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2015-01-10
2014 IN REVIEW- Assorted Prospects and Organizational Contenders (continued)
Pictured: lightweight Felix Verdejo

Part XXI of TTR's review of 2014 continues to peruse the activity of some leading prospects and some formerly and/or soon-to-be TTR-ranked fighters.

The focus of this segment of the review will be on welterweights, super lightweights, and lightweights.

As in Parts XIX and XX, the fighters in this section will be listed by division in alphabetical order.

WELTERWEIGHTS:

Devon Alexander (26-3, 14 KOs)
- 6/21- W UD 10 Jesus Soto Karass
- 12/13- L UD 12 Amir Khan

Andre Berto (29-3, 22 KOs)
- 9/6- W UD 10 Steve Upsher Chambers

Kevin Bizier (23-2, 16 KOs)
- 5/24- W TKO-2 Carlos Leonardo Herrera
- 9/27- W TKO-1 Laszlo Fazekas
- 12/19- L SD 12 Jo Jo Dan (Ionut Dan Ion)

Leonard Bundu (31-1-2, 11 KOs)
- 8/1- W SD 12 Frankie Gavin
- 12/13- L UD 12 Keith Thurman

Luis Collazo (35-6, 18 KOs)
- 1/30- W KO-2 Victor Ortiz
- 5/3- L UD 12 Amir Khan

Djamel Dahou (13-0, 12 KOs)
- 9/12- W KO-1 Said Yazidu
- 12/19- W KO-1 Daniel Valenzuela
(Note: Dahou holds a minor organizational world title.)

Jo Jo Dan (Ionut Dan Ion) (34-2, 18 KOs)
- 5/22- W TKO-5 Lukasz Janik
- 12/19- W SD 12 Kevin Bizier

Antonin Decarie (31-2, 10 KOs)
- 2/5- W TKO-2 Cesar Chavez
- 3/28- W UD 10 Pablo Munguia
- 9/27- W TKO-5 Ivan Pereyra

Ali Funeka (36-4-3, 29 KOs)
- 5/31- W KO-4 Mzolisi Yoyo
- 9/21- W TKO-8 Boitshepo Mandawe
- 11/15- W Unan. Tech. Dec. 11 Roman Belaev
(Note: Funeka holds an organizational world title.)

Frankie Gavin (21-1, 13 KOs)
- 3/29- W UD 12 Sacky Shikukutu
- 8/1- L SD 12 Leonard Bundu
- 10/24- W TKO-2 Mate Hornyak
- 11/29- W UD 12 Bradley Skeete

Rafik Harutjunjan (8-0, 5 KOs)
- 3/17- W TKO-7 Franck Petitjean
- 5/26- W UD 6 Mikheil Avakyan
- 10/13- W UD 12 Ilya Prymak
(Note: Harutjunjan holds a minor organizational world title.)

Dusty Hernandez Harrison (25-0, 13 KOs)*
- 1/31- W UD 8 Tim Witherspoon, Jr.
- 3/7- W UD 6 Michael Balasi
- 5/17- W TKO-4 Roberto Valenzuela
- 7/26- W UD 8 Wilfredo Acuna
- 11/1- W KO-1 Michael Clark
(*- record includes Hernandez Harrison's 1/9/15 UD 10 win over Tommy Rainone.)

Josesito Lopez (33-6-0-1 ND, 19 KOs)
- 4/24- W TKO-5 Aaron Martinez
- 9/11- W UD 8 Rafael Cobos

"Super" Steve Martin (10-4-1, 9 KOs)
- 2/7- W SD 8 Jean Moraiti
- 3/14- W TKO-6 Isaac Quartey
- 5/16- W KO-1 Anto Nakic
- 6/27- W KO-3 Gyorgy Varju
- 8/22- W TKO-10 Graham Earl
(Note: Martin holds a minor organizational world title.)

Mario "Rocky" Meraz (23-4, 19 KOs)
- 5/16- W UD 10 Javier Carrera
- 6/21- L TKO-4 Jason Pagara
- 8/15- W TKO-6 Lizandro De los Santos
- 11/7- W KO-4 Fidel Monterrosa (Fidel Monterrosa Munoz)
(Note: Meraz holds a minor organizational world title.)

Victor Ortiz (30-5-2, 23 KOs)
- 1/30- L KO-2 Luis Collazo
- 12/13- W TKO-3 Manuel Perez

Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23 KOs)
- 8/2- W DQ-9 Diego Chaves

Chris van Heerden (22-1-1, 11 KOs)**
- 2/6- W TKO-4 Cosme Rivera
- 4/16- W SD 10 Ray Narh
(**- record includes van Heerden's 1/9/15 SD 10 over Cecil McCalla.)

