Best British Prospect?

spud66 · Post by **spud66** » 13 Apr 2006, 08:32

Who do you think is the Best British Prospect?

pm · Post by pm » 13 Apr 2006, 08:35

Of those I've actually seen I'm always impressed with Gary Young. Tough fight coming up against Colin McNeil but if he gets through that then a title shot shouldn't be too far away.

yiddo14 · Post by **yiddo14** » 13 Apr 2006, 09:00

Amir Khan??

Roars Like Me · Post by **Roars Like Me** » 13 Apr 2006, 09:28

Lets' see if this is the old Spud.

Defintely not Froch 8)

Nicky Cook proabably..

I like the look of this lad but effing forotten his name.

Turn this into a quiz now, Starts with H, had about 3 fights.
A right handful, wasn't suited to amateurs due to the style he has.
I think he may have lost his 2nd fight.

Weight? pass, maybe middle

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 13 Apr 2006, 09:33

Garath Crouch is looking good, not the biggest puncher out there but has some very good moves, he's been matched well hasn't had to many soft touches. he's a lightweight.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=288673

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 13 Apr 2006, 09:37

Roars Like Me wrote:Lets' see if this is the old Spud.

Defintely not Froch 8)

Nicky Cook proabably..

I like the look of this lad but effing forotten his name.

Turn this into a quiz now, Starts with H, had about 3 fights.
A right handful, wasn't suited to amateurs due to the style he has.
I think he may have lost his 2nd fight.

Weight? pass, maybe middle

Surely not Hillyard........!

Crease · Post by **Crease** » 13 Apr 2006, 09:39

Amir Kahn,

He's a world-beater..

Micky · Post by **Micky** » 13 Apr 2006, 10:01

Nicky Cook is the Best British Prospect at the minute.... Great boxer.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 13 Apr 2006, 10:07

Couple of Irish lads I have yet to see but have heard very good things about:

- Martin Lindsay

- Andrew Murray

Deserter · Post by **Deserter** » 13 Apr 2006, 10:48

Micky wrote:Nicky Cook is the Best British Prospect at the minute.... Great boxer.

Surely he's moved beyond the "prospect" tag now.
Given I'm a West Country lad I'll be interested to see how Dan Guthrie from Yeovil gets on. He had a shaky start to his pro career, but seems to be settling down now. I know Tom Podmore rates him.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 13 Apr 2006, 11:01

Deserter wrote:
Micky wrote:Nicky Cook is the Best British Prospect at the minute.... Great boxer.
Surely he's moved beyond the "prospect" tag now.
Given I'm a West Country lad I'll be interested to see how Dan Guthrie from Yeovil gets on. He had a shaky start to his pro career, but seems to be settling down now. I know Tom Podmore rates him.

He had a very good result against Jamali last week - I would like to know more about that fight. Jamali has decent skills and size; Was it a KO, ref stoppage or a cut?

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 13 Apr 2006, 11:22

TerribleTerry wrote:
Deserter wrote:
Micky wrote:Nicky Cook is the Best British Prospect at the minute.... Great boxer.
Surely he's moved beyond the "prospect" tag now.
Given I'm a West Country lad I'll be interested to see how Dan Guthrie from Yeovil gets on. He had a shaky start to his pro career, but seems to be settling down now. I know Tom Podmore rates him.
He had a very good result against Jamali last week - I would like to know more about that fight. Jamali has decent skills and size; Was it a KO, ref stoppage or a cut?

Just looked on BBN and it was J who covered the show - you got any further details on Guthrie - Jamali mate?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 13 Apr 2006, 11:53

Micky wrote:Nicky Cook is the Best British Prospect at the minute.... Great boxer.

Good call, but he's a more contender level that prospect now. Interesting to see what happens if he gets that title shot. Will he take it?

Roars Like Me · Post by **Roars Like Me** » 13 Apr 2006, 11:54

johnswan1 wrote:
Roars Like Me wrote:Lets' see if this is the old Spud.

Defintely not Froch 8)

Nicky Cook proabably..

I like the look of this lad but effing forotten his name.

Turn this into a quiz now, Starts with H, had about 3 fights.
A right handful, wasn't suited to amateurs due to the style he has.
I think he may have lost his 2nd fight.

Weight? pass, maybe middle
Surely not Hillyard........!

Yeha George Hillyard, thanks.. So he's rough but I reckon I'm gonna like watching him in a Tony Sibson kinda way...

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 13 Apr 2006, 11:59

Micky wrote:Nicky Cook is the Best British Prospect at the minute.... Great boxer.

I thought Cook was very disappointing in his last fight. Khan is the best prospect IMO. Would like to see Cook and Dunne go at it.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 13 Apr 2006, 12:05

Carl Johansson....

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 13 Apr 2006, 12:11

So what is the limit for a prospect, 10 fights? or when you start getting championship fights, e.g. English or British titles.

RobD · Post by **RobD** » 13 Apr 2006, 12:15

Does anyone here rate Gary Buckland?

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 13 Apr 2006, 12:19

RobD wrote:Does anyone here rate Gary Buckland?

I saw his fight against Anthony Christopher, he seemed to be loading up a bit to much, but got the job done, but of course it is the start of his career and i think he was a bit over enthusiastic to impress his fans.
So i'm sure he will improve over the next year, I'm not sure that he's a Light Welter though, i'd like to see if he could get down to Lightweight.

One to watch though.

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 13 Apr 2006, 12:48

Chris Eubank Jnr - wait and see and remember where you heard it first.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 13 Apr 2006, 12:55

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
Micky wrote:Nicky Cook is the Best British Prospect at the minute.... Great boxer.
Good call, but he's a more contender level that prospect now. Interesting to see what happens if he gets that title shot. Will he take it?

shame his promoter can't even pronounce the WBC champ's name. bit embarrassing that he calls the guy "Takimoto"

RobD · Post by **RobD** » 13 Apr 2006, 13:05

boxingchat wrote:Chris Eubank Jnr - wait and see and remember where you heard it first.

Eubank Jr? Does he even fight?

Ady 1 · Post by **Ady 1** » 13 Apr 2006, 13:39

what about john murray??? class act! who is betting better with every fight!

yiddo14 · Post by **yiddo14** » 13 Apr 2006, 13:40

Ady 1 wrote:what about john murray??? class act! who is betting better with every fight!

yeah,quality fighter.would take him to beat mitchell at the moment

glahn · Post by **glahn** » 13 Apr 2006, 13:43

Amir Khan
Anthony Small
Andy Morris

And that one man lightweight lad... for some reason my brain has gone completely dead on his name.

Anyway, I reckon they all have the potential to be world class.