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What are the best prospects in your area? in your country (if it's not a big and/or populous country like USA, Mexico, Japan or Russia or big boxing nation like UK) state, city?

Poland:

(I do not mention Maciej Sulęcki because he is already tested at the top level)

Fedir Cherkashyn/Fiodor Czerkaszyn (11-0, 7 KO): Ukraine-born, Poland based Ukrainian fighter with Polish roots, fantastic body puncher, technically sound, 22 years old but he already got +400 fights in different fighting formulas, he fights now at MW but he will most likely move to SMW. Last year he sparred with Maciej Sulęcki and Callum Smith and he was at least competitive there, He also sparred with MW EBU Champion Kamil Szeremeta and LHW prospect Paweł Stępień and with other prospect SMW Mateusz Tryc and he dominated him so the sparring was stopped. His best win so far is UD vs a tough journeyman Bartłomiej Grafka, he also fought Buatsi last year and imo Cherkashyn did better though it was easy to notice that Cherkashyn could finish him early and he treats it like a sparring, even his trainer between rounds was telling him to box because he needs rounds, in his previous 3 fights in 2018 he scored 3 KOs in total of 4 minutes and 57 seconds. His trainer Fiodor Lapin (trainer of Glowacki and Wlodarczyk) says that he is the biggest talent that he ever worked with. http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/718305

KO by Czerkaszyn:



Paweł Stępień (12-0, 11 KO): Tall LHW, good puncher, especially body puncher (in 2017-18 he scored 5 KOs to the body in a row in total of 16 rounds), his record is no worse than Buatsi's, He is not that young as he is 29 now so he must step up this year. He is basing on his elusiveness, reflex and footwork but sometimes he is underestimating his opponents, in his last fight vs Dmitry Sukhotsky he was even knocked down because of that, on the higher level he should to keep his guard up more often. in his 5th fight he defeated a decent journeyman Norbert Dąbrowski around the same time as Eleider Alvarez did and Stępien did it more convincingly, he also has a win over decent then undefeated Cuban Dayron Lester, he easily stopped in round 6 decent journeyman Yevgeni Makhteienko (who went the distance of 10 rounds vs Dmitry Bivol) and recently he defeated ex title challenger Dmitry Sukhotsky. He had a good sparrings with Mateusz Masternak (among others) last year. http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/740621

KO by Stępień:



Kamil Szeremeta (18-0, 4 KO): He's MW just like Sulęcki and just like Sulęcki he started to knock people out at the higher level. He is a current EBU MW Champion, He won the title against Italian Alessandro Goddi (he had to face Blandamura but he chosed to fight Murata instead) and knocked him out in 2 after a very nice right hand, in his first defence he KTFO a Spanish Ruben Diaz (who came out to be a little tricky and awkward) at the end of round 10, it was a Polish KO of the year for me. He fought Sulęcki at amateurs 3 times and he won 3 times. http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/629775

KO by Szeremeta:



Robert Parzęczewski (22-1, 15 KO): He's an LHW fighter higly ranked in WBO rankings but he will maybe move to SMW. He lost once at the early stage of his career but he improved a lot since then. He has a good power, he recently he is always knocking out, and usually those are brutal knockouts. He recently stepped up to fight Euro level fighter Dariusz Sęk and he brutally knocked him out in 2 rounds, before that Sęk went 7 rounds with Anthony Yarde. He is 25 years old. Parzęczewski was offered to fight Kovalyov but eventually Kovalyov fought Mikhalkin as Parzęczewski refused as he thought it's too early for him, now he was offered to figh Yarde but he's injured. Parzęczewski wanted to be the youngest Polish world champion and beat Krzysztof Włodarczyk record but now it's too late, Parzęczewski next goal is to fight Dominic Boesel for EBU Title. http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/645691

KO by Parzęczewski:



Michał Cieślak (17-0, 11 KO): Big and agressive CW, 29 years old. He has a very entertaining style, recently he easily defeated Serhiy Radchenko (the fighter that knocked down Głowacki same year and who brutally beaten but got robbed vs other Polish undefeated CW Adam Balski) and had him down 2 times, he also has wins over Francisco Palacios (TKO 4), then undefeated Russian Alexander Kubich (TKO 9), journeyman Bacurin (UD 8), the wreck of Art Binkowski (TKO 2), KO 1 over Jarno Rosberg and Shawn Cox and mentioned Radchenko (UD 8). it's time to step up for him. http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/650083

