Heavyweight: 2014, Jun 30- Jul 6
Argentine gatekeeper Matias Vidondo knocked out mid-level journeyman Miguel Morales in 2 in Capitan Bermudez, Argentina on Friday.
Last Fight: 4/26/2014- TKO5 #16 Alex Leapai
Next Fight: 9/6/2014- vs. #5 Kubrat Pulev
It’s looking all but certain that Wlad will fight Pulev on September 6. 1) Tyson Fury (20-20-20) Last Fight: 2/15/2014- TKO4 Joey Abell (UNR) Next Fight: 7/26/2014- vs. #6 Dereck Chisora Fury-Chisora has been made. July 26, in Manchester. The winner will become one of Wlad’s mandatories. 2) Alexander Povetkin (5-349-349) Last Fight: 5/30/2014- TKO7 Manuel Charr (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Povetkin wants to return in late October, and wants to rematch the Champ when he’s gotten at least 3 fights in with his new trainer. 3) Vyacheslav Glazkov (5-16-80) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- UD12 #4 Tomasz Adamek
Next Fight: 8/9/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent Glazkov returns in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on August 9, in a fight with an undetermined opponent to be televised on NBC Sports. 4) Amir Mansour (13-13-13) Last Fight: 4/4/2014- Robbery L (UD10) vs. #4 Steve Cunningham Next Fight: Unknown Cunningham had the more sympathetic story and a legitimately great comeback attempt, but Mansour had the better collection of rounds legitimately won. Mansour was robbed even though the fight was close, and deserves Cunningham’s former position in the rankings for his effort. 5) Kubrat Pulev (20-113-190) Last Fight: 4/5/2014- RTD3 Ivica Perkovic (UNR)
Next Fight: 9/6/2014- vs. Champ Wladimir Klitschko
See Klitschko’s notes, above. 6) Dereck Chisora (20-135-198) Last Fight: 2/15/2014- UD12 Kevin Johnson (UNR)
Next Fight: 7/26/2014- vs. #1 Tyson Fury
See Fury’s notes, above. 7) Carlos Takam (4-4-24) Last Fight: 6/6/2014- UD12 #9 Tony Thompson Next Fight: Unknown Takam’s potential appears nearly boundless after he handled Tony Thompson more easily than anyone not named Wladimir Klitschko. 8) Bermane Stiverne (4-8-70) Last Fight: 5/10/2014- TKO6 #13 Chris Arreola Next Fight: Unknown Stiverne is hoping to fight Wilder sometime in November in either Montreal or Las Vegas, while Don King wants to stage it in Mexico for some reason. 9) Steve Cunningham (4-80-80) Last Fight: 4/4/2014- Robbery W (UD10) vs. Amir Mansour (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I hope you’ll all pray for his daughter to recover from her life-threatening health condition, and the guy had guts to come back from the 2 knockdowns. But he didn’t win the fight. 10) Tony Thompson (4-15-214) Last Fight: 6/6/2014- L (UD12) vs. #12 Carlos Takam
Next Fight: Unknown Not that there’s any shame in being beaten by Takam necessarily, but Thompson’s performance was poor enough that you have to start wondering how much he has left. 11) Tomasz Adamek (4-219) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- L (UD12) vs. #18 Vyacheslav Glazkov
Next Fight: 10/18/2014- vs. Artur Szpilka (UNR) Adamek is back on October 18 against all-action gatekeeper Artur Szpilka, in what should be a cash cow for the promoters in Lodz, Poland. 12) Odlanier Solis (4-214) Last Fight: 3/22/2014- L* (SD12) vs. #13 Tony Thompson
Next Fight: Unknown
The Solis haters are out in force, claiming a clear loss in a fight that Solis deserved to win. You might not like his physique or his training habits or his style, but if he outfights the other guy, he still deserves to be respected as a winner at least as much as a disappointment. A loss to Thompson is not that embarrassing, especially when you ought to have won it. 13) Deontay Wilder (8-62) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- KO1 #19 Malik Scott Next Fight: Unknown See Stiverne’s notes, above. 14) Chris Arreola (8-43) Last Fight: 5/10/2014- L (TKO6) vs. #12 Bermane Stiverne Next Fight: Unknown Having spent the better part of the last 5 years losing or fighting nobodies, Arreola’s resume now depends entirely on the Mitchell win. 15) Erkan Teper (13-44) Last Fight: 6/13/2014- RTD6 Newfel Ouatah (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Teper’s effort in his last fight- and perhaps especially in the gym leading up to it- was awful, and he got lucky when his opponent turned out to be almost as out of shape as him, in addition to being an apparent quitter. 