Welterweight: 2013, Nov 11-17
One-loss Russian prospect David Avanesyan made rather short work of low-level journeyman Carlos Herrera on Monday, knocking the Argentine out a little more than halfway through round 2 in Krasnodar, Russia.
Last Fight: 9/14/2013- W* (MD12) vs. #2 JMW Saul Alvarez (at JMW) Next Fight: Unknown Floyd will likely be back on both May 3 and September 13, with Amir Khan being rumored as the May 3 opponent. 1) Timothy Bradley (5-5-75) Last Fight: 10/12/2013- W (SD12) vs. #1 Juan Manuel Marquez Next Fight: Unknown Bradley says he wants a rematch with Pacquiao, and has also expressed interest in a likely impossible match-up with Mayweather. 2) Juan Manuel Marquez (5-105-105) Last Fight: 10/12/2013- L (SD12) vs. #17 Timothy Bradley Next Fight: Unknown After initially suggesting he might retire, Marquez quickly began pushing hard for a Bradley rematch. He’s also been challenged by Provodnikov. 3) Manny Pacquiao (5-258-258)
Last Fight: 12/8/2012- L (KO6) vs. #1 Juan Manuel Marquez Next Fight: 11/23/2013- vs. #4 JWW Brandon Rios (UNR) Pac Man needs to prove he can still get it done when he tries to rebound from a devastating knockout against former top lightweight Brandon Rios in China. 4) Shane Mosley (5-26-26)
Last Fight: 5/18/2013- UD12 Pablo Cesar Cano (UNR) Next Fight: 11/27/2013- vs. #10 MW Anthony Mundine (at JMW) Mundine-Mosley is now back on, having been delayed just over a month by major contractual issues. 5) Devon Alexander (5-90-90)
Last Fight: 5/18/2013- RTD7 Lee Purdy (UNR) Next Fight: 12/7/2013- vs. Shawn Porter (UNR) Alexander’s fight with prospect Shawn Porter has been bumped back from November 30 to December 7, and will now be in Brooklyn instead of San Antonio. 6) Marcos Maidana (5-23-23)
Last Fight: 6/8/2013- TKO6 #4 Josesito Lopez Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Adrien Broner (UNR) The Maidana-Broner fight on December 14 will now headline a regular Showtime Championship boxing broadcast, instead of a PPV, as the undercard has suffered significant collapses. 7) Jesus Soto Karass (5-16-42) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- TKO12 #7 Andre Berto Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. #12 Keith Thurman Soto Karass’s fight with Thurman has been moved from the December 7 Malignaggi-Judah undercard in Brooklyn to the following week’s pay-per-view tilt between Broner and Maidana. 8) Robert Guerrero (5-51-68) Last Fight: 5/4/2013- L (UD12) vs. Champ Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Next Fight: Unknown Guerrero turned down Keith Thurman for a proposed November fight, according to both fighters’ promoter. Dan Rafael reports that Guerrero might be waiting around to fight the winner of Maidana-Broner. He’s also been rumored to be in the mix to fight Khan, though his team has denied it. 9) Kell Brook (5-133-133)
Last Fight:10/26/2013- TKO4 Vyacheslav Senchenko (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Brook is now the mandatory for the winner of Alexander-Porter, and has talked about wanting to fight Broner, as well as his domestic rival Khan. 10) Josesito Lopez (4-4-73) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- L (TKO6) vs. #11 Marcos Maidana Next Fight: 12/13/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Just days after the fight was announced, Lopez’s December 13 opponent for on an FS1-televised card from Indio, California, Aaron Martinez, withdrew with injury. No replacement has been announced yet. 11) Andre Berto (4-51) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- L (TKO12) vs. #11 Jesus Soto Karass Next Fight: Unknown Berto’s shoulder surgery will keep him out until sometime in 2014. 12) Keith Thurman (4-36) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- KO10 Diego Chaves (UNR) Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. #7 Jesus Soto Karass See Soto Karass’s notes, above. 13) Chris van Heerden (4-74) Last Fight: 3/2/2013- UD12 Matthew Hatton (UNR) Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Van Heerden, after more than 9 months of inactivity, will fight on December 14 in Barcelona, and is said to be planning a more momentous fight in the US in February, but there’s also an effort underway to get him on a South African show in February, as well. 14) Luis Carlos Abregu (4-29)
