Rafael's prospects of the year

[SirTomJones]

Rafael's prospects of the year

Year Fighter
2010 Saul Alvarez
2009 Daniel Jacobs
2008 Victor Ortiz
2007 Amir Khan
2006 Andre Berto
2005 Joel Julio
2004 Samuel Peter
2003 Jermain Taylor
2002 Miguel Cotto
2001 Francisco Bojado
2000 Julio Diaz


What you make of Alvarez being named as the 2010 prospect.

What you make of the picks from the previous years.

2000 - Julio Diaz
Diaz was 19-0-0 leaving 2000.
First loss came a year after the pick in 2001
Diaz is now 37-6-0.

2001 - Francisco Bojado
Bojado was 9-0-0 leaving 2001
First loss came a year after the pick in 2002
Bojado finished 18-3

2002 - Miguel Cotto
Cotto was 13-0-0 leaving 2002.
First loss came in 2008 to Margarito
Cotto is 35-2-0 right now


2003 - Jermain Taylor
Taylor was 18-0-0 leaving 2003.
First loss came in 2007.
Taylor finished 28-4-1

2004 - Samuel Peter
Peter was 21-0-0 leaving 2004
First loss came a year later.
Peter is 34-4-0

2005 - Joel Julio
Julio was 25-0-0 leaving 2005
First loss came 2006.
Julio is 36-4-0


2006 - Andre Berto
Berto was 16-0-0 leaving 2006
Berto is unbeaten
Berto is 27-0-0

2007- Amir Khan
Khan 15-0-0 leaving 2007
First loss was a devastating 1st round KO.
Khan is 24-1-0

2008 - Victor Ortiz
Ortiz 20-1-1 leaving 2008
Lost a year later to Maidana by quiting.
Ortiz is 28-2-2

2009 - Daniel Jacobs
Jacobs 18-0-0 leaving 2009
First loss a year later
Jacobs is 21-1-0

2010 - Saul Alvarez
Alvarez is 35-0-0 leaving 2010

[Chups]

He'll come in the way Berto did.

[Bull24]

Alvarez a prospect or a contender? Doesn't he have a ton of fights by now?

[_original_]

Yikes. Dan Rafael's pick for P.O.T.Y is boxing's version of the Madden cover curse.

[SirTomJones]

7 of them lost again the year following they were picked.

Saul should take the Berto route it looks

[£-4-£]

Cotto is a three-division champ, arguably a future HoF'er.. And he's still going strong. Hard for Saul to have a better career than him

[TuRoK'em]

Cotto is a three-division champ, arguably a future HoF'er.. And he's still going strong. Hard for Saul to have a better career than him

wtf are you talking about.cotto was never that good to begin with and for him to be future hall of famer is like asking for margarito to be a fhof.saul will definitely have a better carrer than cotto

[£-4-£]

wtf are you talking about.cotto was never that good to begin with and for him to be future hall of famer is like asking for margarito to be a fhof.saul will definitely have a better carrer than cotto

Margarito's hand wrap scandal has ruined his chances imo.

I think Marg used the hand wraps against Cotto, so in a rematch it could be a different story. If Cotto wins a rematch then that could cement his legacy.

Everybody knows he was weight-drained and not himself against Pacquiao. No shame in losing to an ATG anyway.

[TuRoK'em]

Margarito's hand wrap scandal has ruined his chances imo.

I think Marg used the hand wraps against Cotto, so in a rematch it could be a different story. If Cotto wins a rematch then that could cement his legacy.

Everybody knows he was weight-drained and not himself against Pacquiao. No shame in losing to an ATG anyway.

yeah you right bro if cotto somehow beats marg in the rematch then yeah he could be considered for the hof.same for margarito in my opinion cause if he beats cotto wouldnt that take away the fact that he ever used wraps against anyone

[MikeRo1972]

He split hairs trying to decide between Lamieux and Alvarez. Both are good calls IMHO. As for Cotto love or hate him he is a borderline HOF'er right now. A win or 2 against top notch opponents will get him in but I don't see him beating an elite 154 Lber such as Sergio Martinez and there is nobody at 147 that I would call an elite opponent other than Manny and we saw how that went. So I guess as of right now I can't say he is a sure fire HOF'er.