Top 25 Prospects Under 25

[VanesBoxing]

Here is a great list of Top 25 Prospects Under 25 from Feb 2006

To qualify for this list a boxer must be under 25 years of age and must not have appeared in a WBC, WBA, IBF or WBO title fight.

Click on TOP 10 Fighter Name to see their current BoxRec.

So how much has changed?? And what does your TOP 10 look like NOW??

[VanesBoxing]

If you want to get an idea as to what kind of opposition these prospects are facing, i did some numbers.

The TOP 10 from that list come in this order if we went with best opposition faced to worse by percentage.

1) Andre Ward - 89%, 8/9 of his opposition have been over .500(Winning Record)
2) Vanes Martirosyan - 80% 8/10
3) Chad Dawson - 74% 7/23
4) Vicente Escobedo - 72% 8/11, (1 of only 2 from the Top Ten list that has been defeated, the other Joel Julio)
5) Andre Dirrel - 63% 5/8
6) Amir Khan - 50% 4/8
7) Abner Mares - 50% 4/8
8) Rock Allen - 44% 4/9
9) Raul Martinez - 40% 6/15
10) Joel Julio - 36% 10/28 (picked up 1st loss)

I guess this would be my current Top Ten list more or less

[50RoX]

That list is out-dated, seems like you only decided to post it after seeing vanes name at number 5. lmao . Anyway number 1 and 4 on that list have both lost recently so imo they no longer deserve to be ranked in that list. I would place vicente somwhere around 20-23 after his loss and would not rank joel julio anywhere in that list after the beating he took from carlos quintana. as for my top 5 prospects, I would defo have guyz like direll, berto, vanes etc. all these guyz have talent to become World champions imo.


peace
50rox

[Tobi.G]

They better add Denis Boytsov to that list!

[PATO 1]

VM doesnt impress me at all at times

[Mr. Ryan]

1. Andre Berto
2. Abner Mares
3. Chad Dawson
4. Vanes Martirosyan
5. Amir Khan
6. Andre Dirrell
7. Raul Martinez
8. Andre Ward
9. Peter Quillin
10. Curtis Stevens

Berto is IMO the best prospect out there right now. He fights like a young Shane Mosley. Dawson is a tall rangy guy with pop, not to mention a southpaw. Vanes reminds me of Kostya Tszyu, but he needs to settle down a bit and set up the right hand better. If he better develops his left, he'll go a long way. All of my questions of Amir Khan should be answered when he steps up in class. Dirrell is solid, I believe Andre is the younger one. The younger one is the one with the upside.

Martinez is well schooled, he should be stepping up soon. Andre Ward has yet to prove to me that he can survive on his skills, but hes got alot of speed. I don't think opponents are gonna fear him like they did Jones. Quillin is a tall, rangy middleweight who doesn't take long to figure out opponents. He makes you miss, then he makes you pay. If he had 10 fights, he'd be at the top of my list. Stevens got stopped prematurely in his last fight, but make no mistake that homeboy is solid. He throws combos like Tyson.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is still too predictable at this stage. He does one thing from one stance. Hes not a big puncher and isn't the hardest to hit, but his body work is reminiscent of his Dad.

[VanesBoxing]

VM doesnt impress me at all at times

especially his last fight, where all he could think about was KO for his fans and his TV debut.

You will see much better things from VANES in his upcoming fights my friend.

[Mech.]

Out of those,I think Bad Chad should be #1


Id like to see more of Raul Martinez,great guy to watch.I think Chavez Jr. is developing nicely myself,mean left hook upstairs and downstairs.

[Hitman932]

johnathon banks (24) 12-0-0 9KO's

WBO NABO Cruiserweight Champ

managed by emmanul steward
extensive amateur background

way better prospect than marrone, stevens, salita or chavez jr.

Andre Direll is being seriously overrated by this poll, hes just too ****y for me to believe he wont get caught slipping.

[PATO 1]

the peterson brothers are big prospects imo