Last Fight: 4/27/2013- UD10 Antonin Decarie (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Abregu’s plans for an October fight have been scrapped, as he recently had 2013-ending hand surgery. The WBC is looking to match him with Antonin Decarie when he returns. 15) Jan Zaveck (4-205)
Last Fight: 10/19/2013- UD8 Sebastien Allais (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown As expected, Zaveck had little trouble with French journeyman Allais. 16) Selcuk Aydin (4-239)
Last Fight: 9/27/2013- W (RTD4) vs. Demarcus Corley (UNR) (at JWW) Next Fight: Unknown The WBC has ordered an eliminator between Aydin and Viktor Postol for a shot at Garcia’s Championship at 140. 17) Ruslan Provodnikov (4-35) Last Fight: 10/19/2013- RTD10 #3 JWW Mike Alvarado (at JWW) Next Fight: Unknown Provodnikov proved against Alvarado that the Bradley fight was no fluke. He’s a big-time fighter now. Mostly it’s all rumor at this point, but there has been speculation of his fighting the Pac-Rios winner, as well as Juan Manuel Marquez. 18) Pablo Cesar Cano (4-9) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- W (SD10*) vs. Ashley Theophane (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Cano said after the 143-pound catchweight win against Theophane that he intends to seek title contention at 140 now. I must say I’m surprised by the move, considering he failed to make weight for one of his biggest fights at 147 against Malignaggi. 19) Leonard Bundu (4-21)
Last Fight: 4/6/2013- KO11 Rafal Jackiewicz (UNR) Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Lee Purdy (UNR) Bundu will fight British gatekeeper Lee Purdy December 14 in London. 20) Jessie Vargas (4-4) Last Fight: 10/11/2013- UD10 Ray Narh (UNR) (as JMW) Next Fight: Unknown Vargas sounds very adamant about moving down to 140, and says he wants a fight with Provodnikov.
Hard-hitting gatekeeper Sebastian Lujan pulled off a similar effort against low-level one-loss prospect Carlos Chumbita, stopping his man 5 seconds further into the 2nd round to capture the interim Argentine belt.
No changes this week.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (185-217-217)
Last Fight: 9/14/2013- W* (MD12) vs. #2 JMW Saul Alvarez (at JMW) Next Fight: Unknown Floyd will likely be back on both May 3 and September 13, with Amir Khan being rumored as the May 3 opponent. 1) Timothy Bradley (5-5-75) Last Fight: 10/12/2013- W (SD12) vs. #1 Juan Manuel Marquez Next Fight: Unknown Bradley says he wants a rematch with Pacquiao, and has also expressed interest in a likely impossible match-up with Mayweather. 2) Juan Manuel Marquez (5-105-105) Last Fight: 10/12/2013- L (SD12) vs. #17 Timothy Bradley Next Fight: Unknown After initially suggesting he might retire, Marquez quickly began pushing hard for a Bradley rematch. He’s also been challenged by Provodnikov. 3) Manny Pacquiao (5-258-258)
Last Fight: 12/8/2012- L (KO6) vs. #1 Juan Manuel Marquez Next Fight: 11/23/2013- vs. #4 JWW Brandon Rios (UNR) Pac Man needs to prove he can still get it done when he tries to rebound from a devastating knockout against former top lightweight Brandon Rios in China. 4) Shane Mosley (5-26-26)
Last Fight: 5/18/2013- UD12 Pablo Cesar Cano (UNR) Next Fight: 11/27/2013- vs. #10 MW Anthony Mundine (at JMW) Mundine-Mosley is now back on, having been delayed just over a month by major contractual issues. 5) Devon Alexander (5-90-90)
Last Fight: 5/18/2013- RTD7 Lee Purdy (UNR) Next Fight: 12/7/2013- vs. Shawn Porter (UNR) Alexander’s fight with prospect Shawn Porter has been bumped back from November 30 to December 7, and will now be in Brooklyn instead of San Antonio. 6) Marcos Maidana (5-23-23)
