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    Default What do you look for in a prospect?

    Say a kids coming up in the amateur ranks. What do you for in the kid? Style? Heart? Smarts? Resilience? The ability to lose a fight and not get disheartened?

    Also does every prospect start off strong with good records? Or do some come off to a slow start and work their way up?

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    Default Re: What do you look for in a prospect?

    I would say it's all about potential, and continual postive progress win or loose. This question is a little out of my leauge since i'm not extremly knowledgable on the sport (hell i only even started to watch to have better knowledge of who i was betting on) but that just my opinion.
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    Default Re: What do you look for in a prospect?

    consistancy, how much they rely on basics and how much they rely on basics and defense. See what they try to get away with and what they are attempting to do. See their dimensions etc. Look at the rest of the people in their division and try to guess if they'd be able to defeat them etc. Also look at who they are fighting
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    Default Re: What do you look for in a prospect?

    I look to see what they have in their all around game. Are they all offense? are they mostly defense? how do they handle pressure?

    Of course you can not expect each aspect of their game to be perfect but you like to see that they have a little bit of each. If I see an up and coming fighter who is one dimensional I lose interest pretty fast.

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    Default Re: What do you look for in a prospect?

    Natural ability isnt enough to see you through in this sport, you have to have the desire and the will to be a champion.

    A footballer every so often can be great, do great things and not exactly be the most determained of sportsman, exact same with a basketball player or a pro golfer.

    In boxing though your essentially going to get hurt at some point and its all about wanting it bad enough.

    Uncle co-runs an amateur gym and he swears by the fact a great 14-15 year old prospect wont neccesarily be the kid that steps between the ropes and dazzles everyone with his amazing fast hands, accuracy etc, rather one that has courage and determination in him!!

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    Default Re: What do you look for in a prospect?

    Quote Originally Posted by southpawed View Post
    Say a kids coming up in the amateur ranks. What do you for in the kid? Style? Heart? Smarts? Resilience? The ability to lose a fight and not get disheartened?

    Also does every prospect start off strong with good records? Or do some come off to a slow start and work their way up?
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