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTS:

Antonio DeMarco (31-4-1, 23 KOs)
- 1/11- W TKO-2 Jesus Gurrola
- 8/23- W UD 10 Lanardo Tyner
- 11/23- L UD 12 Jessie Vargas

Frankie "Pitbull" Gomez (18-0, 13 KOs)
- 4/26- W KO-2 Orlando Vazquez
- 7/25- W UD 10 Vernon Paris

Zolani Marali (24-5, 13 KOs)
- 7/18- W SD 12 Kaizer Mabuza
(Note: Marali holds a minor organizational world title.)

Karim Mayfield (19-2-1, 11 KOs)
- 3/29- L UD 10 Thomas Dulorme
- 7/18- L UD 10 Emmanuel Taylor
- 11/8- W UD 8 Michael Balasi

John Molina, Jr. (27-5, 22 KOs)
- 4/26- L KO-11 Lucas Matthysse
- 9/13- L UD 10 Humberto Soto

Emmanuel Taylor (18-3, 12 KOs)
- 2/14- L UD 10 Chris Algieri
- 7/18- W UD 10 Karim Mayfield
- 9/6- L UD 12 Adrien Broner

Jason Pagara (34-2, 21 KOs)
- 4/11- W KO-7 Rusmin Kie Raha
- 6/21- W TKO-4 Mario "Rocky" Meraz

Johan Perez (19-2-1-1 NC, 13 KOs)
- 5/10- W TKO-10 Fernando Monte de Oca
- 7/12- L MD 12 Mauricio Herrera

Michael Perez (21-1-2, 10 KOs)
- 4/28- W UD 10 Jorge Romero
- 9/6- W UD 10 Jared Robinson

Joey Williams (12-2-1, 4 KOs)
- 2/22- W MD 12 Ty Gilchrist
- 10/18- W UD 12 Rusmin Kie Raha
(Note: Williams holds a minor organizational title.)

LIGHTWEIGHTS:

George Ashie (25-4-1, 18 KOs)
- 12/5- W KO-2 Allan Kamote

Daniel Estrada (32-3-1, 24 KOs)
- 8/16- L KO-9 Omar Figueroa

Dierry Jean (27-1, 19 KOs)
- 1/25- L UD 12 Lamont Peterson
- 6/3- W TKO-8 Mario "Pocho" Perez
- 9/27- W KO-5 Daniel Ruiz

Allan Kamote (25-8-4, 14 KOs)
- 3/29- W TKO-7 Karage Suba
- 10/5- W UD 12 Osgood Kayuni
- 12/5- L KO-2 George Ashie
(Note: Kamote holds a minor organizational world title.)

Yoshitaka Kato (29-5-1, 9 KOs)
- 1/11- L MD 12 Masayoshi Nakatani
- 4/30- W TKO-7 Yuhei Suzuki
- 7/23- W TKO-8 Tsukasa Saito
- 12/6- W UD 10 Nihito Arakawa

Hammerin' Hank Lundy (25-4-1, 12 KOs)
- 2/21- W UD 10 Angelo Santana
- 5/31- W KO-2 Gerardo Cuevas
- 12/6- L SD 10 Thomas Dulorme

Kevin Mitchell (38-2, 28 KOs)
- 3/15- W TKO-2 Mikheil Avakyan
- 5/31- W TKO-11 Ghislain Maduma

Masayoshi Nakatani (9-0, 5 KOs)
- 1/11- W MD 12 Yoshitaka Kato
- 5/7- W UD 12 Ricky Sismundo
- 10/28- W UD 12 Futoshi Usami

Petr Petrov (35-4-2, 17 KOs)
- 2/21- W UD 6 Fedor Papazov
- 3/28- W TKO-4 Chris Rudd
- 5/23- W TKO-8 Fernando Carcamo

Ivan Redkach (18-0, 14 KOs)***
- 1/17- W UD 10 Tony Luis
- 6/27- W UD 10 Sergey Gulyakevich
(***- record includes Redkach's 1/9/15 TKO-6 win over Yakubu Amidu.)

Brett William Smith (19-2-1, 9 KOs)
- 3/8- W TKO-3 Non Sithsaithong
- 7/19- W Unan. Tech. Dec. 7 Jerry Nardo
(Note: Smith holds two minor organizational world titles.)

Eduard Troyanovsky (20-0, 17 KOs)
- 5/30- W TKO-4 Anton Bekish
- 10/24- W TKO-5 Jose Alfaro
- 11/28- W KO-1 Jose Agustin Feria

Felix Verdejo (16-0, 12 KOs)
- 1/25- W KO-1 Lauro Alcantar
- 3/22- W TKO-3 Juan Santiago
- 4/19- W KO-1 Ivan Zavala
- 6/7- W TKO-1 Engelberto Valenzuela
- 8/16- W UD 8 Oscar Bravo
- 10/4- W KO-3 Sergio Villanueva
- 12/13- W TKO-4 Karim El Ouazghari

Daud Cino Yordan (33-3-0-1 ND, 24 KOs)
- 12/20- W KO-5 Ronald Pontillas
 
Article By: Ken Pollitt