By Scott Gilfoid: #13 WBA fringe contender Frank Buglioni (17-1-1, 13 KOs) hasn’t even fought for a world title yet against WBA “regular” super middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov (13-0, 10 KOs) yet, and already he’s looking past him towards dream fights against George Groves and IBF 168lb champion James DeGale.

What makes the dream so odd is it involves Groves needing to beat WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack in their fight on September 12th, so it’s kind of an involved dream that requires Groves to do his part by getting past Jack.

Buglioni and Chudinov will be facing each other on September 26th at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.

Buglioni is seen as a tremendous underdog in the minds of a lot of boxing fans in his fight against Chudnov, but Buglioni, a fighter with tremendous confidence, doesn’t see it that way. He feels he’s going to win the fight. All I know is unless Buglioni shows more talent than what I’ve seen of him in his recent fights against Lee Markham, Fernando Castaneda, Ivan Jukic, Sam Couzens, Sergey Khomitsky, Andrew Robinson and Alexey Ribchev, then I can’t see Buglioni winning the fight.

“You will see a career best Frank Buglioni on the 26th September, my preparations so far have been excellent,” Buglioni said. “It would be a great if we [Groves] both win our world title fights. A unification fight him at Stamford Bridge in the summer would be a dream come true as we are both big Chelsea fans.”

Oh boy, Buglioni appears to be really dreaming here. Not only is he likely get knocked out cold by Chudinov, who I rate as a lot better fighter than his brother Dmitry Chudinov, but I don’t see Groves as being able to beat Jack. No way I do I see Groves beating Jack. Badou Jack has too much talent, too much power, and Groves has a chin problem that will be exposed in their fight.

The 26-year-old Buglioni’s level was already shown in his recent fights against Lee Markham last May and Sergey Khomitsky last year in April. Buglioni was given what I consider a gift 10 round draw against Markham. I had Buglioni losing that fight. In his fight against Khomitsky, he was stopped last year.

I don’t see any improvement at all in Buglioni. I mean, he’s still very, very slow and upright. He fights in a rigid manner like he has no flexibility in his upper body at all. His power isn’t that great, his hand speed poor, as well as his defense. I just think Buglioni is going to be a sitting duck for Chudinov. I don’t rate Chudinov as a good champion, but I think he’s more than good enough to beat the likes of Buglioni.

Chudinov was supposed to have fought Buglioni earlier this year, but he suffered a nose injury while training for the fight and that lead to the fight being postponed. There was talk of Chudinov fighting the highly rated and very talented Vincent Feigenbutz next instead of Buglioni, but unfortunately that fight will have to wait until Chudinov gets Buglioni out of the way. Feigenbutz is such a far better fighter in my mind than Buglioni.

There’s no comparison at all. I mean, if you throw Buglioni in the ring with Feigenbutz, it would be like throwing a guppy in with a shark in my view. Feigenbutz would likely obliterate Buglioni in three rounds or less. Heck, I could see Feigenbutz winning the fight by a 1st round knockout once he lands his first solid blow to the head of Buglioni.

Chudinov is coming off of a nice 12 round split decision win over the aging former middleweight champion Felix Sturm last May to capture the vacant World Boxing Association “regular” super middleweight title. I had it as a clear win for Chudinov without it being split. The fight was in Germany, so I Chudinov should be lucky that he got the victory at all.

I see this as a very, very easy fight for Chudinov in beating the over-matched Buglioni. Unfortunately, Buglioni didn’t have to beat anyone good to get this title shot. I mean, he’s pretty much backing into this fight off of a draw against Lee Markham and a loss to Khomitsky. It’s kind of a backwards way for Buglioni to get a title shot. He should have had to beat someone to actually get the fight. Buglioni’s wins over obscure fighters like Castaneda, Jukic, Couzens, Robinson and Ribchev shouldn’t have been enough for him to be getting a world title shot. I would have liked to have seen Buglioni at least beat someone like Julius Jackson, Feigenbutz and Rogelio Medina to be getting a title shot.