Undefeated Cruiserweight Prospects

[dagilechia]

In boxrec's CW top 50 the are a lot of undefeated fighters that i think are unknown by most but some of them got potential

#6 Andrew Tabiti, USA, aged 28, 16-0-0, 13KO
#15 Konstantin Bejenaru, Moldavia, aged 34, 13-0-0, 3KO
#18 Arsen Goulamirian, Armenia/France, aged 30, 23-0-0, 15KO
#23 Imre Szello, Hungary, aged 35, 21-0-0, 13KO
#25 Yury Kashinsky, Russia, aged 32, 16-0-0, 15KO
#26 Michal Cieslak, Poland, aged 29, 17-0-0, 11KO
#27 Ruslan Fayfer, Russia, aged 27, 23-0-0, 16KO
#28 Jai Opetaia, Australia, aged 23, 16-0-0, 13KO
#30 Aleksei Papin, Russia, aged 30, 10-0-0, 9KO
#31 Samuel Kadje, France, aged 28, 12-0-0, 10KO
#32 Fabio Turchi, Italy, aged 25, 15-0-0, 11KO
#34 Artur Mann, Germany, aged 27, 14-0-0, 8KO
#35 Lawrence Okolie, UK, aged 25, 9-0-0, 7KO
#36 Yves Ngabu, Belgium, aged 29, 19-0-0, 14KO
#40 Adam Balski, Poland, aged 27, 12-0-0, 8KO
#43 Alexey Egorov, Russia, aged 27, 6-0-0, 5KO

So, 16 out of top 50 fighters are undefeated, seems a lot to me - for some of them it's time to mix them up between them or with someone very good&proven

Can they help mantain CW as one of the best boxing weight class?

Also, in top 100 there are following undefeated fighters: Ferguson, Akberbayev, Snijders, Wilson, Cinkara, Puhalo, Pulev, Massey, Havnaa, Iqbal, Prasovic, Mehmeti, Xhoxhaj, Kodzoev, Uldedaj

[Enlightened-One]

I’m not sure if having so many unbeaten fighters that are highly-ranked within the same division is good for the sport of boxing, because it means that the vast majority of these guys are being protected and haven’t been tested yet.

Whenever two top-fighters are matched against each other, then the very likely outcome is that one of them will lose.

Therefore, it’s statistically unlikely that many of the names you’ve mentioned have actually proven their talent and potential against any top-tier fighters, which means that fight fans shouldn’t get too excited about most of these prospects... yet.