
The Panel: Who is the best up-and-comer in boxing?
The third of a five-part series. We reached out to lifelong boxing insiders who have various skills and experience in the industry. In this installment: What up-and-comer are they following and why?

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The third of a five-part series. We reached out to lifelong boxing insiders who have various skills and experience in the industry. In this installment: What up-and-comer are they following and why?

Heavyweight Richard Torrez Jnr, who believes sometimes his kindness can be mistaken for weakness, is looking to prove that nice guys don’t finish last.

Each training camp, junior middleweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jnr trains beside one of his childhood boxing favorites, Jose Ramirez. It’s a privilege which he doesn’t take lightly.

Heavyweight Pryce Taylor is eager to learn, as he spent this camp with Javan “Sugar” Hill in Florida.

Samuel Castellanos’ recent knockout win was paved by his many trips to Bozy’s Dungeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kevin Gudino – a rookie bantamweight prospect who notched a first-round knockout last Saturday – is tracing the humble roots of his manager, Arnold Barboza Jnr.

Heavyweight Gurgen Hovhannisyan made it a short night Friday when he stopped Chris Thomas inside three rounds at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.

Angel Barrientes made his case for contending at junior featherweight with a 10th-round technical knockout of Jorge De Jesus Romero on Friday in Orlando, Florida.

Junior featherweight Angel Barrientes is now rated No.15 by the WBA, but hopes one day to fight Naoya Inoue

Heavyweight Gurgen Hovhannisyan, who will headline a DAZN card Friday, told BoxingScene. “I wake up, I remember why I started: to make history. That fire … it never goes out.”