prospect watch list

[taftcorb]

I have a prospect list that I send out once per week. It lists prospects by weight class w/ their records, next opponents, where they'll be televised, and a summary of the boxer(If I've seen them before). There are prospects listed that I have not seen. If any of these guys has a bad outing or loss, they are removed............Ricardo Williams, Daniel Eduoard, Francisco Bojado, & Nurhan Suleymanoglu are good examples. If you would like my weekly update, just leave your email on this post, leave it in a message through boxrec, or email me a request at [email protected]. I take all suggestions and will add and remove prospects if I get enough feedback.

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THE LIST I SEND OUT EACH WEEK IS IN A MUCH BETTER FORMAT

List of Boxing prospects, records, and their next scheduled bouts
*boxer that I have personally seen fight

heavyweight
Alexander Dimitrenko (14-0) 10 KO's 7/31 Ross Puritty
Audley Harrison* (17-0) 12 KO's
Brian Minto* (18-0) 11 KO's *decent speed and technique, very undersized
Eliseo Castillo (18-0-1) 14 KO's *Tactful. Quick. Moves good defensively. Made Moorer look his age
John Poore (14-0) 14 KO's
Malik Scott* (18-0) 9 KO's
Nicolay Valuev (37-0) 28 KO's
Ruslan Chagaev (11-0-1) 9 KO's 7/31 Jose Da Silva
Samuel Peter* (19-0) 17 KO's 8/5 Jovo Pudar Showtime
Matt Skelton (14-0) 13 KO's 7/30 Ross Puritty

cruiserweight
Chad Van Sickle (17-0-1) 10 KO's 7/30 Luke Munsen ESPN2
David Haye* (10-0) 10 KO's 9/10 Carl Thompson *KO'd an old Arthur Williams early. Looked good, but not tested
Felix Cora Jr.* (14-0-2) 7 KO's *Cruiserweight record-most punches thrown in 1 fight. good body work
Matt Godfrey* (4-0) 2 KO's *Accurate, good composure
Mauro Ordiales (11-0) 11 KO's
Steve Cunningham (15-0) 8 KO's
Valery Brudov (28-0) 21 KO's

light heavyweight
Allan Green* (13-0) 9 KO's *Quick. Stays busy. Good jab. Good counter-puncher
Kai Kurzawa (16-0) 11 KO's
Rico Hoye (17-0) 14 KO's
Tomasz Adamek (27-0) 20 KO's
Yusef Mack* (16-0-2) 10 KO's *KO'd Wiggins just like Jeff Lacy and Rico Hoye did

super middleweight
Carl Froch (13-0) 10 KO's
Dennis Inkin (19-0) 14 KO's 9/4 TBA
Enrique Ornelas* (17-0) 11 KO's *Throws combos of meaningful punches. can't wait to watch again
Jeff Lacy* (16-0) 13 KO's *NC against Tsypko was a step up in class. Lacy was much better
Librado Andrade* (19-0) 13 KO's *Impressive. Quick with flash KO power. Has trouble against a jab

middleweight
Arthur Abraham (12-0) 12 KO's 9/4 Nader Hamdan
Chad Dawson (14-0) 10 KO's
Eric Regan (22-1) 15 KO's
Ian Gardner (16-1) 7 KO's 8/27 Darrel Woods ESPN2
Kelly Pavlik* (21-0) 19 KO's *Fast w/ good power. Over powers most of his opponents
Quentin Smith (19-0) 13 KO's
Ronald Hearns (2-0) 2 KO's 7/30 Anthony Mace
Sechew Powell* (13-0) 9 KO's *A gift decision almost dropped him off my list. Suspect chin
Willie Gibbs* (17-0) 14 KO's 8/27 Daniel Edouard ESPN2

