Junior Middleweight: 2013, Nov 4-10
One-loss Belgian prospect Sasha Yengoyan was in action in Izegem, Belgium on Friday, and had no trouble at all with low-level Latvian journeyman Sergejs Malcevs, knocking him out in the first.
Mexican fringe contender Roberto Garcia scored a dominant 6-round decision in what was actually his 2nd fight back from a bout with inactivity, against Dallas ham-and-egger Larry Smith. Garcia was on the fringes of the rankings when inactivity took its toll, but both of his fights since coming back have been over the 154 limit, and thus he is not eligible for consideration for a fresh ranking.
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 (40-122-137) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- W (SD12) vs. #5 Ishe Smith Next Fight: Unknown Molina is dreaming of a fight with Canelo. But it’s just a dream. Molina’s style and low-profile makes him essentially unpromotable, and he would be a serious threat to win that fight. No chance Golden Boy puts it together. 2) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (8-8-8) 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, as is Bernard Hopkins, at middleweight- though Floyd Sr. has said the latter will never happen. 3) Saul Alvarez (8-140-155) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- L* (MD12) vs. WW Champion Floyd Mayweather Next Fight: 3/8/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent Alvarez will be back on March 8. He’s hoping for either Cotto or Sergio. After that, he expects to fight two additional times in 2014. 4) Austin Trout (8-75-144) 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 (8-122-144) 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 (8-37-37) 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. And even more various than that- he says he wants one UFC fight. He’s also been in a war of words with Shane Mosley recently. 7) Miguel Cotto (8-179-179) 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, as well as Canelo. 8) Cornelius Bundrage (8-170-170) 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 (8-215-215) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- L (TKO10) vs. #4 Erislandy Lara Next Fight: Unknown Angulo may be returning in January, and Carlos Molina has been discussed as a possible foe. 10) Sergey Rabchenko (27-27-73) Last Fight: 7/16/2013- TKO3 Gari Abajian (UNR) Next Fight: 11/16/2013- vs. Cedric Vitu (UNR) Rabchenko rematches tough prospect Cedric Vitu in a rematch of their very close fight of a year earlier. 11) Javier Maciel (2-2) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- Robbery L (SD12) vs. #14 Brian Rose Next Fight: Unknown The one upside to a guy being robbed of a win that should have propelled him very near the top 10 is that it allows me to shine a light on the incompetence and/or corruption that caused the situation by ranking him exactly where he deserves, despite their attempts. 12) Delvin Rodriguez (2-121) 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. 13) Vanes Martirosyan (2-127) 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. 14) Willie Nelson (2-36) 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. 15) Brian Rose (2-33) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- Robbery W (Draw at best) vs. Javier Maciel (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Aside from a “W,” the ill-gotten gain of Rose’s blatant robbery of Maciel will be a shot at a vacant alphabet title. 16) Jermell Charlo (2-22) Last Fight: 10/14/2013- TKO10 Jose Angel Rodriguez (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Charlo would like to fight Carlos Molina for an alphabet title, after saying he is above the level of Victor Ortiz, and would not be interested in that fight as a result. 17) Yuri Foreman (2-41) 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. 18) Jack Culcay (2-5) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- W* (UD12) vs. #17 Guido Pitto Next Fight: Unknown Culcay barely squeaked by Pitto in a rematch of a fight in which Pitto barely squeaked by. For my part, I had them both scored a draw. 19) Guido Pitto (2-28) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- L* (UD12) vs. #20 Jack Culcay Next Fight: Unknown Pitto wants a 3rd fight with Mateo Veron, whom he pretty much dominated- but still somehow lost to- in 2012. 20) Kell Brook (2-17) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- TKO4 Vyacheslav Shenchenko (UNR) (at WW) Next Fight: Unknown Brook is now the mandatory for the winner of the fight between Devon Alexander and Shawn Porter, at welterweight. He’s also very interested in the Broner-Maidana winner (though he only mentioned Broner) and domestic rival Amir Khan.
The Week Ahead: Three notable fights to report this week, all on Saturday:
The big one is #13 Vanes Martirosyan taking on undefeated prospect Demetrius Andrade in Corpus Christi, Texas. In point of fact, Andrade is at least Vanes’ peer. He’s unranked here only because he hasn’t made 154 for any of his significant wins, and unranked at middleweight only because he hasn’t fought a middleweight in over a year. Both guys are on the cusp of serious contention, and both have a lot left to prove on their way. Good match-up.
A short time earlier in Brooklyn, fringe contender Charlie Ota once again returns to the home state in which he was born as Charles Bellamy, and fights mid-range Puerto Rican journeyman Mike Ruiz.
A few hours before that in Reims, France, French fringe contender Michel Soro takes on a slightly better journeyman in Jean Michel Hamilcaro for Soro’s French title.
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