You're in charge of that boxing prospects site? Great job and thank you for a job well done.
Yeah it's completely done by me at the moment, so it's really nice to see topics like this popping up on forums, makes it feel like it's not a complete waste of time. The idea of the site is so that boxing fans can learn about the next generation of stars before they are stars and I hope to open fans eyes to some fighters.
Sadly with boxing rarely on free TV in the UK (where I am) and the US these type of guys don't get the exposure that they deserve and I feel that it's down to us (the fans) to give these guys some publicity. No point in being hugely talented but totally unknown. That's why I love these links being shared, posted on sites like this and facebook, it's letting the fighters get some often needed publicity.
I'm going to say that Camilo Perez is my favourite from the bunch, he looks to be someone very special and someone who could seriously dominate. Young, talented and with an excellent boxing brain, their may be no limit for him.
Glad to hear that plenty of people liked the article, we do a lot of research on them and hope they are handy.
This ones flopped a bit on here which is strange as it's certainly one of the most interesting topics to myself. Ponomarev is one of the most impressive Eastern Europeans out there and with a style that is very much a "Pirog" based one as opposed to a "textbook" one.
The fact Mexico has so many top teenager prospects is a testament to the fact that they have some really promising youngsters. It's just a shame that a fair few of them will have suffered burn out by their mid 20's in our eyes. Canelo Alvarez also needs to be carful to not suffer burnout as well-he may be a strong kid but that much action at such a young age will take it's toll on you.
So you're his promoter or manager or something?
I wish, I'd love a cut of what he'll make before his careers over. I just write for the site that that link is from. I've spoken about various prospects from around the world but Inoue is the one that stands out so far as having the most upside. He's very young, very highly skilled, likely to be able to pick between either 108 or 112 in the next few years and will likely grow out and fill into a solid guy at 118.
Though in all honesty it's his innate ability to know what punches to throw when the video of his debut shows somethings you rarely see in such a novice.
Yeah, a shame the US audiences don't get to see more of the lower weights, though it was great of Wealth TV to show the Gonzalez v Estrada and Viloria Marquez double header.
I think it's odder that the US audiences think fighters need to go to the US to make a name for themselves despite being huge stars back home. Imagine someone like Marco Huck who is a star in Germany fighting in the US, he'd get no attention in the US but get plenty in his homeland.
Do people care about the lower divisions in the states? For some reason I don't think they care too much about guys under 118 anyway...
Exactly he won't need to make it in the states, in fact I'd be incredibly shocked if he ever did make his name in the US, though the US isn't the home of boxing any more, especially not in the weights that we will see Inoue fighting at.
Honestly i can't see him being on iokas level yes the kid is good. But he is just a prospect and if he sharpens the edges no doubt he'll be champ and not just a paper champ if he stays at flyweights he'll absolutly dominate.
108 and 112 do look insane in regards to young talent at the moment-
Gonzalez, Ioka, Casimero, Rios, Alvarado, Juarez, Ceja, Saengthep, Yedras and Jose Alfredo Rodriguez are all in the Boxrec top 50 at 108 and all under 26!
I know exactly what he took, that whole pills in the amino tub was just a Red herring, he actually took designer kidney tablets to block the metabolites of steroids, these pills are specifically designed so once ingested they don’t excrete the metabolites , so when they give a urine sample, they don’t excrete the metabolites and the test comes back negative.
it is the same thing many top fighters take, it can be adminstered in many forms the top two are orally or nasal.
you can see ODLH,Mayweather,Berto and plenty other in actual fight footage taking these.
the reason they take it in plain site is the actual drug only has a window of effectiveness of about 30 minutes, after administered it takes the drug roughly 45 minutes to be completely effective and then they have 30 minutes after the loading phase to actually take the piss test, otherwise the drug will no longer be effective and they risk pissing dirty.
This is the reason chavez jr takes and stall to gives his urine test after fights cause he does not take this till after his fights. most take it right before the fight so right after they can give a urine test.
With Matthysse stopping Dallas so quickly, it could screw Lucas, if you're right, right?
The kid is very good, everything about him
Sadly like almost everyone else fighting in Japan and at lighter weights, we will probably never get to see him
His debut was/is floating about on youtube. :)
I would have posted about oguni yukinori but he just got ko ed by a journeymen he was looking good world ranked at just 10 fights opbf title now back to square one. Why do americans tend to think when a fighter loses his 0 that there done for?