light middleweight
Carlos Quintana (17-0) 13 KO's 8/24 Newton Villarreal ESPN2
Freddy Hernandez* (17-0) 14 KO's *Gets off first. counters well. accurate combinations
Ishmail Arvin* (10-0) 6 KO's 8/3 Elco Garcia ESPN2 *Very impressive, quick hands
Jason Lehoullier (14-0) 7 KO's
Joachim Alcine (19-0) 12 KO's 8/13 Juan Carlos Candelo ESPN2
Kassim Ouma* (19-1-1) 13 KO's 12/4 Verno Phillips *very busy, accurate w/ variety of punches, leaves himself open
Marco Antonio Rubio (22-0-1) 22 KO's 8/5 Rafael Pineda
Paul Williams (23-0) 17 KO's 8/6 TBA ESPN2
Peter Manfredo Jr. (21-0) 10 KO's
Sergei Dzindziruk (28-0) 20 KO's
Travis Simms (23-0) 18 KO's

welterweight
Chris Smith (18-0-1) 11 KO's
Ishe Smith* (14-0) 7 KO's *Beat Randall Bailey & an improved David Estrada easily w/ body work
Kermit Cintron* (24-0) 22 KO's *Explosive, throws accurate power shots, willing to trade

light welterweight
Adrian Mora* (12-0) 7 KO's *Very tall. accurate. good straight right. throws 1 punch at a time.
Andreas Kotelnik (23-0) 11 KO's 8/15 Lovemore N'dou
Ebo Elder* (20-1) 12 KO's *Good boxer w/ busy hands. Don't think he can beat a top 10
Isaac Mendoza* (11-0) 5 KO's *Decent skills. Gets caught w/ clean shots too often
Juan Urango (13-0) 10 KO's 8/5 Mike Arnaoutis Showtime
Kelson Pinto (20-0) 18 KO's 9/11 Miguel Cotto HBO
Miguel Cotto* (20-0) 16 KO's 9/11 Kelson Pinto HBO *Some say he's next Tito Trinidad? Great skill. Rips the body
Mike Arnaoutis (10-0) 4 KO's 8/5 Juan Urango Showtime
Mohamad Abdulaev (14-1) 11 KO's
Paul Malignaggi* (18-0) 5 KO's *Very, very fast. Good skills. Spadafora-like power

lightweight
Isaac Hlatshwayo (20-0) 9 KO's
Jose Miguel Cotto (23-0) 16 KO's 8/6 TBA *Miguel Cotto's older brother
Juan Diaz* (25-0) 12 KO's *Stays busy, throws accurate shots, throws every shot w/ conviction
Michael Katsidis (12-0) 10 KO's
Valdemir Pereira (16-0) 13 KO's 8/13 TBA ESPN2

super featherweight
Anthony Mora (12-0) 9 KO's
Daniel Seda* (20-1) 16 KO's *Great fight against Casamayor....Greater when he has confidence
Jason Litzau (9-0) 9 KO's
Koba Gogoladze* (15-0) 7 KO's *Counter-puncher, moves in and out, loads up for big left hands
Marcos Ramirez (17-0) 13 KO's
Mike Anchondo* (25-0) 18 KO's *Overwhelms opponents with speed, but misses w/ too many punches

featherweight
Bernard Dunne* (13-0) 8 KO's 8/19 TBA *Skillful. Lots of tools. Looked suspect against a busy boxer
Jorge Solis (24-0) 18 KO's
Robert Guerrero (13-0) 6 KO's
Rocky Juarez* (21-0) 14 KO's *Very skillful, works the body, good all-around boxer
Zahir Raheem* (25-1) 15 KO's *did not hold behind the head!!!!, might have beat Juarez w/ different ref

super flyweight
Alexander Munoz (25-0) 24 KO's
Karim Quibir Lopex (24-0) 20 KO's

flyweight
Brian Viloria (15-0) 9 KO's
Koki Kameda (3-0) 3 KO's 9/27 Choksombat Singdongthai
Vic Darchinyan (21-0) 16 KO's 9/3 Irene Pacheko ESPN2

super bantamweight
Cuauhtemoc Vargas (12-0) 9 KO's 8/20 Hugo Vargas Telefutura
Jorge Linares (9-0) 4 KO's 8/7 Renan Acosta
Mike Oliver* (6-0) 4 KO's *Little guy with a big punch. 1 punch KO power from a 125 pounder
Oscar Rene Ponce (15-0-1) 12 KO's
Ricardo Cordoba (22-0) 15 KO's 8/14 Francisco Mateos

bantamweight
Jose Nieves (10-0-2) 7 KO's 8/24 Clarence Vinson ESPN2
Silence Mabuza (15-0) 14 KO's 8/7 Simon Ramoni
Steve Molitor (19-0) 6 KO's

minimumweight
Rodel Mayol (18-0) 14 KO's

[tea]

