MW Daniel Geale Next Fight: Unknown
The Week Ahead: Friday in Ghent, Belgium, locally-based Ghanaian gatekeeper Jackson Osei Bonsu takes on French journeyman Frank Haroche Horta.
The following night in Monte Carlo, #11 Sergey Rabchenko defends his European belt against Italian journeyman Adriano Nicchi.
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