Light Heavyweight: 2013, Jun 24-30
I’ve got nothing to talk about from last week.
Champ: Andre Ward (42-42-42) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 Champ Chad Dawson (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Ward has offers more or less on the table to fight Froch or Stevenson. He is trying to split with promoter Dan Goossen, though, which could conceivably complicate matters. 1) Adonis Stevenson (3-3-3) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- TKO1 #1 Chad Dawson Next Fight: Unknown Stevenson and Hopkins reportedly wanted to fight each other, but HBO threw a tantrum and won’t do business with Hopkins because he’s a Golden Boy fighter. Way to hurt the sport, HBO. We really needed more of that. 2) Bernard Hopkins (42-368-368)
Last Fight: 3/9/2012- UD12 #6 Tavoris Cloud
Next Fight: Unknown Murat’s visa issue appears to have been cleared up, and there is talk of the fight being rescheduled for September 21. Kovalev was briefly the mandatory, but he has signed to fight Cleverly. 3) Sergey Kovalev (2-23-23) Last Fight: 6/14/2013- TKO3 #10 Cornelius White Next Fight: 8/17/2013- vs. #8 Nathan Cleverly Kovalev had the inside track to fight Hopkins, but instead opted for a sure thing against Cleverly. 4) Chad Dawson (2-369-369) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- L(TKO1) vs. SMW #6 Adonis Stevenson Next Fight: Unknown Dawson’s career is suddenly in an all-out tailspin just 2 fights after winning the lineal title from Hopkins. 5) Tony Bellew (2-89-89) Last Fight: 5/25/2013- UD12 #7 Isaac Chilemba Next Fight: Unknown Bellew’s ultimate triumph over Chilemba has now set him up with a mandatory shot at Stevenson, which would continue the trend of the best fighting the best at 175. 6) Gabriel Campillo (3-157-157)
Last Fight: 6/14/2013- TKO2 Ionut Trandafir Ilie (UNR)
Next Fight: 8/16/2013- vs. #13 Andrzej Fonfara Campillo will fight Fonfara in an interesting crossroads fight at Comiskey Park in Chicago. 7) Tavoris Cloud (3-200-203)
Last Fight: 3/9/2013- L (UD12) vs. #2 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: Unknown There is apparently HBO interest in Stevenson-Cloud, but nothing solid at this point. 8) Nathan Cleverly (3-177-177)
Last Fight: 4/20/2013- UD12 Robin Krasniqi (UNR)
Next Fight: 8/17/2013- vs. #3 Sergey Kovalev Kovalev-Cleverly is done for 8/17 in Cardiff, with HBO to televise in the states. 9) Isaac Chilemba (3-13-73) Last Fight: 5/25/2013- L (UD12) vs. #9 Tony Bellew Next Fight: Unknown Chilemba may have lost the second fight to Bellew in his opponent’s back yard, but between the two fights, he’s managed to elevate himself somewhat. 10) Cornelius White (3-50-80) Last Fight: 6/14/2013- L (TKO3) vs. #5 Sergey Kovalev Next Fight: Unknown White was blasted out by Kovalev, but at least he has good company in that regard. 11) Cedric Agnew (3-11) Last Fight: 4/12/2013- UD12 #14 Yusaf Mack Next Fight: Unknown Agnew may have caught a fading Yusaf Mack at the right time, but he’s clearly a climber, having now beaten both Mack and Otis Griffin. 12) Jürgen Brähmer (3-62) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- TKO2 Tony Averlant (UNR) Next Fight: 8/24/2013- vs. Stefano Abatangelo (UNR) Braehmer will take on low-level Italian gatekeeper Abatangelo on August 24, while awaiting a title shot. 13) Andrzej Fonfara (3-50) Last Fight: 11/16/2012- TKO7 Tommy Karpency (UNR) Next Fight: 8/16/2013- vs. #6 Gabriel Campillo Fonfara will get a huge opportunity to launch himself into the top 5 when he takes on Gabriel Campillo in Chicago. 14) Lucian Bute (3-34) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- UD12 #16 Denis Grachev Next Fight: 12/7/2013- vs. Jean Pascal (UNR) Bute-Pascal has been rescheduled tentatively for December 7 after Bute suffered a hand injury. They’ve also reserved January 25 as a back-up plan. Either way, it will be in Montreal. 