Middleweight: 2013-2014, Dec 30- Jan 5
Insert filler about lack of boxing action and Christmas here.
Next Fight: 6/7/2014- vs. # 8 JMW Miguel Cotto According to fighthype.com, citing anonymous sources close to Cotto, there is now no doubt that Cotto-Martinez will happen on June 7 in New York. 1) Gennady Golovkin (3-70-133) Last Fight: 11/2/2013- RTD8 #15 Curtis Stevens
Next Fight: 2/1/2014- vs. Osumanu Adama (UNR) Golovkin returns February 1 in Monte Carlo. Originally it looked like Murray was the opponent, but he will instead fight former borderline top 10 contender Osumanu Adama, who was removed from a #13 berth in September for failing to make 160 for 18 months. 2) Felix Sturm (3-537-537) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- TKO2 #3 Darren Barker
Next Fight: Unknown
Soliman is the #1 contender for Sturm’s alphabet title, and Macklin and Geale are both trying to get rematches with him, as well. 3) Martin Murray (3-109-109) Last Fight: 12/14/2013- W* (PTS8) vs. Sergey Khomitsky (UNR) Next Fight: 2/1/2014- vs. Jarrod Fletcher (UNR) Murray gets a shot at a second-rate alphabet title on February 1, against Australian prospect Jarrod Fletcher on the Golovkin-Adama undercard. He says he would like a Sturm rematch after that. 4) Darren Barker (4-20-116) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- L (TKO2) vs. #4 Felix Sturm Next Fight: Unknown Barker’s body failed him against Sturm, and it’s led to heavy speculation that we may have seen the last of him. His team has only fueled this speculation further. 5) Daniel Geale (20-237-237) Last Fight: 8/17/2013- L (SD12) vs. #15 Darren Barker
Next Fight: Unknown In the wake of Sturm’s victory over the man that beat him, Geale has renewed calls for what would be a very interesting rematch with the German. On the other hand, he’s got a loose verbal agreement to fight Golovkin, likely toward the end of 2014. 6) Matthew Macklin (20-132-223) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- UD10 Lamar Russ (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
After a legitimate but very unspectacular win over only moderately proven prospect Lamar Russ, Macklin has joined the chorus of quality middleweights looking for a rematch with Sturm. He’s also pushing for a fight with Andy Lee. 7) Peter Quillin (36-63-84) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- TKO10 Gabriel Rosado (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Golden Boy is looking to match Quillin with Danny Jacobs in Brooklyn on February 1. A recent interview indicates he might prefer to fight some of the top contenders, instead. Unfortunately most of them fight on HBO in this division, while Quillin’s promoter is tied to Showtime. 8) Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (3-3-3) Last Fight: 12/14/2013- UD10 Anthony Fitzgerald (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown There is serious talk of a March 1 fight between N’Dam and Andy Lee in Dublin. 9) Sam Soliman (3-3-3) Last Fight: 12/11/2013- TKO9 Les Sherrington (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Soliman has been re-installed as the #1 contender to Sturm’s alphabet strap, and will likely get another shot soon. 10) Sergio Mora (3-27-27) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- KO5 Milton Nunez (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Mora had hoped to fight Golovkin on February 1, but says he was never offered the fight. 11) Marco Antonio Rubio (3-153) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- KO2 Dionisio Miranda (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Rubio looks poised to take on Sergio if Maravilla’s intended fight with Cotto falls through, though that possibility has begun to look increasingly unlikely. The WBC has ordered a fight between Rubio and Domenico Spada, as an easy shot at the interim title, for whatever that’s worth. 12) Anthony Mundine (3-153) Last Fight: 11/27/2013- TKO7 #4 WW Shane Mosley (at JMW)
Next Fight: 1/29/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent
In a quick turnaround, Mundine announced that he will headline a January 29 show in Brisbane. Most likely this will be nothing more than a quick payday, as I’m sure he won’t want to prepare for two big fights that close together. 13) Max Bursak (3-153) Last Fight: 12/14/2013- UD8 Gari Abajian (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