Heavys- All prospects
Cruiser- All prospects
Lt.Heavy- All prospects
Sr.Middle- I dnt think froch is nt good enough
Middle- All but cant say Ronald Hearns hes only had 2 fights
Lt.Middle- Ouma, Simms world champ n soon to be world champ past being prospects. All da rest though and Tokunabo Olajide is missing.
Welter- all but Cintron hes a world class fighter and now champ after disarming two gunns Reid.
Lt.Welter- alkl except Cotto hes more than an Prospect.

[adamiw]

good list, except no Kevin Mitchell

[tea]

good list, except no Kevin Mitchell

Give over Adam!!!!!!!

[Matchfixer]

Sr.Middle- I dnt think froch is nt good enough

Are you saying he is good enough then? I don't undersatnd your statement.

If you're trying to say he isn't good enough I'd strongly disagree - he's definitely a prospect if not more.

And of course Kevin Mitchell is a prospect.

[adamiw]

good list, except no Kevin Mitchell

Give over Adam!!!!!!!

Mitchell's a prospect. If Skelton can make that list, so can Mitchell.

I think Kevin has a lot of potential, i'm fearful he wont make the most of it, the way his career is going. Too many push-overs, and i can see him developing bad habits etc.... but a good prospect none the less.

[stujones]

Yeah, I agree - Kevin has natural speed something not many of our very young prospects have. He has the talent to go places.

[tea]

good list, except no Kevin Mitchell

Give over Adam!!!!!!!

Mitchell's a prospect. If Skelton can make that list, so can Mitchell.

I think Kevin has a lot of potential, i'm fearful he wont make the most of it, the way his career is going. Too many push-overs, and i can see him d
eveloping bad habits etc.... but a good prospect none the less.

Okay wheres ANDERSON and the likes then ,the truth is none ofthem have dun much at all yet,a mile of a prospect these guys yet.

[Matchfixer]

Okay wheres ANDERSON and the likes then ,the truth is none ofthem have dun much at all yet,a mile of a prospect these guys yet.

It's fair to call a guy with Mitchell's pedigree a prospect.

Also, someone with skills and around 10+ fights to their name is what a prospect is surely.

[tea]

Okay wheres ANDERSON and the likes then ,the truth is none ofthem have dun much at all yet,a mile of a prospect these guys yet.

It's fair to call a guy with Mitchell's pedigree a prospect.

Also, someone with skills and around 10+ fights to their name is what a prospect is surely.

Okay Nadeem Siddique!!!!!!!!!!!

[adamiw]

It's obviously down to your own opinion. I'm not Mitchell's biggest fan, but it's clear to me that he has some very good attrubutes. Not too many boxers have what he has at his age. he stands out from the Andersons, Dohertys etc...

[tea]

I`d like to see him box somebody even moderately good and give them a few weeks to prepare for a change and of the same weight on the day probably near to 10 stone cos one day like it or not all his opponents are going to be granted these most basic arrangements.

[kevin]

I really think Doherty could go all the way he looks really good, but I guess we won't know until he moves up a class

[adamiw]

I`d like to see him box somebody even moderately good and give them a few weeks to prepare for a change and of the same weight on the day probably near to 10 stone cos one day like it or not all his opponents are going to be granted these most basic arrangements.

yeah, time will tell with Mitchell, and this match making could cost him. But you can see what Frank does, he makes his fighters look as spectacular as possible, and the local fans dont know anything about the guys Mitchell is fighting. Mitchell is young, and shouldn;t be rushed, but his progress at the moment is a joke, It will only hurt him in the long run.

[REAL_DEAL]

Doherty is in the wrong weight class for big fights. he will probably end up getting a padded record. look at michael jennings. He wont get a title shot because barnes, his stable mate is the champ. i think he would get the shot if hare beats barnes.