KO by Cieślak:



Honourable mentions to other good prospect but those imo have only European level potential:
Mateusz Tryc, SMW, 6-0, 5 KO http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/795842
Przemysław Runowski, WW, 17-0, 3 KO http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/645690
Łukasz Wierzbicki, WW, 17-0, 6 KO http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/656029
Przemysław Zyśk, SWW, 9-0, 3 KO http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/745389
Adam Balski, CW, 13-0, 8 KO (He should be 12-1 imo) http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/665165 i really recommend you to watch the last round in his fight vs Radchenko, how he survived and why the referee didn't stopped it it's surprising

I'm currently following Brit ex army heavyweight Mark Bennett.

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/813796

The lad has no amateur experience and got into the fight game only a few years ago. He is still a raw boxer but had a decent points win over Kamil Sokolowski in his 3rd pro outing in 2018. The lad has guts being ex army and giving the fight game a try. Not sure how far he will proceed in the pro ranks and hope he isnt rushed too quickly. He has a fight coming up in March, no opponent named as of yet but the only thing that worries me, as it worries me with lots of newbies is that they are rushed and progress in the journeyman leagues.

MasterG wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 13:40 I'm currently following Brit ex army heavyweight Mark Bennett.

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/813796

The lad has no amateur experience and got into the fight game only a few years ago. He is still a raw boxer but had a decent points win over Kamil Sokolowski in his 3rd pro outing in 2018. The lad has guts being ex army and giving the fight game a try. Not sure how far he will proceed in the pro ranks and hope he isnt rushed too quickly. He has a fight coming up in March, no opponent named as of yet but the only thing that worries me, as it worries me with lots of newbies is that they are rushed and progress in the journeyman leagues.

i just watch his fight vs Sokołowski, he does well there but the HW division is full of very interesting prospects, but we will see, Bennett is already 31 so he should step up quite early. At this point it's hard to tell how good he really is. I also see that he fights rarely, it will be his only 4th fight in 16 months, it's not much at this stage of career and at his age.

dagilechia wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 13:49

MasterG wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 13:40 I'm currently following Brit ex army heavyweight Mark Bennett.

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/813796

The lad has no amateur experience and got into the fight game only a few years ago. He is still a raw boxer but had a decent points win over Kamil Sokolowski in his 3rd pro outing in 2018. The lad has guts being ex army and giving the fight game a try. Not sure how far he will proceed in the pro ranks and hope he isnt rushed too quickly. He has a fight coming up in March, no opponent named as of yet but the only thing that worries me, as it worries me with lots of newbies is that they are rushed and progress in the journeyman leagues.

i just watch his fight vs Sokołowski, he does well there but the HW division is full of very interesting prospects, but we will see, Bennett is already 31 so he should step up quite early. At this point it's hard to tell how good he really is. I also see that he fights rarely, it will be his only 4th fight in 16 months, it's not much at this stage of career and at his age.

You are quite right about the prospects emerging in the heavyweight division in the UK at the moment. What I like about Bennett is that he has no amateur experience. He is ex army and decided to give the fight game a go. Its going to be very difficult for him to progress as he isnt a name or been in the olympics, but he seems a game lad. If he can keep winning he could at least get a area shot or even English. What concerns me is that he could be matched with someone who has had 40 or 50 amateur fights and unbeaten in 2 or 3 pro fights and the amateur experience shows through. Mark Bennett is a likable bloke and I hope he carries on winning but not rushed into some fight he cant win.

Uk is not a 'big boxing nation' . Boxing not even in the top 10 most popular sports in the UK.


Aside from well Known UK good Prospects like Josh Kelly, Joshua Buatsi, and Nathan Gorman.

I like the look of Ted Cheeseman, Willy Hutchinson, Felix Cash, Sam Bowen, Jack Bateson,, Lewis Crocker,

Fedir Cherkashyn is the best Polish prospect then you'd say?

MasterG wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 13:40 I'm currently following Brit ex army heavyweight Mark Bennett.

