Name your 10 favorite heavywieght prospects

[Drunken Cat]

Basically the criteria is that the fighter has yet to fight at the upper-echelon (i.e. Arreola, Chambers (each fought contenders matches)). I'd also exclude guys like Solis with his amateur pedagree and Chazz Whitherspoon who's basically a journeyman now imo.

The idea is fighters who are unproven but who have potential to be something. As such, I'm not asking for a list of guys you consider the most talented necessarily (although that would be fine too), but rather for the guys you currently have an eye on.

[Drunken Cat]

In no particular order:


1.

Alexander Ustinov

won 17 (KO 14) + lost 0 (KO 0)

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...4868&cat=boxer

Kickboxing record
Total 63
Wins 53
By knockout 31
Losses 8
By knockout 0
Draws 1
No contests 1

Height: 6'7 1/2
Weight: 300+



2.
Mike Perez

won 8 (KO 6) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 8

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...uman_id=438253

* As an amateur was the winner at light heavyweight of the 2004 Junior Championships.
* He defected to Ireland in 2007.

3.
Deontay Wilder

won 7 (KO 7) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 7

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...8841&cat=boxer



4.
Tor Hamer

won 8 (KO 6) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 8
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...7477&cat=boxer

Amateur achievements

* 2008 National Golden Gloves Super heavyweight champion

Hamer from Gleason's Gym beat southpaw Lenroy Thompson in the quarter final avenging his only loss to win the national golden gloves. His record was 34-1.
Personal

Hamer was raised in Harlem as well as suburban Baltimore, he attended private and charter schools until attending Penn State for his B.A. He has a Harvard-educated father and a Villanova-educated mother, both of whom work in education.

[IMG]http://guesto***uest.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/80364.jpg[/IMG]

[Drunken Cat]

5. (The big man from Lebanon)

Manuel Charr

won 12 (KO 6) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 12

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...4362&cat=boxer



6. (The big man from India)

Gurcharan Singh

won 20 (KO 11) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 20

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...4684&cat=boxer

Guru boxed on the India Olympic Team in the 2000 Olympics as a Light heavyweight. His results were:

* Defeated Ki Soo-Choi (South Korea) 11-9
* Defeated Danie Venter (South Africa) RSC 4
* Lost to Andriy Fedchuk (Ukraine) 12-12 (Fedchuk won the decision.

7. (The big man from the Rogue Valley in Oregon, where I'm from)

Mike Wilson

won 1 (KO 1) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 1

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...8977&cat=boxer

Amateur Highlights

2004 and 2005 United States Super heavyweight champion

2005 AIBA World amateur champions, as a Super heavyweight

* Defeated Mohamed Amanissi (Morocco) 27-20
* Defeated Rustam Rygabayev (Kazakhstan) 26-18
* Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) RSCO 1

8.
David Price

won 1 (KO 1) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 1

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...3755&cat=boxer

2007 AIBA World championships

Price competed as a Super Heavyweight at the 2007 AIBA World Amateur championships in Chicago. His results were:

* Defeated Marko Tomasovic (Croatia) 23-11
* Defeated Mohamed Samoudi (France) RTD 2 (1:02)
* Defeated Primislav Dimovski (Macedonia) 20-4
* Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) walk-over

Olympic games results

2008 (as a Super heavyweight)

* Defeated Islam Timurziev (Russia) RSC 2 (0:31)
* Defeated [[Jaroslavas Jak�to]] (Lithuania) RTD 1 (retired with a back spasm
* Lost to Roberto Cammarelle (Italy) RSC 2 (1:10)

[Drunken Cat]

9. Travis Kauffman:

Was going to be my pick but I just checked his boxrec and I see he was just KO'd tonight in the 4th round lol.
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...3636&cat=boxer

won 18 (KO 15) + lost 1 (KO 1) + drawn 0 = 19

10. (The big man from China)

Zhang Zhilei

Olympic results

* Defeated Mohamed Amanissi (Morocco) 15-0
* Defeated Ruslan Myrsatayev (Kazakhstan) 12-2
* Defeated Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) walk-over

[edit] World amateur championships results

2003 (as a Super heavyweight)

* Lost to Grzegorz Kiełsa (Poland) 8-22

2005 (as a Super heavyweight)

* Defeated Vugar Alekperov (Azerbaijan) 20-11
* Lost to Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 7-17

2007 (as a Super heavyweight)

* Defeated Nurpais Torobekov (Kyrgyzstan) RSCO 3
* Defeated Rustam Rygebayev (Kazakhstan) 20-10
* Defeated Daniel Beahan (Australia) KO 2
* Lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) 11-21 (placed 3rd)

[Drunken Cat]

Let me know what you think. No need to post a list, but I would appreciate views on any of the fighters I listed.