15) Denis Grachev (3-61) Last Fight: 3/30/2013– W* (SD10) vs. Zsolt Erdei (UNR) (should be draw) Next Fight: 7/13/2013- vs. SMW #13 Edwin Rodriguez Grachev will be fighting Edwin Rodriguez at a catchweight of 171.5 in Monte Carlo for a million dollar prize. 16) Dmitry Sukhotsky (3-139) Last Fight: 6/4/2013- KO3 Mikhail Krinitsin (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Sukhotski may be sticking around at 168 from now on, but only time will tell. He has until December to schedule a fight at 175 if he wants to keep his ranking. 17) Eleider Alvarez (3-22)
Last Fight: 3/22/2013- TKO3 Nicholson Poulard (UNR) Next Fight: 7/5/2013- vs. Allan Green (UNR) Alvarez’s fight with Green, which was oddly canceled at the last minute on 6/8, has been reset for July 5- this time on a Friday Night Fights card in Hartford, Connecticut. 18) Yunieski Gonzalez (3-15) Last Fight: 6/15/2013- KO7 Emiliano Cayetano (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Gonzalez snuck in a very low-profile knockout over low-level journeyman Emiliano Cayetano in the Dominican Republic. Strictly stay-busy material. 19) Doudou Ngumbu (3-12) Last Fight: 3/16/2013- UD12 #14 Vyacheslav Uzelkoff Next Fight: 7/5/2013- vs. Igor Mikhalkin (UNR) Ngumbu takes on 1-loss Russian prospect Igor Mikhalkin in France on July 5. 20) Glen Johnson (3-7) Last Fight: 4/19/2013- TKO2 Junior Ramos (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: 8/23/2013- vs. Isiah Thomas (UNR) Johnson is again cast in the stepping-stone role, this time against undefeated Detroit prospect Isiah Thomas on August 23 in Vegas.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20)
Champ: Andre Ward (42-42-42) Last Fight: 9/8/2012- TKO10 Champ Chad Dawson (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Ward has offers more or less on the table to fight Froch or Stevenson. He is trying to split with promoter Dan Goossen, though, which could conceivably complicate matters. 1) Adonis Stevenson (3-3-3) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- TKO1 #1 Chad Dawson Next Fight: Unknown Stevenson and Hopkins reportedly wanted to fight each other, but HBO threw a tantrum and won’t do business with Hopkins because he’s a Golden Boy fighter. Way to hurt the sport, HBO. We really needed more of that. 2) Bernard Hopkins (42-368-368)
Last Fight: 3/9/2012- UD12 #6 Tavoris Cloud
Next Fight: Unknown Murat’s visa issue appears to have been cleared up, and there is talk of the fight being rescheduled for September 21. Kovalev was briefly the mandatory, but he has signed to fight Cleverly. 3) Sergey Kovalev (2-23-23) Last Fight: 6/14/2013- TKO3 #10 Cornelius White Next Fight: 8/17/2013- vs. #8 Nathan Cleverly Kovalev had the inside track to fight Hopkins, but instead opted for a sure thing against Cleverly. 4) Chad Dawson (2-369-369) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- L(TKO1) vs. SMW #6 Adonis Stevenson Next Fight: Unknown Dawson’s career is suddenly in an all-out tailspin just 2 fights after winning the lineal title from Hopkins. 5) Tony Bellew (2-89-89) Last Fight: 5/25/2013- UD12 #7 Isaac Chilemba Next Fight: Unknown Bellew’s ultimate triumph over Chilemba has now set him up with a mandatory shot at Stevenson, which would continue the trend of the best fighting the best at 175. 6) Gabriel Campillo (3-157-157)
Last Fight: 6/14/2013- TKO2 Ionut Trandafir Ilie (UNR)
Next Fight: 8/16/2013- vs. #13 Andrzej Fonfara Campillo will fight Fonfara in an interesting crossroads fight at Comiskey Park in Chicago. 7) Tavoris Cloud (3-200-203)
Last Fight: 3/9/2013- L (UD12) vs. #2 Bernard Hopkins
