Light Heavyweight: 2014, Jul 14-20
Thursday in Miami, Cuban (H)umberto Savigne basically just clubbed the hell out of the stationary target that was Jeff Lacy, or at least the empty shell of what once was Jeff Lacy. This has been true for years, but Lacy needs to retire. He barely tried, and he also behaved like a total novice by trying to complain about borderline shots behind the head that he himself caused by bending and twisting excessively. Savigne dropped him in the first and stopped him in the second for a picnic of a win.
Champ: Andre Ward (97-97-97) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- UD12 #15 Edwin Rodriguez (as SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Ward lost an arbitration with his promoter, but it sounds like the rift between the two is far from solved. Kessler is the latest guy to renew a stated desire to fight him. 1) Adonis Stevenson (58-58-58) Last Fight: 5/24/2014- UD12 #6 Andrzej Fonfara Next Fight: Unknown Stevenson is very likely to fight Bernard Hopkins next, though there have been no negotiations that I’m aware of yet. 2) Bernard Hopkins (97-423-423) Last Fight: 4/19/2014- W (SD12*) vs. Beibut Shumenov (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Hopkins is considering leaving Golden Boy. This would give him free choice between Stevenson, Kovalev, or anyone else, really. Mohammedi is now technically his mandatory, but we’ll see if they find some way around that. 3) Jean Pascal (26-26-26) Last Fight: 1/18/2014- UD12 #16 Lucian Bute Next Fight: Unknown Pascal is pencilled in for a September fight, and perhaps one more before the end of the year. There is currently talk of Tavoris Cloud being the September opponent. That’s a significant step up from Sean Monaghan, who had been the odds-on favorite to fight Pascal on that date. 4) Sergey Kovalev (26-78-78) Last Fight: 3/29/2014- KO7 #15 Cedric Agnew Next Fight: 8/2/2014- vs. Blake Caparello (UNR) Kovalev is back on August 2 against apparently one of the few guys willing to fight him- Australian undefeated prospect Blake Caparello. 5) Tony Bellew (4-144-144) Last Fight: 7/12/2014- TKO5 Julio Cesar Dos Santos (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: Unknown By all accounts, Bellew will fight Cleverly in the fall. The date and location is all that’s left to decide. 6) Andrzej Fonfara (4-48-105) Last Fight: 5/24/2014- L (UD12) vs. #1 Adonis Stevenson Next Fight: Unknown There are rumors of negotiations for a fight with Chad Dawson. 7) Gabriel Campillo (4-212-212) Last Fight: 5/9/2014- TKO7 Ricky Pow (UNR) Next Fight: 8/1/2014- vs. #13 Thomas Williams, Jr. This could be the start of Campillo’s resurgence, or the continuation of his decline. He’ll fight up-and-comer Thomas Williams, Jr. on Friday Night Fights, August 1. 8) Tavoris Cloud (4-255-255) Last Fight: 9/28/2013- L (TKO7) vs. #1 Adonis Stevenson
Next Fight: Unknown A September 27 fight with Pascal is a possibility. 9) Nathan Cleverly (4-232-232) Last Fight: 7/12/2014- TKO4 Alejandro Valori (UNR)(at CW)
Next Fight: Unknown See Bellew’s notes, above. 10) Isaac Chilemba (4-4-128) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- UD10 Denis Grachev (UNR) Next Fight: 8/2/2014- vs. Cory Cummings (UNR) Chilemba will fight on the Kovalev-Caparello card on August 2, taking on mid-level journeyman Cory Cummings in a stay-busy fight. 11) Jürgen Brähmer (4-117) Last Fight: 6/7/2014- UD12 Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Braehmer looked solid for 11 of the 12 rounds against Bolonti. It’s said that he aspires to a Hopkins fight. 12) Karo Murat (4-38) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- L (UD12) vs. #2 Bernard Hopkins Next Fight: Unknown Murat wants Braehmer, his former stablemate, but is now without a promoter, which probably means Sauerland isn’t falling all over themselves to make that fight. 13) Thomas Williams, Jr. (4-25) Last Fight: 4/24/2014- TKO3 Enrique Ornelas (UNR) Next Fight: 8/1/2014- vs. #7 Gabriel Campillo See Campillo’s notes, above. 14) Cedric Agnew (4-66) Last Fight: 6/27/2014- RTD2 Shannon Miller (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown After taking a risk against Kovalev and coming up short, I can only assume that his prospects for a regional title bout against Dudchenko and a IBF eliminator against Sukhotsky might both be out the window at least for the moment. 15) Edwin Rodriguez (4-53) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- L (UD12) vs. Champ Andre Ward Next Fight: Unknown Rodriguez was scheduled to fight Marcus Johnson on May 24, but Johnson quickly withdrew. 16) Hadillah Mohoumadi (4-55) Last Fight: 11/30/2013- TKO5 Bartlomiej Grafka (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 17) Cornelius White (4-135) Last Fight: 1/24/2014- L (TKO1) vs. Thomas Williams, Jr. (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Never blessed with big-time promotional or managerial ties, White has risked becoming a permanent opponent with his last two losses. 18) Eleider Alvarez (4-77) Last Fight: 5/24/2014- UD10 Alexander Johnson (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 19) Lucian Bute (4-89) Last Fight: 1/18/2014- L (UD12) vs. Jean Pascal (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Bute wants his contractually-guaranteed rematch with Pascal, a fight that appears tentatively planned for late in the year. He recently parted ways with his long-time trainer, and says he’s in no hurry to get back in the ring. 20) Dmitry Sukhotsky (4-4) Last Fight: 6/4/2014- UD12 Joey Vegas (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I can’t find a video anywhere, but Sukhotsky’s win over Joey Vegas in Russia was suspiciously close.