Last Fight: 6/8/2013- TKO6 #4 Josesito Lopez Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Adrien Broner (UNR) The Maidana-Broner fight on December 14 will now headline a regular Showtime Championship boxing broadcast, instead of a PPV, as the undercard has suffered significant collapses. 7) Jesus Soto Karass (5-16-42) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- TKO12 #7 Andre Berto Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. #12 Keith Thurman Soto Karass’s fight with Thurman has been moved from the December 7 Malignaggi-Judah undercard in Brooklyn to the following week’s pay-per-view tilt between Broner and Maidana. 8) Robert Guerrero (5-51-68) Last Fight: 5/4/2013- L (UD12) vs. Champ Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Next Fight: Unknown Guerrero turned down Keith Thurman for a proposed November fight, according to both fighters’ promoter. Dan Rafael reports that Guerrero might be waiting around to fight the winner of Maidana-Broner. He’s also been rumored to be in the mix to fight Khan, though his team has denied it. 9) Kell Brook (5-133-133)
Last Fight:10/26/2013- TKO4 Vyacheslav Senchenko (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Brook is now the mandatory for the winner of Alexander-Porter, and has talked about wanting to fight Broner, as well as his domestic rival Khan. 10) Josesito Lopez (4-4-73) Last Fight: 6/8/2013- L (TKO6) vs. #11 Marcos Maidana Next Fight: 12/13/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Just days after the fight was announced, Lopez’s December 13 opponent for on an FS1-televised card from Indio, California, Aaron Martinez, withdrew with injury. No replacement has been announced yet. 11) Andre Berto (4-51) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- L (TKO12) vs. #11 Jesus Soto Karass Next Fight: Unknown Berto’s shoulder surgery will keep him out until sometime in 2014. 12) Keith Thurman (4-36) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- KO10 Diego Chaves (UNR) Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. #7 Jesus Soto Karass See Soto Karass’s notes, above. 13) Chris van Heerden (4-74) Last Fight: 3/2/2013- UD12 Matthew Hatton (UNR) Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Unknown Opponent Van Heerden, after more than 9 months of inactivity, will fight on December 14 in Barcelona, and is said to be planning a more momentous fight in the US in February, but there’s also an effort underway to get him on a South African show in February, as well. 14) Luis Carlos Abregu (4-29)
Last Fight: 4/27/2013- UD10 Antonin Decarie (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Abregu’s plans for an October fight have been scrapped, as he recently had 2013-ending hand surgery. The WBC is looking to match him with Antonin Decarie when he returns. 15) Jan Zaveck (4-205)
Last Fight: 10/19/2013- UD8 Sebastien Allais (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown As expected, Zaveck had little trouble with French journeyman Allais. 16) Selcuk Aydin (4-239)
Last Fight: 9/27/2013- W (RTD4) vs. Demarcus Corley (UNR) (at JWW) Next Fight: Unknown The WBC has ordered an eliminator between Aydin and Viktor Postol for a shot at Garcia’s Championship at 140. 17) Ruslan Provodnikov (4-35) Last Fight: 10/19/2013- RTD10 #3 JWW Mike Alvarado (at JWW) Next Fight: Unknown Provodnikov proved against Alvarado that the Bradley fight was no fluke. He’s a big-time fighter now. Mostly it’s all rumor at this point, but there has been speculation of his fighting the Pac-Rios winner, as well as Juan Manuel Marquez. 18) Pablo Cesar Cano (4-9) Last Fight: 9/14/2013- W (SD10*) vs. Ashley Theophane (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Cano said after the 143-pound catchweight win against Theophane that he intends to seek title contention at 140 now. I must say I’m surprised by the move, considering he failed to make weight for one of his biggest fights at 147 against Malignaggi. 19) Leonard Bundu (4-21)
Last Fight: 4/6/2013- KO11 Rafal Jackiewicz (UNR) Next Fight: 12/14/2013- vs. Lee Purdy (UNR) Bundu will fight British gatekeeper Lee Purdy December 14 in London. 20) Jessie Vargas (4-4) Last Fight: 10/11/2013- UD10 Ray Narh (UNR) (as JMW) Next Fight: Unknown Vargas sounds very adamant about moving down to 140, and says he wants a fight with Provodnikov.
The Week Ahead: Saturday in Cancun, veteran gatekeeper Silverio Ortiz looks to test exciting young puncher Jorge Silva. Silva is always in good fights. I don’t know how to categorize him, since he very much feels like a prospect after giving hell to both Yoshihiro Kamegai and Alfredo Angulo, but yet has 4 losses on his record.
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