Comments Thread For: BoxingScene 2017 Prospect of the Year Josh Taylor

[KingHippo]

my thoughts exactly. #1 the dude is the smallest welterweight i have ever seen. he needs to move to 140, where he could be the champion since bud left. at 147 he will get spanked hard

That's exactly what I was thinking. I could see him be champion at 140. He seriously lacks power though. A guy like Lipinets would just walk through all that prettiness.

[Shams627]

I’m a big fan of Taylor and think he could clean up at 140 but how the **** is he a prospect?? He’s a world ranked fighter, he’s just beat Miguel Vasquez FFS. Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, Josh Kelly etc are prospects, calling Taylor a prospect is ridiculous IMO

Before the Ohara Davies fight he was definitely a prospect. After beating Miguel Vazquez, he’s now contender/world level and should look to fight for world title in 2018.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Before the Ohara Davies fight he was definitely a prospect. After beating Miguel Vazquez, he’s now contender/world level and should look to fight for world title in 2018.

Agreed man, he should’ve been a prospect of the year pick for 2016, he’s already proven he’s well beyond the prospect level

[Hitman Hodgson]

But what about Erickson Lubin?

What about him? He was KO'd in his last fight.

[Hitman Hodgson]

That's exactly what I was thinking. I could see him be champion at 140. He seriously lacks power though. A guy like Lipinets would just walk through all that prettiness.

Kelly's 5'10 he's hardly small. He does stay quite low which maybe the reason he looks small to you.

[slimPickings]

ohara quit off a jab man, thats unforgivable

I hear you.

The difference in class was stark.
Josh was economical and precise with his punches.
Ohara was just winging punches from a distance. He was soo predictable!!

It was like a pro v a rank amateur.

Not sold on Ohara at all.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Josh Taylor is the truth

[OctoberRed]

I’m a big fan of Taylor and think he could clean up at 140 but how the **** is he a prospect?? He’s a world ranked fighter, he’s just beat Miguel Vasquez FFS. Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, Josh Kelly etc are prospects, calling Taylor a prospect is ridiculous IMO

Disagree.

And for the record, guys like Dubois and Yarde and even Garcia are even world ranked, maybe not in top 15 (for Garcia, Dubois), but they are in top 20-30 and one fight away from being top 15.

[asgarth]

Disagree.

And for the record, guys like Dubois and Yarde and even Garcia are even world ranked, maybe not in top 15 (for Garcia, Dubois), but they are in top 20-30 and one fight away from being top 15.

Its all semantics, but for me a prospect is someone who hasnt beat a top20 guy or challenged for a world title.
After beating a top20 boxer, you become a (fringe) contender.

Taylor faced off against a promising prospect in Davies and had a win against an ex-champ in Vazquez, who probably is in the lower top20s.

I dont see how dubois, Yarde and Garcia can be considered world ranked without even fighting against someone who can put up any resistance.

Yarde has 2 guys who can go rounds, but not win rounds in nemesapati and sjekloca.

Dubois has only wins against opponents who didnt offer anything.

Im not really familiar with Ryan Garcia, but Kellys most recent opponent was able to show him movement, where he needed to invest to the body to slow him down and trap him on the ropes.

[Hmabshir]

Kelly's 5'10 he's hardly small. He does stay quite low which maybe the reason he looks small to you.

I’m not talking about height my man I’m talking about his body structure. He looks like a 140 pounder instead of a WW. It’s why I said he should shrink to 140 and dominate that division, wait a few years then move up to 147. I don’t even see him beating Porter the gatekeeper of 147