Cruiserweight stew

There are lots of matches on the horizon with top 40 cruisers in either corner:

• September 26th - Michael Cieslak vs. Shawn Cox (official)
• October 2nd - Victor Emilio Ramírez vs. Ovill McKenzie (official)
• November 4th - Denis Lebedev vs. Lateef Kayode (official)
• November 4th - Dmitry Kudryashov vs. Ola Durodola (official)
• November 4th - Rakhim Chakhkiev vs. Ola Afolabo (official, pending result of Chakhkiev vs. Hamilton Ventura, tomorrow)
• November 28th - Roy Jones Jr. vs. Enzo Maccarinelli (in the works)
• December 12th - Victor Emilio Ramírez vs. Tony Bellew (pending result of Ramírez vs. McKenzie)
• December 12th - Firat Arslan vs. Goran Delic (official)
• Early 2016 - Krzysztof Głowacki vs. Dmitry Kudryashov (pending result of Kudryashov vs. Durodola)
• Early 2016 - Grigory Drozd vs. Ilunga Makabu (in the works)

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I've got:

Michał Cieślak TKO1 Shawn Cox (but this is a shootout that could go either way; the only guarantee is that it ends within 3..)
Victor Emilio Ramírez TKO6 Ovill McKenzie
Denis Lebedev RTD8 Lateef Kayode
Dmitry Kudryashov KO3 Ola Durodola
Ola Afolabi SD12 Rakhim Chakhkiev
Roy Jones Jr. KO4 Enzo Maccarinelli
Victor Emilio Ramírez TKO11 Tony Bellew
Firat Arslan UD12 Goran Delic
Dmitry Kudryashov TKO7 Krzysztof Głowacki
Grigory Drozd MD12 Ilunga Makabu


...you?

 

None of those are far-fetched.

Jones' chin is Jones' chin and Enzo is a much bigger man with a known punch. (I'm just having a hard time envisioning the lummox steering clear of that leaping hook, as even the geriatric Roy still has an edge in athleticism in this one...and he'll only need to land one such hook to crack Macca's even worse jaw)

Głowacki stopped Huck of all people (who most thought nigh unstoppable at CW, given that he soaked up Povetkin's shots like they were nothing up @ HW) so nothing would be surprising about that...but have you seen anything specific that makes you question Kudra's resistance? I'm just not sure how Głowacki is going to bypass that dangerous early period where Kudra has every advantage over him (lots of size, much quicker starter, and has that southpaw-slaying right hand and can wreck the body just as well in case Głowacki decides to go turtle-shell)

Makabu stopping Drozd is perhaps the least controversial of what I'm assuming were the potentially controversial three on your list. Makabu is considered up there with Kudra in terms of smashing quotient at the moment, with really fearsome power - and Drozd still does have the unsightly blemish on his record of having been stopped by feather-fisted Arslan (I do so love me some Firat, but the guy is a pretty light hitter) even if that was a decade ago with lots of polishing since. I just think Drozd is currently a bit slicker defensively and overall better than Mchunu (who nearly took Makabu the distance, and kept it close on the cards)