16) Alex Leapai (13-32) Last Fight: 4/26/2014- L (KO5) vs. Champ Wladimir Klitschko Next Fight: Unknown Leapai is reportedly interested in fighting Shannon Briggs in the wake of his total non-performance against the Champ. 17) Andy Ruiz (13-32) Last Fight: 5/17/2014- TKO2 Manuel Quezada (UNR) Next Fight: 8/9/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent Ruiz will return in a Unimas-televised fight on August 9. No opponent yet. 18) Seth Mitchell (13-56) Last Fight: 9/7/2013- L (TKO1) vs. Chris Arreola (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Mitchell’s chin is so fragile that he might want to consider calling it a career. Golden Boy’s CEO says he’s advised Mitchell to do just that, though he reports that Mitchell seems to have no such intention. 19) Francesco Pianeta (2-16) Last Fight: 5/30/2014- KO1 Mickael Vieira (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Pianeta says he wants to give Vieira a rematch due to the flukey broken arm that KO’d the Frenchman. The fight was a waste of time the first time, honestly, so I’m not sure we need a second helping, regardless of the reason. 20) Malik Scott (2-2) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- L (KO1) vs. #13 Deontay Wilder Next Fight: Unknown
Undefeated California prospect Gerald Washington destroyed veteran journeyman Travis Walker in a similar amount of time that same night on the non-televised ShoBox undercard, stopping Walker 31 seconds into the second round in what has to be seen as an impressive performance, though “seen” is a strong word, since I never was able to see it.
The following night in Kinshasa, Congo, cruiserweight gatekeeper Zack Mwekassa moved up to heavyweight to win a regional title over very very unproven 11-1 prospect Bernard Adie, whom he stopped in 7.
No changes.
Dan’s Top 20 (Weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20) Champ: Wladimir Klitschko (262-475-475)
Last Fight: 4/26/2014- TKO5 #16 Alex Leapai
Next Fight: 9/6/2014- vs. #5 Kubrat Pulev
It’s looking all but certain that Wlad will fight Pulev on September 6. 1) Tyson Fury (20-20-20) Last Fight: 2/15/2014- TKO4 Joey Abell (UNR) Next Fight: 7/26/2014- vs. #6 Dereck Chisora Fury-Chisora has been made. July 26, in Manchester. The winner will become one of Wlad’s mandatories. 2) Alexander Povetkin (5-349-349) Last Fight: 5/30/2014- TKO7 Manuel Charr (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown
Povetkin wants to return in late October, and wants to rematch the Champ when he’s gotten at least 3 fights in with his new trainer. 3) Vyacheslav Glazkov (5-16-80) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- UD12 #4 Tomasz Adamek
Next Fight: 8/9/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent Glazkov returns in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on August 9, in a fight with an undetermined opponent to be televised on NBC Sports. 4) Amir Mansour (13-13-13) Last Fight: 4/4/2014- Robbery L (UD10) vs. #4 Steve Cunningham Next Fight: Unknown Cunningham had the more sympathetic story and a legitimately great comeback attempt, but Mansour had the better collection of rounds legitimately won. Mansour was robbed even though the fight was close, and deserves Cunningham’s former position in the rankings for his effort. 5) Kubrat Pulev (20-113-190) Last Fight: 4/5/2014- RTD3 Ivica Perkovic (UNR)
Next Fight: 9/6/2014- vs. Champ Wladimir Klitschko
See Klitschko’s notes, above. 6) Dereck Chisora (20-135-198) Last Fight: 2/15/2014- UD12 Kevin Johnson (UNR)
Next Fight: 7/26/2014- vs. #1 Tyson Fury
