What's wrong with Puerto Rican boxing?

[ELHURACAN58]

Nothing is wrong with Rican fighters if anything we have a nice stash of young prospects that will end up being champs soon:

José "Chelo" González
Félix "El Diamante" Verdejo
Janiel "Pototto" Rivera
Noel "Shut-Up" Echevarría
Enrique "Kikin" Collazo
Jayson Vélez
José "Sniper" Pedraza
McJoe Arroyo
Mc Williams Arroyo
Jonathan "Bomba" González
Alex 'el Pollo' de Jesús (this MF has all the talent in the world but has a hard head!)
Carlos 'El Chicano' Cotto
Jonathan "Mantequilla" González
Roberto Acevedo
Keith "Machine Gun" Tapia
José "Wonder Boy" López
Edgardo "Eggie" Laboy
José "Wonder Boy" López
Abner Cotto
Cesar Seda Jr
Gabriel "Tito" Bracero
Thomas Dulorme (not fully prican)
And many more.......

So you see we are here to stay and this next wave of future champs will hit stardom and put us on the map again. Ill be happy if 10 of these become champ.

The question now is....what you got???

Never doubt our heritage of great boxers. We will shine again!

What do you think about Janiel Rivera? Think he's the goods?

Also apparently you think very highly of Wonder Boy Lopez since you put him twice in the list...

[DondiNeverLeft]

They still have Orlando Cruz!

I wonder if your a boxing fan of his or something else.
Its okay. I wont ask.

[DondiNeverLeft]

The problem with the latest prospects is not being "exposed". First shouldnt one have some sort of popularity or show a bit of invulnerability before your "exposed"?

Del Valle and Dalorme For instance were rushed too fast not to mention poor promoting....Imagine if these guys took the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. route....they would be 55 and 0 with 40 kos....then fight a challenge.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Following your logic why china is not the best in the world?

Partly for the same reason that there are so many Mexican champs in boxing: culture. The Chinese don't have nearly the same interest in boxing as some other countries. Why aren't there any great Mexican gymnasts at the Olympics? With their massive population, China would have quite a few world champs if they cared about boxing the way Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans do.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Puerto Ricans just have a small pool to draw from, despite their love of the sport. It's understandable that there's a lull right now in their game. There'll be more P.R. champs soon enough.

[$coinblatt$]

Nothing is wrong with Rican fighters if anything we have a nice stash of young prospects that will end up being champs soon:

José "Chelo" González
Félix "El Diamante" Verdejo
Janiel "Pototto" Rivera
Noel "Shut-Up" Echevarría
Enrique "Kikin" Collazo
Jayson Vélez
José "Sniper" Pedraza
McJoe Arroyo
Mc Williams Arroyo
Jonathan "Bomba" González
Alex 'el Pollo' de Jesús (this MF has all the talent in the world but has a hard head!)
Carlos 'El Chicano' Cotto
Jonathan "Mantequilla" González
Roberto Acevedo
Keith "Machine Gun" Tapia
José "Wonder Boy" López
Edgardo "Eggie" Laboy
José "Wonder Boy" López
Abner Cotto
Cesar Seda Jr
Gabriel "Tito" Bracero
Thomas Dulorme (not fully prican)
And many more.......

So you see we are here to stay and this next wave of future champs will hit stardom and put us on the map again. Ill be happy if 10 of these become champ.

The question now is....what you got???

Never doubt our heritage of great boxers. We will shine again!

[whitealltrac]

Typo

What do you think about Janiel Rivera? Think he's the goods?

Also apparently you think very highly of Wonder Boy Lopez since you put him twice in the list...

I added him twice by mistake. I think very highly on this next wave of future champs.

[A-Wolf]

Na they're stepping up. It will happen to the prospects from anywhere. PR prospects are taking the biggest risks. Big props.

Cotto ain't no exception. PR prospects are taking bigger risks than him.

That was Bob Arum's choice. Cotto would have always fought everyone. He would have lost much sooner doing that but his guts can't be questioned.

[Sifo]

and that's how it should be. they've got by more people then puerto rico does. you should be embarrassed that there's been a rivalry between pr and mexico. that's like a middleweight being competitive with a heavyweight. for shame.

[Bretty Poy32]

its the dark age of pr boxing