Best Boxer Under The Age Of 25?

[AntonTheMeh]

canelo. for now.

[_original_]

Canelo of coarse. Although, hasn't his true age been questioned before?

[LA_2_Vegas]

Ah, forgot about Julian Williams. Zewski is 25.

My bad I had a feeling he was overgrowing prosect status. Time for him to step it up. Good thread i picked up some new names to follow from the poll.

[pvj]

By far Canelo is the more accomplished....but I think Valdez may be the most talented.

[VAGAB0ND]

A little background on who I think are the top 4 contenders for being the best fighter under the age of 25:

1. Naoya Inoue - 21 yrs. old - 6W(5KO)-0L-0D - W.B.C. Light Flyweight Champ. Combined record of his opponents is 107W-22L-10D, which is unheard of for a fighter so young. Best wins: Adrian Hernandez and Ryoichi Taguchi.

I recommend Inoue vs. Hernandez if you've never seen him fight.

2. Juan Francisco Estrada - 24 yrs. old - 26W(19KO)-2L-0D - W.B.O. & W.B.A. Unified Flyweight Champ. Best wins: Brian Viloria and Milan Melindo. Only 2 losses are to former or current world champions Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. and Roman Gonzalez.

I recommend you watch Estrada vs. Gonzalez and Estrada vs. Viloria if you've never seen him fight before.

3. Francisco Rodriguez Jr. - 21 yrs. old - 16W(11KO)-2L-0D - I.B.F. & W.B.O. Unified Minimumweight Champ. Best wins: Katsunari Takayama and Merlito Sabillo. 1 of his 2 losses was to undefeated 2 division former champion Roman Gonzalez.

I recommend you watch Rodriguez Jr. vs. Takayama if you haven't seen him fight before.

4. Canelo - 24 yrs. old - I'm sure everyone already knows enough about Canelo.

Here's some info on some of the other fighters:

Felix Verdejo - 21 yrs. old - Just beat Oscar Bravo recently, who is a very durable journeyman. Diego Magdaleno, who is much older and more experienced than Verdejo fought Bravo not too long ago. I think Verdejo did just as good, if not better than Magdaleno.

Omar Figueroa - 24 yrs. old - W.B.C. Lightweight Champ. Just stopped the durable Daniel Estrada in his last fight. Had a F.O.T.Y. candidate last year against Nihito Arakawa. Beat the giraffe s**t out of fellow prospect Michael Perez a few years back. Great action fighter. Probably won't have the longest career.

Frankie Gomez - 22 yrs. old - Beat the elephant s**t out of Vernon Paris in his last fight. Great action fighter like Figueroa, but seems to be a lot smarter, and a much better boxer.

Jermell Charlo - 24 yrs. old - Best win is Gabriel Rosado, which is a great win for such a young fighter. I mean Peter Quillin went life and death with Rosado, and Gennady Golovkin gets praised for his win over Rosado.

Tomoki Kameda - 23 yrs. old - W.B.O. Bantamweight Champ. Shined in his U.S. debut on Showtime Extreme with a bodyshot K.O. against Singyu. Beat Paulus Ambunda a few fights ago. Ambunda is Scott Quigg's upcoming opponent. Quigg is fighting leftovers and seems to get much more hype and praise than Kameda.

Gilberto Ramirez - 23 yrs. old - He's beaten a bunch of solid journeyman, seems to have good power, and works the body a lot. Tall and strong. Has a lot of potential. Ramirez vs. Chavez Jr. in about a year or two could be huge.

[BOXEO _]

Jesse Vargas, and it ain't even close.

[New England]

i was gonna say b-hop but then i found out he is almost 50

[New England]

i was gonna say andre ward. i don't give a f#ck how old he is.

[-Kev-]

No Marvelous Marvin Sonsona? He just got a decent win over WV2.

Lol, you should have said 25 or below, that way there would be some competition, like Thurman, Broner, Fortuna, Quigg.

[$mannyFresh]

Refreshing thread. The kind of stuff you would expect to see on the biggest (?) boxing forum.

I picked Estrada. The smaller weights get no love. Everyone's obsessed with the 140-154 pounders.

Canelo is just not versatile enough. Guy needs a new trainer -- someone to be the brains in his corner because he has shown little adaptability in most of his recent fights.