See Fury’s notes, above. 7) Carlos Takam (4-4-24) Last Fight: 6/6/2014- UD12 #9 Tony Thompson Next Fight: Unknown Takam’s potential appears nearly boundless after he handled Tony Thompson more easily than anyone not named Wladimir Klitschko. 8) Bermane Stiverne (4-8-70) Last Fight: 5/10/2014- TKO6 #13 Chris Arreola Next Fight: Unknown Stiverne is hoping to fight Wilder sometime in November in either Montreal or Las Vegas, while Don King wants to stage it in Mexico for some reason. 9) Steve Cunningham (4-80-80) Last Fight: 4/4/2014- Robbery W (UD10) vs. Amir Mansour (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I hope you’ll all pray for his daughter to recover from her life-threatening health condition, and the guy had guts to come back from the 2 knockdowns. But he didn’t win the fight. 10) Tony Thompson (4-15-214) Last Fight: 6/6/2014- L (UD12) vs. #12 Carlos Takam
Next Fight: Unknown Not that there’s any shame in being beaten by Takam necessarily, but Thompson’s performance was poor enough that you have to start wondering how much he has left. 11) Tomasz Adamek (4-219) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- L (UD12) vs. #18 Vyacheslav Glazkov
Next Fight: 10/18/2014- vs. Artur Szpilka (UNR) Adamek is back on October 18 against all-action gatekeeper Artur Szpilka, in what should be a cash cow for the promoters in Lodz, Poland. 12) Odlanier Solis (4-214) Last Fight: 3/22/2014- L* (SD12) vs. #13 Tony Thompson
Next Fight: Unknown
The Solis haters are out in force, claiming a clear loss in a fight that Solis deserved to win. You might not like his physique or his training habits or his style, but if he outfights the other guy, he still deserves to be respected as a winner at least as much as a disappointment. A loss to Thompson is not that embarrassing, especially when you ought to have won it. 13) Deontay Wilder (8-62) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- KO1 #19 Malik Scott Next Fight: Unknown See Stiverne’s notes, above. 14) Chris Arreola (8-43) Last Fight: 5/10/2014- L (TKO6) vs. #12 Bermane Stiverne Next Fight: Unknown Having spent the better part of the last 5 years losing or fighting nobodies, Arreola’s resume now depends entirely on the Mitchell win. 15) Erkan Teper (13-44) Last Fight: 6/13/2014- RTD6 Newfel Ouatah (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Teper’s effort in his last fight- and perhaps especially in the gym leading up to it- was awful, and he got lucky when his opponent turned out to be almost as out of shape as him, in addition to being an apparent quitter. 16) Alex Leapai (13-32) Last Fight: 4/26/2014- L (KO5) vs. Champ Wladimir Klitschko Next Fight: Unknown Leapai is reportedly interested in fighting Shannon Briggs in the wake of his total non-performance against the Champ. 17) Andy Ruiz (13-32) Last Fight: 5/17/2014- TKO2 Manuel Quezada (UNR) Next Fight: 8/9/2014- vs. Unknown Opponent Ruiz will return in a Unimas-televised fight on August 9. No opponent yet. 18) Seth Mitchell (13-56) Last Fight: 9/7/2013- L (TKO1) vs. Chris Arreola (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Mitchell’s chin is so fragile that he might want to consider calling it a career. Golden Boy’s CEO says he’s advised Mitchell to do just that, though he reports that Mitchell seems to have no such intention. 19) Francesco Pianeta (2-16) Last Fight: 5/30/2014- KO1 Mickael Vieira (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Pianeta says he wants to give Vieira a rematch due to the flukey broken arm that KO’d the Frenchman. The fight was a waste of time the first time, honestly, so I’m not sure we need a second helping, regardless of the reason. 20) Malik Scott (2-2) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- L (KO1) vs. #13 Deontay Wilder Next Fight: Unknown
THE WEEK AHEAD: Saturday Brian Minto vs. Joseph Parker; Manukau, New Zealand; Sky Arena (NZ) Butler, Pennsylvania native Minto went from journeyman to gatekeeper by smacking down the comeback attempt of Kiwi Shane Cameron in December. Now he’s back in New Zealand, looking to derail the rise of extremely talented undefeated prospect Joseph Parker, who so far has had little trouble cutting through the rather soft competition he’s encountered. Minto is his toughest test by a wide margin.
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