Middleweight: 2014, May 19-25
Colombian gatekeeper Jose Miguel Torres was scheduled to fight Jhonatan Ricar over the weekend, but that fight fell through. No action to report, and no changes.
Next Fight: 6/7/2014- vs. # 8 JMW Miguel Cotto If there was any lingering doubt, Martinez-Cotto is now on for June 7 at Madison Square Garden. 1) Gennady Golovkin (23-90-153) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- TKO7 Osumanu Adama (UNR)
Next Fight: 7/26/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent Golovkin will fight July 26 in New York, and the Chavez fight looks dead. All signs point to Daniel Geale as the opponent, though the WBA has ordered him to fight Jarrod Fletcher. 2) Felix Sturm (23-557-557) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- TKO2 #3 Darren Barker
Next Fight: 5/31/2014- vs. #8 Sam Soliman (UNR)
Soliman has obfuscated his clear banned stimulant violation to the point that he has perhaps most people thinking he was totally clean. He wasn’t. And he didn’t win that fight even if he had been. Sturm got screwed all the way around, and now he’s forced to rematch the Australian, who deserves the opportunity much less than would Macklin, Murray, or Geale. But that’s what we’ve got. May 31 in Krefeld. 3) Daniel Geale (13-257-257) Last Fight: 2/19/2014- RTD6 Garth Wood (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown It looks extremely likely that Geale will get a shot at Golovkin on July 26. 4) Peter Quillin (5-83-104) Last Fight: 4/19/2014- UD12 Lukas Konecny (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown The WBO has mandated Quillin to fight British prospect Billy Joe Saunders next. 5) Martin Murray (5-129-129) Last Fight: 4/23/2014- RTD6 Ishmael Tetteh (UNR) at SMW Next Fight: 6/21/2014- vs. #13 Max Bursak Murray hasn’t looked at all special since nearly and probably deservedly knocking off the Champ last April, but he’ll need to be in some kind of form in June if he hopes to handle the always tough Max Bursak. 6) Matthew Macklin (5-152-243) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- UD10 Lamar Russ (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Macklin’s fight with Geale is off due to an injury on the card, and Geale has bailed on the fight altogether in favor of a shot at GGG. 7) Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (18-23-23) Last Fight: 4/16/2014- UD10 Fulgencio Zuniga (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown N’Dam says he wants Rosado next, and then Golovkin. 8) Sam Soliman (18-23-23) Last Fight: 12/11/2013- TKO9 Les Sherrington (UNR) Next Fight: 5/31/2014- vs. #2 Felix Sturm Soliman cheated with a stimulant, won by ridiculous robbery before being stripped of the victory, and now he gets what I would argue is an undeserved chance at a do-over. 9) Sergio Mora (18-47-47) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- KO5 Milton Nunez (UNR) Next Fight: 5/31/2014- vs. Samuel Rogers (UNR) I missed the memo about the date for Mora-Rogers. I originally read that it was going to be on Arreola-Stiverne II in LA, but at some point it was moved to HBO2’s May 31 card in Vegas. 10) Osumanu Adama (16-16-16) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- L (TKO7) vs. #1 Gennady Golovkin Next Fight: Unknown Not the most pleasant entry into the rankings we’ve ever seen, but his resume stacks up pretty well as long as he’s active and on weight. 11) Marco Antonio Rubio (16-173) Last Fight: 4/5/2014- KO10* Domenico Spada (UNR)
Next Fight:Unknown Rubio likely will rather embarrassingly take on the still-existing Ricardo Mayorga in late July. Anytime the early fight hype involves talk of extensive medical tests to ensure fighter safety, you know the fight shouldn’t be happening. 12) Jarrod Fletcher (6-16) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- W* (UD12) vs. #12 Max Bursak Next Fight: Unknown The WBA randomly ordered Golovkin to fight Fletcher, but then apparently relented in favor of Daniel Geale. 13) Max Bursak (6-173) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- L* (UD12) vs. Jarrod Fletcher (UNR)
