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Who are your favorite prospects?
Criteria:
1) No more than 20 fights
2) Can not have fought for a WBA, WBO, WBC or IBF title
3) Minor titles (i.e. EBU, NABA, Commonwealth, International) are ok
My picks are the following
1) Abner Mares
2) Ronald Hearns
3) Andre Ward
4) Andre Dirrell
5) Amir Khan
Y. Gamboa stands out.....Might be eary but Looks top notch promising
Amir Khan
Tony Bellew
1. AJ Banal
2. Odlanier Solis
My clear favorites are these in no order. No telling who's going to be better then who but these are the front runners. Those are the most sure things imo except for Williams but Williams is going to be good. Banal, Ward and Mares are all going to be titlist within the next 2 years imo.
Aaron Williams
Andre Ward
Abner Mares
Yuriorkis Gamboa
AJ Banal
Andre Berto
The Peterson Brothers, especially Lamont but both are very good.
Then there are a whole host of others who have accomplished different levels of success early on.
Peter Quillin
Joe Greene (who we will see tonight on WNF)
Devon Alexander
Chazz Witherspoon (though he needs to pick it up)
Tovaris Cloud
Matt Goddfrey
Yoan Pablo Hernandez
Alfredo Angulo
Victor Ortiz
Antonio Johnson (if he is still fighting, he went back to Minnesota from CA and it was a bad move imo)
Then there are guys who have just turned pro recently but I think they have potential to be very good.
Rico Ramos
Mike Dallas Jr.
Mark Davis Jr.
Qaid Muhammad
Kevin Buckley
Beibut Shumenov (Who was a very good amateur but disappointed in Athens. He might just get a title shot before any of the people on these bottom two lists and he's only 5 fights in.)
There are loads others I have written down elsewhere in a notebook but these are the ones off my head after thinking a bit.
Andre Berto !!
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Originally Posted by Mar
What did you think of Ward when you saw him? I was at that card too.
AJ Banal
I sharing the Spicoli opinion , yea Gamboa , he is close to get World Title fight........that kid is good....:cool:
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Originally Posted by amat
Badass list..
Couple of mine and my favourites of yours will do me nice
Gamboa - This guy is wicked.. But nosirr not near the title fight.. Let him learn his trade someore and be the big names' sparring partner earn some good cash and perfect his game.(Just that someone mentioned that)
Berto
Khan
Kid Chocolate
Danny Jacobs
Mean Joe Greene
Mares
Jorge Terron
Rashiem Jefferson
Y. Gamboa and Vernon Paris.
Man wish i would've known...me and the wife had a good time. What could anyone think, for what ward was against and his limited comp before that i'd have to say he looked great, too early to tell about the future though. Nice to see a boxer from the bay doin it somewhat big lol !!Quote:
Originally Posted by amatQuote:
Originally Posted by Mar
What did you think of Ward when you saw him? I was at that card too.
My favorite prospects in no particular order:
Andre Ward
Alfredo Angulo
Jhonathan Banks
Roman Gonzalez
AJ Banal
Aaron Williams
Odlanier Solis
Alexander Povetkin
Yuriokis Gamboa
Juan Carlos Burgos
Yohnny Perez
Joe Greene
Paul McCloskey
James Moore
Ronald Hearns
Abner Mares
Vernon Paris
Amir Khan
There were some more but they were just a bit over 20 wins. Good thread.
Theres a few guys i like out there that i didnt put down cos theres a fine line where a fighter is still a prospect or has had enough losses or fights to consider them otherwise..
But.. they are still up and coming..
Bernabe Concepcion... I consider him as the top 122 lbs. prospect... Even higher than Juan Manuel Lopez...
Concepcion will be fighting this weekend's "Latin Fury" card in Mexico...
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