His first win over Gasca was big news, I want to know why he never seemed to be able to replicate that and actually struggled in the rematch with Gasca. Still he is very young and.can certainly rebuild himself.
This kid honestly has it all. Former amateur stand out, unreal understanding of the sport and that "it" factor. He's going to be a star with out a doubt.
Josh Wale looks a good fight at some point for Yafai though I'd stay away from Jamoye for the time being, the Belgian is probably a bit too good for the next 12 months.
Yafai though should be looking to moving in to the world rankings. It's perhaps a shame that Bantamweight it's self, especially at world level, is very tough with Yamanaka, Moreno, Santa Cruz (even if he's not staying their for long), Ruiz, Kameda, Singyu and Rungvisai. Even on the fringes of world level you have guys like Iwasa, Ceja, Santillan, Demecillo.
Yafai can run to through the British level guys, and maybe even get close to Jamaoye by the end of the year, but let him walk when he reaches European level and not run or he'll end up coming undone against an opponent with the experience to punish his mistakes.
Wow that win has jumped him in to the top 250 on Boxrec, pretty damned impressive for a guy with just 3 fights. Hopefully they don't rush him too much to a national title level though as the Argentinian national scene isn't weak at 154 or 147
Don't use boxrecs ratings too seriously, they have Errol Spence in a similar posoition despite Spence never having faced anyone of Roldan's level.
Cunningham is a great litmus test for Fury and one I think he'll pass. Cunningham is the most athletic guy with out a doubt but he's not going to be able to get Fury's respect and he'll also struggle to get beyond the Fury jab (which despite his size is very fast).
For the guy saying that Cunningham will lose just because of his size, I think you're over simplifying things a tiny bit and have also forgotten the vast age difference as well as the "ring age" difference. Fury has only really had 1 genuinely tough bout (don't mention him being dropped by Neven Pajik, it was the first McDermott fight) whilst Cunningham has made a career from having hard fights. Those wars with the likes of Hernandez, Adamek (the first fight anyway), Huck and Ross at world level will take a lot of miles and add them to your clock.
At 36 and with the physical disadvantages and the wear and tear I'll certainly be backing Fury.
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Castano took a 6 round Unanimous decision against Roldan. Not sure on the scores but Castano seemed to take a round or two off. When he put his foot on the gas he was landing at will to the head or body. Also he showed some very nice movement and foot work.
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that fight didnt loo like a second debut fight, props to them.
Yeah Castano was a genuine amateur talent which I think explains why he doesn't look like such a novice. Think he almost had some experience in the WSB (he signed with the Argentinian team according to the WSB's website, though I can't find any record of him fighting in the competitions).
Wow he looks good. Reminds me of Jorge Linares' early fights. He was another hard hitting prospect who fought like a patient veteran. I hope Castano does a better job fulfilling his potential.
I remember being in a weird state of man love with a young Linares. He had everything a fighter could want at 126, was young, good looking, talented and had that "it" factor. Real shame he failed to live up to expectation, though he was a 2-weight world champion at a very young age and if Castano can become a 2-weight champion I'd not complain.
For me Linares is still one of the most attractive to watch fighters on the planet. The way he puts punches together is just beautiful.
Jorge always made offense look so effortless it really was a thing of beauty. Shame his power never really carried up or he'd have genuinely been a special fighter.
I'm genuinely loving what I've been able to seen of this kid. It's rare to see a debutant (as he was in that video) so bloody minded in his assault. Hopefully he'll continue in that vein as we have so few body snatchers (Ioka is pretty nasty to the body though)
Yeah it's great to see however we need to hope that he doesn't end up too devoted to the body attack as he steps up. If he can mix it up as Ioka does then I think we may have one of the most promising youngsters in the sport.
Dirrell should have done better if you want to speak about US Olympians, sadly however the rest are very much a forgetful bunch (other than Gary Russell Jr who needs to hurry up and step up!)
I know I don't post here often but I do love seeing some of the prospects mentioned on here. The list of Light Heavyweights is very exciting, nice to see the Gevor name is living on and I'd love to see that Hungarian who was sparring with Erdei.
Yeah, very surprised at the sparring level of some of these guys, Cleverly and Erdei being 2 notable example.
That body shot in the video is one of the nastiest body shots I've seen from a prospect in a long time. Only other prospect who throws shots like that to the mid-section is Bryan Castano.
I'm not too sold on Browne if I tell the truth, though I'm looking forward to Hooper's debut and he could well be a very good one to keep an eye on over the coming few years.