No changes.
Dan’s Top 20 (weeks in current position-weeks in top 10 (if applicable)-weeks in top 20)
Champ: Andre Ward (97-97-97) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- UD12 #15 Edwin Rodriguez (as SMW) Next Fight: Unknown Ward lost an arbitration with his promoter, but it sounds like the rift between the two is far from solved. Kessler is the latest guy to renew a stated desire to fight him. 1) Adonis Stevenson (58-58-58) Last Fight: 5/24/2014- UD12 #6 Andrzej Fonfara Next Fight: Unknown Stevenson is very likely to fight Bernard Hopkins next, though there have been no negotiations that I’m aware of yet. 2) Bernard Hopkins (97-423-423) Last Fight: 4/19/2014- W (SD12*) vs. Beibut Shumenov (UNR)
Next Fight: Unknown Hopkins is considering leaving Golden Boy. This would give him free choice between Stevenson, Kovalev, or anyone else, really. Mohammedi is now technically his mandatory, but we’ll see if they find some way around that. 3) Jean Pascal (26-26-26) Last Fight: 1/18/2014- UD12 #16 Lucian Bute Next Fight: Unknown Pascal is pencilled in for a September fight, and perhaps one more before the end of the year. There is currently talk of Tavoris Cloud being the September opponent. That’s a significant step up from Sean Monaghan, who had been the odds-on favorite to fight Pascal on that date. 4) Sergey Kovalev (26-78-78) Last Fight: 3/29/2014- KO7 #15 Cedric Agnew Next Fight: 8/2/2014- vs. Blake Caparello (UNR) Kovalev is back on August 2 against apparently one of the few guys willing to fight him- Australian undefeated prospect Blake Caparello. 5) Tony Bellew (4-144-144) Last Fight: 7/12/2014- TKO5 Julio Cesar Dos Santos (UNR) (at CW) Next Fight: Unknown By all accounts, Bellew will fight Cleverly in the fall. The date and location is all that’s left to decide. 6) Andrzej Fonfara (4-48-105) Last Fight: 5/24/2014- L (UD12) vs. #1 Adonis Stevenson Next Fight: Unknown There are rumors of negotiations for a fight with Chad Dawson. 7) Gabriel Campillo (4-212-212) Last Fight: 5/9/2014- TKO7 Ricky Pow (UNR) Next Fight: 8/1/2014- vs. #13 Thomas Williams, Jr. This could be the start of Campillo’s resurgence, or the continuation of his decline. He’ll fight up-and-comer Thomas Williams, Jr. on Friday Night Fights, August 1. 8) Tavoris Cloud (4-255-255) Last Fight: 9/28/2013- L (TKO7) vs. #1 Adonis Stevenson
Next Fight: Unknown A September 27 fight with Pascal is a possibility. 9) Nathan Cleverly (4-232-232) Last Fight: 7/12/2014- TKO4 Alejandro Valori (UNR)(at CW)
Next Fight: Unknown See Bellew’s notes, above. 10) Isaac Chilemba (4-4-128) Last Fight: 3/15/2014- UD10 Denis Grachev (UNR) Next Fight: 8/2/2014- vs. Cory Cummings (UNR) Chilemba will fight on the Kovalev-Caparello card on August 2, taking on mid-level journeyman Cory Cummings in a stay-busy fight. 11) Jürgen Brähmer (4-117) Last Fight: 6/7/2014- UD12 Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Braehmer looked solid for 11 of the 12 rounds against Bolonti. It’s said that he aspires to a Hopkins fight. 12) Karo Murat (4-38) Last Fight: 10/26/2013- L (UD12) vs. #2 Bernard Hopkins Next Fight: Unknown Murat wants Braehmer, his former stablemate, but is now without a promoter, which probably means Sauerland isn’t falling all over themselves to make that fight. 13) Thomas Williams, Jr. (4-25) Last Fight: 4/24/2014- TKO3 Enrique Ornelas (UNR) Next Fight: 8/1/2014- vs. #7 Gabriel Campillo See Campillo’s notes, above. 14) Cedric Agnew (4-66) Last Fight: 6/27/2014- RTD2 Shannon Miller (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown After taking a risk against Kovalev and coming up short, I can only assume that his prospects for a regional title bout against Dudchenko and a IBF eliminator against Sukhotsky might both be out the window at least for the moment. 15) Edwin Rodriguez (4-53) Last Fight: 11/16/2013- L (UD12) vs. Champ Andre Ward Next Fight: Unknown Rodriguez was scheduled to fight Marcus Johnson on May 24, but Johnson quickly withdrew. 16) Hadillah Mohoumadi (4-55) Last Fight: 11/30/2013- TKO5 Bartlomiej Grafka (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 17) Cornelius White (4-135) Last Fight: 1/24/2014- L (TKO1) vs. Thomas Williams, Jr. (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Never blessed with big-time promotional or managerial ties, White has risked becoming a permanent opponent with his last two losses. 18) Eleider Alvarez (4-77) Last Fight: 5/24/2014- UD10 Alexander Johnson (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown 19) Lucian Bute (4-89) Last Fight: 1/18/2014- L (UD12) vs. Jean Pascal (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown Bute wants his contractually-guaranteed rematch with Pascal, a fight that appears tentatively planned for late in the year. He recently parted ways with his long-time trainer, and says he’s in no hurry to get back in the ring. 20) Dmitry Sukhotsky (4-4) Last Fight: 6/4/2014- UD12 Joey Vegas (UNR) Next Fight: Unknown I can’t find a video anywhere, but Sukhotsky’s win over Joey Vegas in Russia was suspiciously close.
The Week Ahead: No light heavyweight action on tap for this week.
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