Junior Middleweight: 2013, Nov 25- Dec 1
Undefeated Polish prospect Damian Jonak won a pretty comfortable decision on Saturday in his home country over Scottish journeyman Kris Carslaw, a couple pounds over the divisional limit.
No changes.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: None 1) Carlos Molina (43-125-140) 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. On a possibly more realistic note, Demetrius Andrade wants him. 2) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (11-11-11) 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 (11-143-158) 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 (11-78-147) 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 (11-125-147) 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 (11-40-40) 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 (11-182-182) Last Fight: 10/5/2013- TKO3 #11 Delvin Rodriguez Next Fight: Unknown Cotto reportedly has a $10 million offer to fight Canelo on the table, and is also being courted by Sergio Martinez. 8) Cornelius Bundrage (11-173-173) 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. Golden Boy won the purse bid at a paltry $11,000, meaning Bundrage will bank just $6,600. The fight appears likely for Indio, California on January 24. 9) Alfredo Angulo (11-218-218) 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 (30-30-76) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- UD12 Bradley Pryce (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rabchenko is in line for an alphabet eliminator at any time. 11) Javier Maciel (5-5) 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) Demetrius Andrade (3-3) Last Fight: 11/9/2013- W* (SD12) vs. #13 Vanes Martirosyan Next Fight: Unknown Andrade wants to unify against Carlos Molina, but negotiations are underway for a Brian Rose fight. 13) Delvin Rodriguez (3-124) 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. 14) Vanes Martirosyan (3-130) Last Fight: 11/9/2013- L* (SD12) vs. Demetrius Andrade (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 15) Willie Nelson (3-39) Last Fight: 6/29/2013- UD10 Luciano Cuello (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Nelson has injured his elbow, and his middleweight fight with Macklin has been cancelled as a result. 16) Brian Rose (3-36) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- Robbery W (Draw at best) vs. Javier Maciel (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Rose will be fighting Andrade for his alphabet title at some point. Totally undeserved, although the WBO title at 154 is particularly meaningless already, having been handed to the very mediocre Zaurbek Baysangurov before being contested between two prospects. 17) Jermell Charlo (3-25) Last Fight: 10/14/2013- TKO10 Jose Angel Rodriguez (UNR) Next Fight: 1/25/2014- vs. Gabriel Rosado (UNR) Charlo gets likely his toughest test to date in former junior middleweight contender Gabe Rosado, who has recently been used as an opponent at 160, but with mixed results. 18) Yuri Foreman (3-44) Last Fight: 11/12/2013- KO1 Javier Gomez (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 19) Jack Culcay (3-8) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- W* (UD12) vs. #17 Guido Pitto Next Fight: Unknown Culcay is expected back in December. 20) Guido Pitto (3-31) 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.
The Week Ahead: In a long-awaited fight that will certainly affect the rankings, #4 Welterweight Shane Mosley and #10 Middleweight Anthony Mundine collide at 154, and in doing so will put the old adage that a good big man will beat a good little man to the test.
Friday in Tokyo, Japanese gatekeeper Tadashi Yuba defends his national title against high-level journeyman Yoshihisa Tonimura.
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