Prospect of year: Vasyl Lomachenko - ESPN Video

[TitoFan]

Yeah..... he's the antithesis of the Canelo's and Chavez Jr's of the world. They're bringing him up awful fast, whereas these other guys fight 50 bums before seeing a live opponent. Polar opposites.

Wouldn't be nice to see amateurs actually taking fights to improve their development rather than just pad their records

Yes it would. Unfortunately that didn't happen to the late Sulaiman's proteges. They come from the school of "record padding". Hype the shit out of them.... feed them bums for 40-50 fights.... and award undeserved PPV status. Hell... with that M.O. even Boy George would've been a boxing champion.

Yeah I understand the need for building a prospect a little, you don't want anything to stiff or dangerous. You want your young fighter to build confidence and learn as he progresses. Not everyone is going to be as capable as Rigondeaux or Lomachenko right out of the box but each fight should be a step up of some sort, opponent has a good chin, more experienced, a southpaw, power, speed etc

Well like with anything else, you got your normal process and you got your extremes. Normal process you develop the boxer little by little.... increasing the quality of his opponents gradually. It's the blueprint used by most fighters. Then you got your extremes. In Loma's case, the guy's such an otherworldly talent that they're literally giving him world-class opposition right off the bat. Well... that and his vaunted amateur record. On the other extreme, you got your Canelo's and Junior's. The other 99% of the boxing population get brought along normally.