14) Caleb Truax (3-15) Last Fight: 9/21/2013- TKO4 Ceresso Fort (UNR) Next Fight: 1/3/2014- vs. Ossie Duran (UNR) Truax’s January 3 fight will likely be the first notable fight of the New Year. His opponent was to be Derek Ennis, but he’s been replaced by the marginally better Ossie Duran. 15) Bryan Vera (3-63) Last Fight: 9/28/2013- L* (UD10) vs. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: 3/1/2014- vs. Julio Cesar Chavez (UNR) Vera-Chavez II now looks likely for March 1 in either Vegas or Texas, after a proposed February date was abandoned over concerns related to Olympic conflicts. 16) Grzegorz Proksa (3-142) Last Fight: 6/28/2013- L (UD10) vs. Sergio Mora (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Proksa had another hand operation in August, but thinks he’ll be ready to go for a proposed February fight in Poland with undefeated prospect Maciej Suleckim. 17) Curtis Stevens (3-22) Last Fight: 11/2/2013- L (RTD8) vs. #2 Gennady Golovkin Next Fight: 1/24/2014- vs. Patrick Majewski (UNR) Stevens will make a surprisingly quick return from a grueling battle with Golovkin. His January 24 opponent will be one-loss Polish fringe prospect Patrick Majewski. 18) Andrey Meryasev (3-8) Last Fight: 11/4/2013- UD10 Sergio Sanders (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I’ve still yet to see Meryasev in action, but his win over Sanders at this point in his career proves that he’s a real prospect. 19) Danny Jacobs (3-19) Last Fight: 8/19/2013- TKO3 Giovanni Lorenzo (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Golden Boy is apparently looking to match Jacobs and Quillin on February 1 in Brooklyn. 20) Dmitry Chudinov (3-19) Last Fight: 12/21/2013- TKO6 Juan Camilo Novoa (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Chudinov is said to be in discussions to fight Ricardo Mayorga (who’s still fighting, apparently…) in April.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: Sergio Martinez (194-194-194) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- UD12* #9 Martin Murray (Robbery- draw at best)
Next Fight: 6/7/2014- vs. # 8 JMW Miguel Cotto According to fighthype.com, citing anonymous sources close to Cotto, there is now no doubt that Cotto-Martinez will happen on June 7 in New York. 1) Gennady Golovkin (3-70-133) Last Fight: 11/2/2013- RTD8 #15 Curtis Stevens
Next Fight: 2/1/2014- vs. Osumanu Adama (UNR) Golovkin returns February 1 in Monte Carlo. Originally it looked like Murray was the opponent, but he will instead fight former borderline top 10 contender Osumanu Adama, who was removed from a #13 berth in September for failing to make 160 for 18 months. 2) Felix Sturm (3-537-537) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- TKO2 #3 Darren Barker
Next Fight: Unknown
Soliman is the #1 contender for Sturm’s alphabet title, and Macklin and Geale are both trying to get rematches with him, as well. 3) Martin Murray (3-109-109) Last Fight: 12/14/2013- W* (PTS8) vs. Sergey Khomitsky (UNR) Next Fight: 2/1/2014- vs. Jarrod Fletcher (UNR) Murray gets a shot at a second-rate alphabet title on February 1, against Australian prospect Jarrod Fletcher on the Golovkin-Adama undercard. He says he would like a Sturm rematch after that. 4) Darren Barker (4-20-116) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- L (TKO2) vs. #4 Felix Sturm Next Fight: Unknown Barker’s body failed him against Sturm, and it’s led to heavy speculation that we may have seen the last of him. His team has only fueled this speculation further. 5) Daniel Geale (20-237-237) Last Fight: 8/17/2013- L (SD12) vs. #15 Darren Barker
Next Fight: Unknown In the wake of Sturm’s victory over the man that beat him, Geale has renewed calls for what would be a very interesting rematch with the German. On the other hand, he’s got a loose verbal agreement to fight Golovkin, likely toward the end of 2014. 6) Matthew Macklin (20-132-223) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- UD10 Lamar Russ (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
