Rank the Top 10 at Light Heavy 1 year from now.

EDIT: In case you are reading this and don't see the post date, this is from 1/19/12...

Here are the current Ring Magazine rankings as of 10/2/13:
C- Adonis Stevenson
1. Bernard Hopkins
2. Sergey Kovalev
3. Nathan Cleverly
4. Chad Dawson
5. Tavoris Cloud
6. Karo Murat
7. Tony Bellew
8. Isaac Chilemba
9. Juergen Braehmer
10. Jean Pascal

Below is my original post.

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One calendar year from now, what will the Ring top 10, or 11 with the lineal title potentially in play, look like? Make some predictions too. I'll bump it in a year.

Rank them. If you don't want to go exactly by the Ring, then just go by what you believe the consensus opinion will be.

None of them have fought thus far into 2012. The current Ring top 10 as of 1/19/12:

C- Bernard Hopkins
1- Jean Pascal
2- Tavoris Cloud
3- Chad Dawson
4- Nathan Cleverly
5- Adrian Diaconu
6- Zsolt Erdei
7- Beibut Shumenov
8- Karo Murat
9- Gabriel Campillo
10- Ismayl Silakh

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My prediction:

C- Bernard Hopkins
1- Chad Dawson
2- Tavoris Cloud
3- Nathan Cleverly
4- Beibut Shumenov
5- Ismayl Silakh
6- Jean Pascal
7- Karo Murat
8- Isaac Chilemba
9- Adrian Diaconu
10- Eduard Gutknecht

-Despite me thinking Campillo is amongst the best, it is clear that he will never get decisions or respect, and if you predict him to lose to Cloud as I do, then he'd have to get ranked guys to face him afterwards, doubtful.
-I believe Pascal, Erdei, Braehmer, and Campillo will provide the best wins over the year.
-I think Hopkins fights once in the calender year against a respectable guy.
-Expect big things from Silakh.
-I expect Cleverly and Shumenov to roll on and defend their titles.
-I think Dawson beats Pascal in a re-match. If somehow Hopkins steps up and re-matches Dawson, I predict Dawson to be the Lineal, Hopkins towards the top 1-3, and Pascal still up there. If that happens and Pascal fights two other opponents, I'll still predict he loses as long as they are amongst fellow top 10 guys.
-Gutknecht gets on due to steady and solid defenses of his EBU title. If he isn't on the list, I bet whoever defeats him is.
-Murat retains his positioning while fighting below average opposition. If he does step it up against a fellow top guy, I think he loses.

 

Very good, I like.

I agree with Shumenov. I'm a big fan, and hope he gets big fights. I'm not really sure what's out there for him other than Erdei, Murat, or Braehmer (I hope he never talks to that ***** Juergen ever).

I think Cleverly is already consensus top 4-6 at LHW. I think he will maintain that by virtue of winning 3 fights, building towards a "super fight" with Froch coming up or something like that.

 

I would like Shu/Cam III. They've each got one robbery each, 1-1.

Not sure the best future of Shumenov would be that route. As much as I believe in Shumenov, I'd probably pick Campillo. Plus, as the champion, I would expect his side to look for something else. Besides, if Campillo loses to Cloud, the excuse of him coming off a draw and defeat consecutively is right there.

 

-I juggled with Campillo's odds of winning the Cloud fight AND his ability to get somebody else to man up and fight him before years' end to re-establish himself into the top ten echelon. I think most people underrate him. I currently have him probably 5th, but most likely have him 8-10.

-Johnson moving back up to 175 is a good shout. I considered it heavily, but remembered he's coming off his elbow surgeries. Wouldn't be shocked if all he got was a small time FNF at the end of the year or something.

 

I agree. I actually haven't seen the first but have heard that Shumenov should have won it and got hosed.

I gave it to Campillo 7-4-1. I thought it was exciting...

Round - Campillo - Shumenov II
1 - 9 - 10
2 - 10 - 10
3 - 9 - 10
4 - 10 - 9
5 - 9 - 10
6 - 10 - 9
7 - 10 - 9
8 - 10 - 9
9 - 10 - 9
10 - 9 - 10
11 - 10 - 9
12 - 10 - 9

 

If he could get Cleverly to agree later in the year, that would be a great fight for his legacy. I'd pick Johnson in that one too.

Miranda vs. Chilemba is going down. Miranda won't mean much after that, unless he wins (which I'd be surprised).