[Drunken Cat]

I gotta add one more (heard he's going pro soon):

Roberto Cammarelle

Amateur Highlights

* Italian Heavyweight Champion 2000/2001, Italian Super Heavyweight Champion 2002-2007
* 1998 competed as a Heavyweight at the Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Result was:
o Lost to Steffen Kretschmann (Germany) PTS (4-12)
* 2002 2nd place at the European Championships in Perm, Russia as a Superheavyweight. Results were:
o Defeated Peter Yatsura (Slovakia) PTS
o Defeated Gaga Bolkvadze (Georgia) PTS
o Defeated Artyom Tsarikov (Ukraine) PTS
o Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS
* 2002 2nd place at the Military World Championships in Curragh, Ireland. Lost to Sebastian Köber (Germany) PTS (7-16)
* 2004 2nd place at the European Championships in Pula, Croatia. Results were:
o Defeated Sebastian Köber (Germany) RSC
o Defeated Csaba Kurtuzs (Hungary) RSCO
o Defeated David Price (Great Britain) PTS
o Defeated Sergey Rozhnov (Bulgaria) PTS
o Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS
* 2004 won the Military World Championships in Fort Huachcua, United States.
* 2004 3rd place at the Athens Olympics. Results were:
o Defeated Gbenga Oloukun (Nigeria) PTS (29-13)
o Defeated Alexey Mazikin (Ukraine) PTS (23-21)
o Lost to Alexander Povetkin (Russia) PTS (18-31)
* 2005 3rd place at the World Championships in Mianyang, China. Results were:
o Defeated Ivica Bacurin (Croatia) RSCO
o Defeated Alexander Apanasenok (Belarus) RSCO
o Defeated Michael Wilson (United States) RSCO-1
o Lost to Roman Romanchuk (Russia) PTS (27-34)
* 2006 competed at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Results were:
o Defeated Modo Sallah (Sweden) DSQ-3
o Lost to Islam Timurziev (Russia) PTS (21-36)

* 2007 won the World Championships in Chicago, USA. Results were:
o Defeated Nelson Hysa (Albania) PTS (20-2)
o Defeated José Payares (Venezuela) PTS (27-4)
o Defeated Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) PTS (12-5)
o Defeated David Price (Great Britain) Walkover
o Defeated Islam Timurziev (Russia) Walkover
o Defeated Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) PTS (24-14)

* 2008 Beijing Olympics
o Defeated Marko Tomasović (Croatia) PTS (13-1)
o Defeated Oscar Rivas (Colombia) PTS (9-5)
o Defeated David Price (Great Britain) RSC-2
o Defeated Zhang Zhilei (China) RSC-4

* 2009 won the World Championships in Milan, Italy Results were:
o Defeated Roman Kapitonenko (Ukraine) PTS (10:5)
o Defeated Viktar Zuyeu (Belarus) RET (1:0)
o Defeated Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) PTS (12:6)
o Defeated Rok Urbanc (Slovenia) PTS (14:0)
o Defeated Michael Hunter (USA) PTS (8:1)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cammarelle

(This sort of breaks my rule about amateur pedagree, but Cammarello hasn't fought professionally so he's still a prospect imo).

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[NakiFan]

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[The Hammer]

My top ten heavyweight prospects:

Denis Boytsov - he's ready to be tested against a top contender.

Robert Helenius - He seems to be rapidly improving. He'll fight Rene Dettweiller next on Oct 17.

Andrzej Wawrzyk - I'm very impressed by what I saw in videos of his fights. He's strangely become inactive lately though - is he injured?

Vyacheslav Glazkov - this 2008 Olympian has a style well-suited to the pros

Francesco Pianeta - not the most talented, but Sauerland has done a great job of developing him. His biggest test will be tomorrow vs. Matt Skelton.

Deontay Wilder - I think they're bring him along too slowly, he should be fighting a little better quality of clubfighter

Ondrej Pala - had a great fight with Boytsov a few years ago, and was robbed in his match with Dettweiler. He has very good potential.

Tyson Fury - he's doing great for a 21 year old. I expect him to improve and become a top contender by age 24 or 25.

Vladimir Tereshkin - definitely one to watch, but has not yet been really tested

Maxim Maslov - another one with all the tools to become a heavyweight contender.

[HeartAttack]

I thought Zhilei was staying amateur for 2012. I hope I'm wrong but I swore I read it on this site yesterday. How is Chazz Witherspoon not a prospect? He lost once, that's a poor assesment. And Eddie Chambers has fought three people in the top 10 rankings at heavyweight and beaten two and gave away the other. He is no longer a prospect but a top 5 heavyweight. Arreola is a different fighter, and is about to fight his first top 10 heavyweight in Vitali. As for the guys I actually like Denis Boytsov has finally convinced me he isn't a flash in the pan. I've always liked Ondrej Pala, Gbenga Olokun has intrigued once again after I was disappointed with his performance against Charr. Robert Helenius is on there, Adam Richards used to be until he smartly moved to cruiserweight, Bermane Stoverne is a little old and a bit chinny but the guy goes for the kill everytime in the ring, and Pianeta and Deontay Wilder round out my young guys to watch. There is some decent talent in the younger portion of the heavyweight ranks, and tonight's fight between Tony grano and Travis Kauffman was a good thing for the division and it's young. Plus I hear it was a good fight.