Next Fight: 6/21/2014- vs. #5 Martin Murray Bursak will get a big opportunity before Jarrod Fletcher, who outpointed him in a moderately controversial decision in February, as he has been tapped by Martin Murray for a June 21 fight in Monte Carlo. 14) Grzegorz Proksa (6-162) Last Fight: 6/28/2013- L (UD10) vs. Sergio Mora (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown 15) Caleb Truax (6-35) Last Fight: 1/3/2014- Draw (UD10) vs. Ossie Duran (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Truax’s status as a promising prospect has been derailed somewhat by the very tough Ossie Duran. 16) Curtis Stevens (6-42) Last Fight: 4/4/2014- TKO10* Tureano Johnson (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Stevens’ haplessness for all but the last few seconds of his prematurely-stopped bout with Tureano Johnson has got to raise questions about his ability to rise any higher than he finds himself now. Johnson has respectfully pushed for a rematch. 17) Andrey Meryasev (6-28) Last Fight: 4/26/2014- UD10 Carlos Baldomir (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Meryasev dominated in pedestrian fashion against the now-retired Baldomir. 18) Daniel Jacobs (6-39) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- TKO1 Milton Nunez (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Easy work for Jacobs against Nunez. He’s looking for a title fight- probably against Quillin- at the earliest opportunity. 19) Dmitry Chudinov (6-8) Last Fight: 12/21/2013- TKO6 Juan Camilo Novoa (UNR) Next Fight: 6/1/2014- vs. Patrick Nielsen (UNR) Chudinov will fight promising Danish prospect Patrick Nielsen in a very interesting clash on June 1 in Moscow. 20) Akio Shibata (6-6) Last Fight: 3/1/2014- UD12 Daisuke Nakagawa (UNR) Next Fight: 7/5/2014- vs. Hikaru Nishida (UNR) Shibata takes on his second consecutive domestic gatekeeper in Hikaru Nishida in early July in Tokyo.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in Current Position-Weeks in Top 10 if applicable-Weeks in Top 20) Champ: Sergio Martinez (214-214-214) Last Fight: 4/27/2013- UD12* #9 Martin Murray (Robbery- draw at best)
Next Fight: 6/7/2014- vs. # 8 JMW Miguel Cotto If there was any lingering doubt, Martinez-Cotto is now on for June 7 at Madison Square Garden. 1) Gennady Golovkin (23-90-153) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- TKO7 Osumanu Adama (UNR)
Next Fight: 7/26/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent Golovkin will fight July 26 in New York, and the Chavez fight looks dead. All signs point to Daniel Geale as the opponent, though the WBA has ordered him to fight Jarrod Fletcher. 2) Felix Sturm (23-557-557) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- TKO2 #3 Darren Barker
Next Fight: 5/31/2014- vs. #8 Sam Soliman (UNR)
Soliman has obfuscated his clear banned stimulant violation to the point that he has perhaps most people thinking he was totally clean. He wasn’t. And he didn’t win that fight even if he had been. Sturm got screwed all the way around, and now he’s forced to rematch the Australian, who deserves the opportunity much less than would Macklin, Murray, or Geale. But that’s what we’ve got. May 31 in Krefeld. 3) Daniel Geale (13-257-257) Last Fight: 2/19/2014- RTD6 Garth Wood (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown It looks extremely likely that Geale will get a shot at Golovkin on July 26. 4) Peter Quillin (5-83-104) Last Fight: 4/19/2014- UD12 Lukas Konecny (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown The WBO has mandated Quillin to fight British prospect Billy Joe Saunders next. 5) Martin Murray (5-129-129) Last Fight: 4/23/2014- RTD6 Ishmael Tetteh (UNR) at SMW Next Fight: 6/21/2014- vs. #13 Max Bursak Murray hasn’t looked at all special since nearly and probably deservedly knocking off the Champ last April, but he’ll need to be in some kind of form in June if he hopes to handle the always tough Max Bursak. 6) Matthew Macklin (5-152-243) Last Fight: 12/7/2013- UD10 Lamar Russ (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Macklin’s fight with Geale is off due to an injury on the card, and Geale has bailed on the fight altogether in favor of a shot at GGG. 7) Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (18-23-23) Last Fight: 4/16/2014- UD10 Fulgencio Zuniga (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown N’Dam says he wants Rosado next, and then Golovkin. 