Comments Thread For: BoxingScene Roundtable: Who is a dark horse in 2025?

[garfios]

You beat me to it
He will be the next light heavyweight champ

Maybe SMW if given the chance. Yoenis Tellez and Jadier Herrera are worth keeping an eye on them too.

[garfios]

A dark horse would be if Tszyu or Berlanga (the horror!) reemerged as champions, for example.

You're right, but we all know what they were asking. I mentioned Iglesias because canelo is the champ, but he won't fight a guy like Osley.

[MulaKO]

Maybe SMW if given the chance. Yoenis Tellez and Jadier Herrera are worth keeping an eye on them too.

They were talking about him going up to 175
Maybe it was for a fight as I’ve seen he fought up to 173

[LA_2_Vegas]

Pretty sure this is the same article as a couple days ago, same names were used


My pick is Jose Valenzuela Jr. Putting him the dark horse category

Not many were picking him against Pitbull and he put on a clinic. Now, dnot many are picking him against Gary Antwune Russell.

This was a notable prospect who lost to dark horse type in Edwin De Los Santos. DLS is someone who I would have added to a list like this a couple years ago so I don't look down on the loss (plus it was a great fight where both men were down).

I thought Rayo deserved the decision in the first Colbert fight and he subsequently stopped him in the rematch. I think he's "back" and ready to be an issue again, yet nobody really cares all that much, so 'm putting him in the dark horse category.

[HandsofIron]

Joseph Parker

[garfios]

They were talking about him going up to 175
Maybe it was for a fight as I’ve seen he fought up to 173

He's a 168 pounder but canelo is hoarding and keeping the belts hostage. So he might have to migrate north. I don't see ginger giving him a chance. Out of the three Cubans around that weight he might be the most dangerous.

[MulaKO]

He's a 168 pounder but canelo is hoarding and keeping the belts hostage. So he might have to migrate north. I don't see ginger giving him a chance. Out of the three Cubans around that weight he might be the most dangerous.

That was one reason I had heard from his promotional backers

[The D3vil]

Ditto on Sheeraz.

I think he will be the guy at 160.

Dubois is rising while Usyk, Fury, Wilder, & Joshua are getting older.

He might end up being the guy.

Don't sleep on Iglesias, either.

[ShoulderRoll]

He's a 168 pounder but canelo is hoarding and keeping the belts hostage. So he might have to migrate north. I don't see ginger giving him a chance. Out of the three Cubans around that weight he might be the most dangerous.

He’s not even on Canelo’s radar. Why doesn’t he fight someone in the top 10 in the mean time?

[garfios]

He’s not even on Canelo’s radar. Why doesn’t he fight someone in the top 10 in the mean time?

Every good boxer in canelo's division is on his radar, he needs to make sure who's a thread and who's not. Iglesias has 13 fights none against losing boxers, two undefeated including. And he's ranked in almost every major organization including The Ring at #3. I think he knows who he is.