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/813796

The lad has no amateur experience and got into the fight game only a few years ago. He is still a raw boxer but had a decent points win over Kamil Sokolowski in his 3rd pro outing in 2018. The lad has guts being ex army and giving the fight game a try. Not sure how far he will proceed in the pro ranks and hope he isnt rushed too quickly. He has a fight coming up in March, no opponent named as of yet but the only thing that worries me, as it worries me with lots of newbies is that they are rushed and progress in the journeyman leagues.

At 31 with little amateur standing, he hasn't the time to be 'developed' too carefully. He already is facing better competition than one would expect with only three fights. I hope I get to see him fight! You sound pretty high on the guy.

Skalamanga wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 22:37 Fedir Cherkashyn is the best Polish prospect then you'd say?

He probably has the biggest potential, he's only 22 years old and everyone is so impressed by him. His story is interesting, he's Ukrainian but he's grandmother was Polish, he learned Polish in few months, then came to Warsaw and went to Fiodor Łapin's gym and just asked if he can train with him, Łapin gave him a chance and now he says that it's the biggest talent he's ever worked with.

Czerkaszyn is the least tested out of them but he's also by far the youngest, yes, i have almost no doubts that he is a world class prospect.

But my favourite prospect is Paweł Stępień, he's a badass, trainer Andrzej Gmitruk (RIP), the trainer of LHW/CW Adamek among others, said that Stępień is a talent of Adamek's calibre. But i think it's time to change trainer for him, he trains with the same and unknown trainer since begining of his career, Gmitruk is dead so the only good choice would be Łapin.

Here is a small, short footage from Czerkaszyn vs Sulęcki sparring

Skalamanga wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 22:36 Uk is not a 'big boxing nation' . Boxing not even in the top 10 most popular sports in the UK.


Aside from well Known UK good Prospects like Josh Kelly, Joshua Buatsi, and Nathan Gorman.

I like the look of Ted Cheeseman, Willy Hutchinson, Felix Cash, Sam Bowen, Jack Bateson,, Lewis Crocker,

it doesn't matter how popular boxing is there, but there are a lot of prospects in UK, it makes UK a big boxing nation

I have to say that i'm also impressed by Czerkaszyn, for a 22 years old he really looks promising

It doesn't have to be from your area, if you know any good unknown prospect you can mention him in this topic, i always like to find out about unknown prospect and then follow those that have impressed me with their abilities, potential and style

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 05:06

Skalamanga wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 22:37 Fedir Cherkashyn is the best Polish prospect then you'd say?

He probably has the biggest potential, he's only 22 years old and everyone is so impressed by him. His story is interesting, he's Ukrainian but he's grandmother was Polish, he learned Polish in few months, then came to Warsaw and went to Fiodor Łapin's gym and just asked if he can train with him, Łapin gave him a chance and now he says that it's the biggest talent he's ever worked with.

Czerkaszyn is the least tested out of them but he's also by far the youngest, yes, i have almost no doubts that he is a world class prospect.

But my favourite prospect is Paweł Stępień, he's a badass, trainer Andrzej Gmitruk (RIP), the trainer of LHW/CW Adamek among others, said that Stępień is a talent of Adamek's calibre. But i think it's time to change trainer for him, he trains with the same and unknown trainer since begining of his career, Gmitruk is dead so the only good choice would be Łapin.

Here is a small, short footage from Czerkaszyn vs Sulęcki sparring

I think Stępień definitely has some potential and is quite entertaining to watch. However, lot (everything?) will depend on how he’s handled/matched. I have a feeling he’s one of the guys that look impressive against lower class opponents but it doesn’t transfer very well when dropped in deep water. A little bit like with Szpilka. IMO a guy like this requires sensible matching, ie each time he’s stepping up, he should get an opponent that he has a chance to get rounds in (so say experienced but not too heavy handed) and not some kind of crazy KO artist with established position and plenty experience at a high level.

TempleSlave wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 07:48

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 05:06

Skalamanga wrote: ↑05 Jan 2019, 22:37 Fedir Cherkashyn is the best Polish prospect then you'd say?

He probably has the biggest potential, he's only 22 years old and everyone is so impressed by him. His story is interesting, he's Ukrainian but he's grandmother was Polish, he learned Polish in few months, then came to Warsaw and went to Fiodor Łapin's gym and just asked if he can train with him, Łapin gave him a chance and now he says that it's the biggest talent he's ever worked with.