8) Sam Soliman (18-23-23) Last Fight: 12/11/2013- TKO9 Les Sherrington (UNR) Next Fight: 5/31/2014- vs. #2 Felix Sturm Soliman cheated with a stimulant, won by ridiculous robbery before being stripped of the victory, and now he gets what I would argue is an undeserved chance at a do-over. 9) Sergio Mora (18-47-47) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- KO5 Milton Nunez (UNR) Next Fight: 5/31/2014- vs. Samuel Rogers (UNR) I missed the memo about the date for Mora-Rogers. I originally read that it was going to be on Arreola-Stiverne II in LA, but at some point it was moved to HBO2’s May 31 card in Vegas. 10) Osumanu Adama (16-16-16) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- L (TKO7) vs. #1 Gennady Golovkin Next Fight: Unknown Not the most pleasant entry into the rankings we’ve ever seen, but his resume stacks up pretty well as long as he’s active and on weight. 11) Marco Antonio Rubio (16-173) Last Fight: 4/5/2014- KO10* Domenico Spada (UNR)
Next Fight:Unknown Rubio likely will rather embarrassingly take on the still-existing Ricardo Mayorga in late July. Anytime the early fight hype involves talk of extensive medical tests to ensure fighter safety, you know the fight shouldn’t be happening. 12) Jarrod Fletcher (6-16) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- W* (UD12) vs. #12 Max Bursak Next Fight: Unknown The WBA randomly ordered Golovkin to fight Fletcher, but then apparently relented in favor of Daniel Geale. 13) Max Bursak (6-173) Last Fight: 2/1/2014- L* (UD12) vs. Jarrod Fletcher (UNR)
Next Fight: 6/21/2014- vs. #5 Martin Murray Bursak will get a big opportunity before Jarrod Fletcher, who outpointed him in a moderately controversial decision in February, as he has been tapped by Martin Murray for a June 21 fight in Monte Carlo. 14) Grzegorz Proksa (6-162) Last Fight: 6/28/2013- L (UD10) vs. Sergio Mora (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown 15) Caleb Truax (6-35) Last Fight: 1/3/2014- Draw (UD10) vs. Ossie Duran (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Truax’s status as a promising prospect has been derailed somewhat by the very tough Ossie Duran. 16) Curtis Stevens (6-42) Last Fight: 4/4/2014- TKO10* Tureano Johnson (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Stevens’ haplessness for all but the last few seconds of his prematurely-stopped bout with Tureano Johnson has got to raise questions about his ability to rise any higher than he finds himself now. Johnson has respectfully pushed for a rematch. 17) Andrey Meryasev (6-28) Last Fight: 4/26/2014- UD10 Carlos Baldomir (UNR) (at SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Meryasev dominated in pedestrian fashion against the now-retired Baldomir. 18) Daniel Jacobs (6-39) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- TKO1 Milton Nunez (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Easy work for Jacobs against Nunez. He’s looking for a title fight- probably against Quillin- at the earliest opportunity. 19) Dmitry Chudinov (6-8) Last Fight: 12/21/2013- TKO6 Juan Camilo Novoa (UNR) Next Fight: 6/1/2014- vs. Patrick Nielsen (UNR) Chudinov will fight promising Danish prospect Patrick Nielsen in a very interesting clash on June 1 in Moscow. 20) Akio Shibata (6-6) Last Fight: 3/1/2014- UD12 Daisuke Nakagawa (UNR) Next Fight: 7/5/2014- vs. Hikaru Nishida (UNR) Shibata takes on his second consecutive domestic gatekeeper in Hikaru Nishida in early July in Tokyo.
The Week Ahead: Saturday David Lemieux vs. Fernando Guerrero; Montreal, Quebec; Showtime (US) Lemieux is a two-loss prospect who makes fun fights. Guerrero could be best described as a two-loss fringe prospect. He’s still probably top 50 despite losses to Grady Brewer and Peter Quillin, but he came dangerously close to becoming a full-on busted prospect when he narrowly outpointed Ray Gatica in life-or-death fashion. Guerrero’s losses have been narrowly more forgivable (Lemieux’s loss to Alcine was particularly unexpected) perhaps, but Lemieux looks more impressive when he’s winning. This fight is very much a toss-up based on levels, and both guys really need it to maintain their viability. I lean toward Lemieux coming out on top. He’s the home fighter for one, and he’s a power guy. Guerrero was overwhelmed by power in both of his losses, as well as in the difficult moments of the Gatica fight. Good style matchup for Lemieux, I think.
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