BoxRec

Glenn McCrory
I might be blowing my own trumpet here, but watch out for the best things British boxing has seen for years. Michael Perez, Luis Garcia and Alexis Costa will make their breakthrough this year - despite having me in their corner! They are over in Newcastle as part of our Cuban connection. They help us with our amateur boxing, so we are helping them with their professional boxing and these three have joined my gym and I have got to say, I am impressed. Perez is a heavyweight and he is simply phenomenal. He is cocky and he makes mistakes as all kids do, but I have never been so excited by a heavyweight since I stepped in the ring with a young Mike Tyson.

Jim Watt
I like the look of young Paul Appleby. He has maybe got a wee bit ahead of himself being a British champion at such a young age and he is in quite a good division, but I expect him to really grow into the role of a champion this year. He has a tough defence first up against Martin Lindsay, but he came through a tough test against Esham Pickering at the end of the year, when he struggled to find any rhythm but still won the fight comfortably. He actually boxed better than he thought, but I like the fact that he is aware of the learning curve he is on. From what I've seen, has the whole package. He's still a prospect even though he's the British champion and certainly the best we've got up here in Scotland.

Dioufy wrote:Kell Brook if he looks after himself, and Danny McIntosh.

Old bones Ian wrote:Obviously we will have the olympians this year, Frankie Gavin, DeGale, Sutherland, Jeffries, Saunders. So they will be watched with interest, and no doubt much criticism from some on here

Neri wrote:

Dioufy wrote:Kell Brook if he looks after himself, and Danny McIntosh.

I wasn't overly impressed with McIntosh versus Spartacus, he got the job done but looked very easy to hit. I think Cleverley would play with him. Great knockout of Anderton though.

Spud wrote:Kell Brook

and new lad coming on the scene:

Karl Place - Manchester boxer who boxes for VIP Promotions.

and finally a lad from Fight Academy who is still in the Army and I just hope the Army gives him a reasonable amount of time off to live the life of a boxer - at the moment the lad is doing tremendously well "juggling too many balls" - if he trains right then I honestly believe he could raise a few eyebrows:

Joe Elfidh

CEO_Hoodlem wrote:Liam Walsh. He looked really good agaist Youssef Al Hamidi (Close to stopping him) how meny boxers look good agaist him? Hopfully he stayes out of trouble and keep busy.

whicker wrote: Witter?
Also, Esham Pickering
There are also guys like John Simpson, Jon Thaxton and Ryan Rhodes