which 3 prospects in the last 7 years were the most hyped

I would say broner, jumping division while its at its hottest moment to fight Pauly and look like sh1t. Then all the hype people are sayin he so talented.

Lopez is surely the biggest joke of all. When I first signed up here his hype was incredible.

JuanMa for sure, the way his career fizzled out and so early when he should probably be in his PRIME as a fighter right now is extremely disappointing Also Amir Khan and Victor Ortiz when they was fighting at 140 was extremely hyped up as fighters, they was suppose to be carrying GBP right now and was suppose to be GBP Top Fighters but both CHOCKED! Ortiz QUIT against Maidana and Khan got knocked the fuk out a few times Andre Berto same like JuanMa should be in his Prime right now and should be at the top of the Welterweight Division at this very moment but now he is punch drunk at 30 years old and pretty much done

Jeff Lacy's hype was pretty extraordinary. He might be the one. Lopez and Gamboa were talked about being the future faces of boxing, and that obviously didn't pan out.

I wouldn't really consider Andre Berto to be a "hyped" fighter. I don't remember anyone ever saying he would be the next Mayweather or Pacquiao, if anything he was sorta seen as the next Shane Mosley. Granted that didn't pan out for him either. His power was pretty hyped but I don't think anyone ever was praising him the way people were praising Broner, Canelo, Ortiz, Alexander, or Khan in their heydays.

JuanMa Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa were both absurdly hyped up to the point that their two names were inseparable for a few years. Then Lopez got exposed by Salido, and Gamboa threw his promotional support away by signing and then backing out of his Rios contract. Lopez is considered washed up now and Gamboa isn't even on the P4P radar anymore. How times change. Devon Alexander was very hyped both before and after his Urango KO, it didn't last very long with his next three fights against Kotelnik, Bradley, and Matthysse, where he probably should have lost all three of them (if not for Don King scoring). Those three performances really killed all the hype Devon had and nowadays it seems he's been sidelined from big fights at welterweight. I never bought into the Victor Ortiz hype until his destruction of Berto. After that I thought maybe he was the real deal after all and would finally live up to his "Vicious" name. But the way he lost his cool with Mayweather and then basically accepted how that fight ended really made me lose a lot of respect for him. I think he's a fun fighter to watch but he reminds me of Kermit Cintron in that I'll always be questioning his mental fortitude in any of his future fights. Broner and Canelo have a ton of hype behind them too; I still feel that there's more skill than hype with those two than the other fighters I named but it remains to be seen.

Does Jeff Lacy count in that time frame? Because he would certainly be #1. The only "Hype Job" I consider to be worse than him is Tavouris Cloud but he didn't have the hype Lacy did. Agreed http://www.fightreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/calzaghe_lacy.gif

Does Jeff Lacy count in that time frame? Because he would certainly be #1. The only "Hype Job" I consider to be worse than him is Tavouris Cloud but he didn't have the hype Lacy did.

Canelo/Broner. Who else remembers the Rocky Juarez hype? Damn, I wanted that kid to be something.