Czerkaszyn is the least tested out of them but he's also by far the youngest, yes, i have almost no doubts that he is a world class prospect.

But my favourite prospect is Paweł Stępień, he's a badass, trainer Andrzej Gmitruk (RIP), the trainer of LHW/CW Adamek among others, said that Stępień is a talent of Adamek's calibre. But i think it's time to change trainer for him, he trains with the same and unknown trainer since begining of his career, Gmitruk is dead so the only good choice would be Łapin.

Here is a small, short footage from Czerkaszyn vs Sulęcki sparring

I think Stępień definitely has some potential and is quite entertaining to watch. However, lot (everything?) will depend on how he’s handled/matched. I have a feeling he’s one of the guys that look impressive against lower class opponents but it doesn’t transfer very well when dropped in deep water. A little bit like with Szpilka. IMO a guy like this requires sensible matching, ie each time he’s stepping up, he should get an opponent that he has a chance to get rounds in (so say experienced but not too heavy handed) and not some kind of crazy KO artist with established position and plenty experience at a high level.

yes i agree with you, though i think Stępień has a bigger potential, but both him and Szpilka have something in common + they're both forgetting about keeping their guards up. at the higher level Stępień can't fight like he did so far, relying only on movement and relfex, he needs guard, he also should use more jab, Sukhotsky exposed it, had him down and even won some rounds, it was 100% Stępień's fault, i really believe that he will not repeat those mistakes again. I think that Stępień and Buatsi are comparable though Buatsi is younger.

Cassius Chaney: Heavyweight Prospect.

https://newhavenchargers.com/news/2018/ ... -ring.aspx

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 13:33 Cassius Chaney: Heavyweight Prospect.

https://newhavenchargers.com/news/2018/ ... -ring.aspx

haven't seen much of him but to be fair i heard mostly negative opinions about him, i will check some footages of his fights soon

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:11

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 13:33 Cassius Chaney: Heavyweight Prospect.

https://newhavenchargers.com/news/2018/ ... -ring.aspx

haven't seen much of him but to be fair i heard mostly negative opinions about him, i will check some footages of his fights soon

He's the best known we have here, but he's not too good. don't waste your time. He's already 31 and he's probably going nowhere.

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:15

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:11

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 13:33 Cassius Chaney: Heavyweight Prospect.

https://newhavenchargers.com/news/2018/ ... -ring.aspx

haven't seen much of him but to be fair i heard mostly negative opinions about him, i will check some footages of his fights soon

He's the best known we have here, but he's not too good. don't waste your time. He's already 31 and he's probably going nowhere.

maybe i'm wrong but i have a feeling that every decade there is less and less good American prospects

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:27

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:15

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:11

haven't seen much of him but to be fair i heard mostly negative opinions about him, i will check some footages of his fights soon

He's the best known we have here, but he's not too good. don't waste your time. He's already 31 and he's probably going nowhere.

maybe i'm wrong but i have a feeling that every decade there is less and less good American prospects

Yeah...it is definitely not like it used to be. Much of it because of the proliferation of former Eastern Bloc countries now democracies' fighters turning pro and not lifetime amateurs. NBA Basketball is seeing more and more European stars as well.

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:30

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:27

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:15
He's the best known we have here, but he's not too good. don't waste your time. He's already 31 and he's probably going nowhere.

maybe i'm wrong but i have a feeling that every decade there is less and less good American prospects

Yeah...it is definitely not like it used to be. Much of it because of the proliferation of former Eastern Bloc countries now democracies' fighters turning pro and not lifetime amateurs. NBA Basketball is seeing more and more European stars as well.

It just shows how different the history of boxing could be if the Eastern Bloc fighters were allowed to participate in pro boxing

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:32

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:30

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:27

maybe i'm wrong but i have a feeling that every decade there is less and less good American prospects

Yeah...it is definitely not like it used to be. Much of it because of the proliferation of former Eastern Bloc countries now democracies' fighters turning pro and not lifetime amateurs. NBA Basketball is seeing more and more European stars as well.

It just shows how different the history of boxing could be if the Eastern Bloc fighters were allowed to participate in pro boxing

Yup. I also think of Cuban fighters. Teofilo Stevenson comes to mind. Also, another poster educated me on UK fighters. That their country poured a lot into the 2012/16 Olympics which has produced a lot of stars and rising stars from there.