Next Fight: Unknown There is apparently HBO interest in Stevenson-Cloud, but nothing solid at this point. 8) Nathan Cleverly (3-177-177)
Last Fight: 4/20/2013- UD12 Robin Krasniqi (UNR)
Next Fight: 8/17/2013- vs. #3 Sergey Kovalev Kovalev-Cleverly is done for 8/17 in Cardiff, with HBO to televise in the states. 9) Isaac Chilemba (3-13-73) Last Fight: 5/25/2013- L (UD12) vs. #9 Tony Bellew Next Fight: Unknown Chilemba may have lost the second fight to Bellew in his opponent’s back yard, but between the two fights, he’s managed to elevate himself somewhat. 10) Cornelius White (3-50-80) Last Fight: 6/14/2013- L (TKO3) vs. #5 Sergey Kovalev Next Fight: Unknown White was blasted out by Kovalev, but at least he has good company in that regard. 11) Cedric Agnew (3-11) Last Fight: 4/12/2013- UD12 #14 Yusaf Mack Next Fight: Unknown Agnew may have caught a fading Yusaf Mack at the right time, but he’s clearly a climber, having now beaten both Mack and Otis Griffin. 12) Jürgen Brähmer (3-62) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- TKO2 Tony Averlant (UNR) Next Fight: 8/24/2013- vs. Stefano Abatangelo (UNR) Braehmer will take on low-level Italian gatekeeper Abatangelo on August 24, while awaiting a title shot. 13) Andrzej Fonfara (3-50) Last Fight: 11/16/2012- TKO7 Tommy Karpency (UNR) Next Fight: 8/16/2013- vs. #6 Gabriel Campillo Fonfara will get a huge opportunity to launch himself into the top 5 when he takes on Gabriel Campillo in Chicago. 14) Lucian Bute (3-34) Last Fight: 11/3/2012- UD12 #16 Denis Grachev Next Fight: 12/7/2013- vs. Jean Pascal (UNR) Bute-Pascal has been rescheduled tentatively for December 7 after Bute suffered a hand injury. They’ve also reserved January 25 as a back-up plan. Either way, it will be in Montreal. 15) Denis Grachev (3-61) Last Fight: 3/30/2013– W* (SD10) vs. Zsolt Erdei (UNR) (should be draw) Next Fight: 7/13/2013- vs. SMW #13 Edwin Rodriguez Grachev will be fighting Edwin Rodriguez at a catchweight of 171.5 in Monte Carlo for a million dollar prize. 16) Dmitry Sukhotsky (3-139) Last Fight: 6/4/2013- KO3 Mikhail Krinitsin (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Sukhotski may be sticking around at 168 from now on, but only time will tell. He has until December to schedule a fight at 175 if he wants to keep his ranking. 17) Eleider Alvarez (3-22)
Last Fight: 3/22/2013- TKO3 Nicholson Poulard (UNR) Next Fight: 7/5/2013- vs. Allan Green (UNR) Alvarez’s fight with Green, which was oddly canceled at the last minute on 6/8, has been reset for July 5- this time on a Friday Night Fights card in Hartford, Connecticut. 18) Yunieski Gonzalez (3-15) Last Fight: 6/15/2013- KO7 Emiliano Cayetano (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Gonzalez snuck in a very low-profile knockout over low-level journeyman Emiliano Cayetano in the Dominican Republic. Strictly stay-busy material. 19) Doudou Ngumbu (3-12) Last Fight: 3/16/2013- UD12 #14 Vyacheslav Uzelkoff Next Fight: 7/5/2013- vs. Igor Mikhalkin (UNR) Ngumbu takes on 1-loss Russian prospect Igor Mikhalkin in France on July 5. 20) Glen Johnson (3-7) Last Fight: 4/19/2013- TKO2 Junior Ramos (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: 8/23/2013- vs. Isiah Thomas (UNR) Johnson is again cast in the stepping-stone role, this time against undefeated Detroit prospect Isiah Thomas on August 23 in Vegas.
The Week Ahead: Boxrec has a fight listed on Friday in Montebello, California featuring Ismayl Sillakh. No opponent is listed, nor are any fights showing on the card. Possibly it’s an MMA event featuring one boxing match or some such thing. We’ll see if it comes off.
Prospect Pawel Glazewski (ranked at cruiser) takes on #17 Super Middleweight Hadillah Mohoumadi on Saturday in Ostroda, Poland.
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