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Ramirez has just spent a year beating a load of lumps in a heavyweight tournament. You'd think the least we could do is actually rate him as a heavyweight....just to begin with ?

I'm guessing he'll want to cash in a little bit on the achievement?

Just looking at his record now as I haven't been paying attention to the tournament. He should rematch Lacz in a 8-10 rounder given they drew in the third round and the winner should get a bigger fight at the end of it. Boxrec has him at #34 at Cruiserweight weirdly but given his wins, he's more worthy in the alphabet rankings than some of those present. It just depends on whether he wants to stay at heavyweight or go back to cruiserweight. The combined records of his opponents actually looks quite impressive (Total: 91-8-2. Average: 6.5-0.5-0).

hw was really weak, who was the best guy ramirez got a win over in the tourney?

I enjoyed the tournament. But i agree, heavyweights were low quality. Bring next tournament asap. 118 lbs, 135 lbs, 154 lbs, 175 lbs and heavyweights again. 100k for winners and 50 k for runner ups is somewhat decent for 80% of boxers around the world i believe. And set it in US or UK

Boxing Scene’s top prospect of 2025 is Carlos Utria, 14-0 (11 KOs).

Utria, a 22-year-old from Soplaviento, Colombia, was probably on no one’s bingo card at the beginning of the year to win this award. Utria won five fights this year in the WBC Grand Prix junior welterweight tournament, defeating three unbeaten fighters: Elianel Guerrero (whom he stopped), Spencer Wilcox, and Mujibillo Tursunov in the finals. He also picked up a first-round TKO win over Ntethelelo Nkosi in the semifinals.

Utria, a power-puncher who has good reflexes, did not lose a round until his final bout with Tursunov. Tursunov, from Uzbekistan, is a fighter with a deep amateur pedigree, which made Utria’s victory all the more impressive.

Utria’s success speaks to what the WBC Grand Prix is doing, giving a platform to showcase talent that might go unnoticed and give them a higher stature in the sport.

Honorable Mentions:

The other WBC Grand Prix winners….

Brandon Mosqueda, 13-0 (10 KOs) – The winner of the featherweight tournament, Mosqueda is a Mexican pressure fighter who shows the poise of being a true contender, given his performance in the tournament.

Kevin Ramirez, 12-0-2 (4 KOs) – A cruiserweight competing in the heavyweight tournament, Ramirez outboxed all of his opponents. Ramirez showed an ability to stick to a gameplan and the maturity to win his bouts tactically.