After a legitimate but very unspectacular win over only moderately proven prospect Lamar Russ, Macklin has joined the chorus of quality middleweights looking for a rematch with Sturm. He’s also pushing for a fight with Andy Lee. 7) Peter Quillin (36-63-84) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- TKO10 Gabriel Rosado (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Golden Boy is looking to match Quillin with Danny Jacobs in Brooklyn on February 1. A recent interview indicates he might prefer to fight some of the top contenders, instead. Unfortunately most of them fight on HBO in this division, while Quillin’s promoter is tied to Showtime. 8) Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (3-3-3) Last Fight: 12/14/2013- UD10 Anthony Fitzgerald (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown There is serious talk of a March 1 fight between N’Dam and Andy Lee in Dublin. 9) Sam Soliman (3-3-3) Last Fight: 12/11/2013- TKO9 Les Sherrington (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Soliman has been re-installed as the #1 contender to Sturm’s alphabet strap, and will likely get another shot soon. 10) Sergio Mora (3-27-27) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- KO5 Milton Nunez (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Mora had hoped to fight Golovkin on February 1, but says he was never offered the fight. 11) Marco Antonio Rubio (3-153) Last Fight: 7/27/2013- KO2 Dionisio Miranda (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Rubio looks poised to take on Sergio if Maravilla’s intended fight with Cotto falls through, though that possibility has begun to look increasingly unlikely. The WBC has ordered a fight between Rubio and Domenico Spada, as an easy shot at the interim title, for whatever that’s worth. 12) Anthony Mundine (3-153) Last Fight: 11/27/2013- TKO7 #4 WW Shane Mosley (at JMW)
Next Fight: 1/29/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent
In a quick turnaround, Mundine announced that he will headline a January 29 show in Brisbane. Most likely this will be nothing more than a quick payday, as I’m sure he won’t want to prepare for two big fights that close together. 13) Max Bursak (3-153) Last Fight: 12/14/2013- UD8 Gari Abajian (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
14) Caleb Truax (3-15) Last Fight: 9/21/2013- TKO4 Ceresso Fort (UNR) Next Fight: 1/3/2014- vs. Ossie Duran (UNR) Truax’s January 3 fight will likely be the first notable fight of the New Year. His opponent was to be Derek Ennis, but he’s been replaced by the marginally better Ossie Duran. 15) Bryan Vera (3-63) Last Fight: 9/28/2013- L* (UD10) vs. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (UNR) (at LHW) Next Fight: 3/1/2014- vs. Julio Cesar Chavez (UNR) Vera-Chavez II now looks likely for March 1 in either Vegas or Texas, after a proposed February date was abandoned over concerns related to Olympic conflicts. 16) Grzegorz Proksa (3-142) Last Fight: 6/28/2013- L (UD10) vs. Sergio Mora (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Proksa had another hand operation in August, but thinks he’ll be ready to go for a proposed February fight in Poland with undefeated prospect Maciej Suleckim. 17) Curtis Stevens (3-22) Last Fight: 11/2/2013- L (RTD8) vs. #2 Gennady Golovkin Next Fight: 1/24/2014- vs. Patrick Majewski (UNR) Stevens will make a surprisingly quick return from a grueling battle with Golovkin. His January 24 opponent will be one-loss Polish fringe prospect Patrick Majewski. 18) Andrey Meryasev (3-8) Last Fight: 11/4/2013- UD10 Sergio Sanders (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I’ve still yet to see Meryasev in action, but his win over Sanders at this point in his career proves that he’s a real prospect. 19) Danny Jacobs (3-19) Last Fight: 8/19/2013- TKO3 Giovanni Lorenzo (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Golden Boy is apparently looking to match Jacobs and Quillin on February 1 in Brooklyn. 20) Dmitry Chudinov (3-19) Last Fight: 12/21/2013- TKO6 Juan Camilo Novoa (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Chudinov is said to be in discussions to fight Ricardo Mayorga (who’s still fighting, apparently…) in April.
The Week Ahead: Saturday Caleb Truax vs. Ossie Duran; Minneapolis, Minnesota; ESPN2 (US) Truax has emerged from a hit-and-miss reputation in recent fights, and appears poised to mount a challenge for the top 10. Duran is no easy mark, though, having clearly beaten current #5 contender Brandon Gonzales on his way up.
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