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:34

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:32

oogiebe wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:30
Yeah...it is definitely not like it used to be. Much of it because of the proliferation of former Eastern Bloc countries now democracies' fighters turning pro and not lifetime amateurs. NBA Basketball is seeing more and more European stars as well.

It just shows how different the history of boxing could be if the Eastern Bloc fighters were allowed to participate in pro boxing

Yup. I also think of Cuban fighters. Teofilo Stevenson comes to mind. Also, another poster educated me on UK fighters. That their country poured a lot into the 2012/16 Olympics which has produced a lot of stars and rising stars from there.

i counted Cuba as the eastern bloc country too, yeah Stevenson or Savon could achieve a lot at pros

Bowyn Morgan
Welter and Super Welter.
29 years old, 19-1
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/706450
Hasn't had many chances to fight higher level opponents. Just due to not having the top promoter. I keep waiting for him to be sent to the UK as a step up for one of their upcoming WW or SWW's.
Improves every fight. Has an engine like Eubank Jr but with real boxing skills, and works angles as well as a come forward attacker.
Super entertaining to watch.

Mose Auimatagi Jr
23 years old 11-1
You guys might have seen him when he was fed to Morgan Jones, 12-0 a nice UK prospect. Mose got up from and early KD in the final round to deck Jones and wipe the sh*t eating grin off Eddie's face. Classic

KiwiRider wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:46 Bowyn Morgan
Welter and Super Welter.
29 years old, 19-1
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/706450
Hasn't had many chances to fight higher level opponents. Just due to not having the top promoter. I keep waiting for him to be sent to the UK as a step up for one of their upcoming WW or SWW's.
Improves every fight. Has an engine like Eubank Jr but with real boxing skills, and works angles as well as a come forward attacker.
Super entertaining to watch.

Mose Auimatagi Jr
23 years old 11-1
You guys might have seen him when he was fed to Morgan Jones, 12-0 a nice UK prospect. Mose got up from and early KD in the final round to deck Jones and wipe the sh*t eating grin off Eddie's face. Classic

never heard about them, i will check them out, how far they could go in your opinion?

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 15:02

KiwiRider wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:46 Bowyn Morgan
Welter and Super Welter.
29 years old, 19-1
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/706450
Hasn't had many chances to fight higher level opponents. Just due to not having the top promoter. I keep waiting for him to be sent to the UK as a step up for one of their upcoming WW or SWW's.
Improves every fight. Has an engine like Eubank Jr but with real boxing skills, and works angles as well as a come forward attacker.
Super entertaining to watch.

Mose Auimatagi Jr
23 years old 11-1
You guys might have seen him when he was fed to Morgan Jones, 12-0 a nice UK prospect. Mose got up from and early KD in the final round to deck Jones and wipe the sh*t eating grin off Eddie's face. Classic

never heard about them, i will check them out, how far they could go in your opinion?

Unfortunately I don't think they have the promotional backing to make it outside of south Asia.
Talent wise, Bowyn would be a top #4 WW and top #5 SWW in the UK.
Mose would rank around top #6 in the UK. But they both won't get the big fights

KiwiRider wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 15:06

dagilechia wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 15:02

KiwiRider wrote: ↑06 Jan 2019, 14:46 Bowyn Morgan
Welter and Super Welter.
29 years old, 19-1
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/706450
Hasn't had many chances to fight higher level opponents. Just due to not having the top promoter. I keep waiting for him to be sent to the UK as a step up for one of their upcoming WW or SWW's.
Improves every fight. Has an engine like Eubank Jr but with real boxing skills, and works angles as well as a come forward attacker.
Super entertaining to watch.

Mose Auimatagi Jr
23 years old 11-1
You guys might have seen him when he was fed to Morgan Jones, 12-0 a nice UK prospect. Mose got up from and early KD in the final round to deck Jones and wipe the sh*t eating grin off Eddie's face. Classic

never heard about them, i will check them out, how far they could go in your opinion?

Unfortunately I don't think they have the promotional backing to make it outside of south Asia.
Talent wise, Bowyn would be a top #4 WW and top #5 SWW in the UK.
Mose would rank around top #6 in the UK. But they both won't get the big fights

i see, so they're certainly not world class prospects, are there any fighters with world class potential in NZ?