Cruiserweight: 2014, May 5-11
Last week was a quiet one at 200.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20) Champ: None 1) Denis Lebedev (41-222-222) Last Fight: 5/17/2013- L (TKO11) vs. Guillermo Jones (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Hopefully Lebedev can get back in the ring soon after Jones fell out of the fight with a second consecutive positive Furosemide test. 2) Marco Huck (15-387-387) Last Fight:1/25/2014- TKO6 #5 Firat Arslan Next Fight: Unknown Huck fractured his thumb in training, and his fight with Mirko Larghetti is off. 3) Yoan Pablo Hernandez (15-202-202) Last Fight: 11/23/2013- TKO10 #12 Alexander Alekseev Next Fight: Unknown Hernandez’s fight with Kolodziej- originally postponed- has now been cancelled due to an illness to Hernandez. 4) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (34-463-463) Last Fight: 12/6/2013- TKO6 #9 Giacobbe Fragomeni Next Fight: Unknown Wlodarczyk probably won’t return until the fall, with Drozd and BJ Flores being considered. 5) Thabiso Mchunu (15-40-78) Last Fight: 1/24/2014- UD10 Olanrewaju Durodola (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 6) Firat Arslan (15-104-147) Last Fight: 1/25/2014- L (TKO6) vs. #3 Marco Huck Next Fight: Unknown Having visibly regressed since his excellent first effort against Huck, it might be time for the 43 year-old Arslan to consider retirement. 7) Grigory Drozd (24-31-78) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- KO1 Jeremy Ouanna (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown See Wlodarczyk’s notes, above. 8) Ola Afolabi (24-269-269) Last Fight: 11/2/2013- W* (MD12) vs. Lukasz Janik (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Afolabi is now slated for an eventual eliminator with Pawel Kolodziej for a shot at Yoan Pablo Hernandez. K2 has won the purse bids, and the fight is currently in the process of being worked out. It’s targeted for the summer. 9) Giacobbe Fragomeni (24-34-286) Last Fight: 4/26/2014- vs. Olegs Lopajevs (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown The fight with Lopajevs was purely a stay-busy contest, but he’s talking about another title shot even at 44 years old. 10) Ilunga Makabu (2-2-43) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- TKO2 Ruben Angel Mino (UNR) Next Fight: 6/21/2014- vs. #12 Mateusz Masternak Makabu will fight Masternak in a heck of a match-up on June 21 in Monaco. 11) Santander Silgado (2-27) Last Fight: 11/1/2013- TKO2 #20 Steve Herelius Next Fight: 6/6/2014- vs. #15 Danie Venter Silgado will apparently now be fighting in South Africa on June 6 in a very good matchup with Danie Venter. 12) Mateusz Masternak (2-110) Last Fight: 4/12/2014- UD8 Stjepan Vugdelija (UNR) Next Fight: 6/21/2014- vs. #10 Ilunga Makabu See Makabu’s notes, above. 13) Lukasz Janik (2-27) Last Fight: 11/2/2013- L* (MD12) vs. #7 Ola Afolabi Next Fight: Unknown Janik would like a well-deserved rematch with Afolabi. 14) Ovill McKenzie (2-4) Last Fight: 4/12/2014- KO5 #18 Tony Conquest Next Fight: Unknown McKenzie is at cruiserweight mainly because he can’t get fights at 175. He doesn’t seem married to the idea of staying at this weight, and has mentioned wanting a shot at Juergen Braehmer. 15) Danie Venter (2-34) Last Fight: 9/21/2013- KO1 Shawn Cox (UNR) Next Fight: 6/6/2014- vs. #11 Santander Silgado A big opportunity for Venter, as he takes on a potentially overrated Silgado in his own back yard. 16) Dmytro Kucher (2-97) Last Fight: 7/13/2013- L (MD12) vs. Ilunga Makabu (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 17) Nuri Seferi (2-20) Last Fight: 4/11/2014- Robbery Win (should be draw) vs. Gusmyr Perdomo (UNR) Next Fight: 5/16/2014- vs. Tamas Lodi (UNR) A quick turnaround for Seferi, and unfortunately no immediate rematch for Perdomo, as Seferi will take on mid-level Hungarian journeyman Tamas Lodi in Hamburg on May 16. 18) Gusmyr Perdomo (2-4) Last Fight: 4/11/2014- Robbery Loss (should be draw) vs. #15 Nuri Seferi Next Fight: Unknown Perdomo deserved at least a draw against Seferi, but the judges summoned just enough coincidental incompetence to take it from him. 19) Yunier Dorticos (2-3) Last Fight: 4/16/2014- KO4 Eric Fields (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 20) Krzysztof Glowacki (2-2) Last Fight: 12/14/2013- TKO9 Varol Vekiloglu (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Glowacki is the top contender for the title held by Huck, but might never get that exact shot, since Huck is making noise about moving up.
THE WEEK AHEAD: Wednesday Thierry Karl vs. Tamas Bajzath; Sainte Quentin, France; TV Unknown Karl was a major contender at light heavyweight when I began these rankings a few years back, but his career was badly derailed by a comprehensive beating at the hands of Danny McIntosh in early 2011. He hasn’t had a consequential fight since, and this will do nothing to change that.
B.J. Flores vs. Adam Collins; Los Angeles, California; Off TV This is all about Flores simply getting back in the ring. He’s a borderline top 10 contender when active, and perhaps underrated at that status. Yet he hasn’t fought since October 2012. If he makes 200 for the fight, though, and avoids what would be a disastrous loss, he’ll easily be back in the rankings next week. His opponent is a very low-level journeyman from Ohio.
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