Mitchell should be in there. but he will probably be wrapped in cotton would untill he is 21.

[kevin]

I think Doherty could easily move up a weight, he's a big lad, and probably still growing, his attitude is just right, he didn't fall for any of Smith's antics, and could have stopped him in the first.

Mitchell is a talent, but his arrogance won't make him any friends, he could become another Hamed/Eubank type where you either love him or hate him, (I am not saying he's on the same level as the two I have just mentioned though!)

[tea]

Doherty is in the wrong weight class for big fights. he will probably end up getting a padded record. look at michael jennings. He wont get a title shot because barnes, his stable mate is the champ. i think he would get the shot if hare beats barnes.

Mitchell should be in there. but he will probably be wrapped in cotton would untill he is 21.

What do u mean probably end up with a padded record,hes already got it....Delahedy banged Smith in 3 a couple ov fights ago and a lot of very average 10 stoners have beaten Smith .Hes already picking up bad habits ,hands down pissing about pretty soon he`ll think hes invincible he alreadylooks like he aint a great trainer ,Idespair at these shows now....IFu where a great prospect would u train ure bo**ocks off to fight who Nobby turns up with.
DONT FORGET hare has to meet winner of eliminator Vincent/Dhami.

[adamiw]

I think Doherty could easily move up a weight, he's a big lad, and probably still growing, his attitude is just right, he didn't fall for any of Smith's antics, and could have stopped him in the first.

Mitchell is a talent, but his arrogance won't make him any friends, he could become another Hamed/Eubank type where you either love him or hate him, (I am not saying he's on the same level as the two I have just mentioned though!)

move up a weight, i think he could lose some flab and move down. His body looks a little like Bojado's undertrained physique. You can tell Doherty is the type who loves the clubs.

[kevin]

Rumours are he hurt his hand early, we'll see. I would rate him as one of the best I have seen though in a while

Kev

[tea]

Rumours are he hurt his hand early, we'll see. I would rate him as one of the best I have seen though in a while

Kev

Its impossible to tell anymore there r so many who have heavilly padded records that u cant tell....A who can take a shot,B...whos got an engine,C...whos got serious desire,D...WHO CAN HANDLE THE LIMELIGHT AND PRESSURE,E...most importantly who n where r these gonna learn to survive when badly hurt or down.....something that comes to everyone in this game,something i dont think any of these prospects have thought about never mind prepared for!!!!

[Matchfixer]

Okay wheres ANDERSON and the likes then ,the truth is none ofthem have dun much at all yet,a mile of a prospect these guys yet.

It's fair to call a guy with Mitchell's pedigree a prospect.

Also, someone with skills and around 10+ fights to their name is what a prospect is surely.

Okay Nadeem Siddique!!!!!!!!!!!

Just looked at his record but never seen him fight. Is he any good?

On paper he seems to lack top class talent compared to Mitchell i.e very little knockout power.

[d]

I have a prospect list that I send out once per week. It lists prospects by weight class w/ their records, next opponents, where they'll be televised, and a summary of the boxer(If I've seen them before). There are prospects listed that I have not seen. If any of these guys has a bad outing or loss, they are removed............Ricardo Williams, Daniel Eduoard, Francisco Bojado, & Nurhan Suleymanoglu are good examples. If you would like my weekly update, just leave your email on this post, leave it in a message through boxrec, or email me a request at [email protected]. I take all suggestions and will add and remove prospects if I get enough feedback.

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[tea]

It's fair to call a guy with Mitchell's pedigree a prospect.

Also, someone with skills and around 10+ fights to their name is what a prospect is surely.

Okay Nadeem Siddique!!!!!!!!!!!

Just looked at his record but never seen him fight. Is he any good?

On paper he seems to lack top class talent compared to Mitchell i.e very little knockout power.

All the lot and others r fighting poor opposition ,all there managers r thinking about is preserving the unbeaten records they are`nt helping these kids...this isnt tiddly-winks,guys get hurt here....reality will land on their doorstep at some point!

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