Junior Middleweight: 2013, Oct 14-20
Brazilian gatekeeper Anderson Clayton won a 7-round technical decision over Argentine fringe prospect Dario Pucheta. I don’t know the exact circumstances, but something strange must have happened, as one judge apparently left ringside and refused to score the 7th round.
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 (37-119-134) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- W (SD12) vs. #5 Ishe Smith Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Victor Ortiz (UNR) Out of nowhere, it seems that Molina will be fighting a comebacking Victor Ortiz as the Maidana-Broner co-feature on December 14. 2) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (5-5-5) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- W* (MD12) vs. #2 Saul Alvarez Next Fight: Unknown Mayweather intends to fight twice in 2014: on May 3 and September 13, if all goes to plan. Amir Khan is the rumored opponent for May 3. Bradley is getting a bit of buzz lately, too. 3) Saul Alvarez (5-137-152) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- L* (MD12) vs. WW Champion Floyd Mayweather Next Fight: Unknown Alvarez says he’ll be back in March. 4) Austin Trout (5-72-141) Last Fight: 4/20/2013- L* (UD12) vs. #2 Saul Alvarez Next Fight: 12/7/2013- vs. #5 Erislandy Lara It looks like Lara-Trout for December 7 is a done deal. 5) Erislandy Lara (5-119-141) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- TKO10 #8 Alfredo Angulo Next Fight: 12/7/2013- vs. #4 Austin Trout See Trout’s note, above. 6) Ishe Smith (5-34-34) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- L (SD12) vs. #1 Carlos Molina Next Fight: Unknown Smith sounds like he’s open to a variety of options for his next fight. Anything from a Molina rematch, to Trout, to Angulo or Lara. 7) Miguel Cotto (5-176-176) Last Fight: 10/5/2013- TKO3 #11 Delvin Rodriguez Next Fight: Unknown Cotto is getting a lot of buzz for a fight with Sergio lately. 8) Cornelius Bundrage (5-167-167) Last Fight: 2/23/2013- L (MD12) vs. Ishe Smith (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Bundrage has been approved to fight Joey Hernandez in an IBF eliminator. No date or contract yet, though. 9) Alfredo Angulo (5-212-212) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- L (TKO10) vs. #4 Erislandy Lara Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Jorge Melendez (UNR) Angulo looks like he’s got a done deal to fight Puerto Rican gatekeeper Jorge Melendez on the Maidana-Broner undercard. 10) Sergey Rabchenko (24-24-70) Last Fight: 7/16/2013- TKO3 Gari Abajian (UNR) Next Fight: 11/16/2013- vs. Bradley Pryce (UNR) Rabchenko’s interesting rematch with Cedric Vitu has been replaced by a less-interesting scrap with British journeyman Bradley Pryce…still in Bulgaria. 11) Delvin Rodriguez (24-118) Last Fight: 10/5/2013- L (TKO3) vs. #7 Miguel Cotto Next Fight: Unknown Rodriguez appears to be solid against borderline top-10 types (see Wolak), but completely out of his depth at just a tad higher level. 12) Vanes Martirosyan (2-124) Last Fight: 6/15/2013- TKO2 Ryan Davis (UNR) (at MW) Next Fight: 11/9/2013- vs. Demetrius Andrade (UNR) Martirosyan-Andrade has been moved up a week to November 9. 13) Willie Nelson (2-33) Last Fight: 6/29/2013- UD10 Luciano Cuello (UNR) Next Fight: 12/7/2013- vs. #6 MW Matthew Macklin (at MW) Nelson’s stay-busy fight with Dante Moore was cancelled on short notice, but he appears poised to move up to 160 to fight proven contender Matthew Macklin at that weight on December 7. 14) Brian Rose (2-30) Last Fight: 6/29/2013- W (PTS10) vs. Alexey Ribchev (UNR) (at MW) Next Fight: 10/26/2013- vs. Javier Maciel (UNR) Rose will be back on the Brook-Senchenko undercard in Sheffield, and will be fighting Argentine prospect Javier Maciel- certainly his toughest opponent since capturing the British title. 15) Jermell Charlo (2-19) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- UD12 Demetrius Hopkins (UNR) Next Fight: 10/14/2013- vs. Jose Angel Rodriguez (UNR) Charlo will headline a Fox Sports 1 card on October 14 against mid-range journeyman Jose Angel Rodriguez. 16) Yuri Foreman (2-38) Last Fight: 7/24/2013- UD8 Jamaal Davis (UNR) Next Fight: 11/12/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Foreman is back on November 12 in Hollywood, Florida. No opponent yet, but he’s been slowly upgrading his competition since beginning his comeback. 17) Guido Pitto (2-25) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- W* (SD12) vs. Jack Culcay (UNR) Next Fight: 10/26/2013- vs. Jack Culcay (UNR) A Culcay-Pitto rematch was postponed due to headliner Marco Huck’s elbow injury, and will now happen on October 26 in Oldenburg. 18) Kell Brook (2-14) Last Fight: 7/13/2013- TKO8 Carson Jones (UNR) Next Fight: 10/26/2013- vs. Vyacheslav Senchenko (UNR) (at WW) Brook gets Senchenko in late October in Sheffield. Since it’s a non-title fight, there’s always the chance it could creep up over 147 and thus affect his ranking here. 19) Jermall Charlo (2-2) Last Fight: 9/12/2013- TKO7 Rogelio De la Torre (UNR) (as MW) Next Fight: Unknown 20) Jack Culcay (2-2) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- L* (SD12) vs. Guido Pitto (UNR) Next Fight: 10/26/2013- vs. #17 Guido Pitto See Pitto’s notes, above.
The Week Ahead: We’ve got a busy week on our hands. Monday in Sunrise, Florida, #15 Jermell Charlo fights journeyman Jose Rodriguez in a Fox Sports 1-televised main event. It should be little more than a stay-busy fight.
Friday in Benidorm, Spain, Spanish middleweight gatekeeper Roberto Santos will apparently move down to 154 to fight a terrible opponent in countryman Julio Sanchez.
The following night in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, gatekeeper Joachim Alcine and prospect Omar Chavez collide in a good test for both men.
Earlier that same night in Poland, gatekeeper Rafal Jackiewicz takes on undefeated but very untested prospect Michal Zerominski in an 8-rounder.
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