[Rooster]

Just something fun to pass some time. Which up-and-coming fighters do think think will not just make it to the top of the sport, but earn a place in the Hall of Fame and the ATG lists?

Pick the 5 fighters you'd bet on if you had to. Prospects only, or guys that haven't yet challenged for a World title. No one in the Ring or Boxrec top10.

Felix Verdejo :bbb
Ryuji Hara
Eroll Spence
Frankie Gomez
Erickson Lubin


Gomez is the one I'm the least sure about. Was real high on this guy 2 years ago but he hasn't done anything because of personal life issues and there were rumours on his lack of work ethic in the gym. Hopefully he gets his shit together.

 

[Vic]

I´m a believer in Verdejo now, was hesitant at first, but not anymore....Oscar Valdez too.
Lubin is a interesting mention, watched him in the FNF once, can´t remember too well, gonna look for more on youtube later...:good

 

[Theron]

Gonna say Verdajo as well, i've only been more and more impressed by him since seeing his fight on the under card in Macau? I think it was.

 

[Rooster]

I´m a believer in Verdejo now, was hesitant at first, but not anymore....Oscar Valdez too.
Lubin is a interesting mention, watched him in the FNF once, can´t remember too well, gonna look for more on youtube later...:good

:yep Been a believer since his debut. His style of fighting is my absolute favourite; aggressive mid-range boxer-puncher with heavy emphasize on defense and counterpunching. The guy has everything. Skills, power, speed, ring iq, killer instinct, composure. The only things that need to be tested are his chin and stamina and he trains very hard from what I hear so its pretty much just the chin.

 

[JohnH]

Anthony Ogogo.
Hughie Fury.
Joseph Parker.
Vincent Feigenbutz.

 

[Rooster]

Anthony Ogogo.
Hughie Fury.
Joseph Parker.
Vincent Feigenbutz.

Ogogo has actually gone down in my ratings since his debut.
Hughie is certainly better than his mentally challenged cousin, but I don't like his chances much more to reign over the heavyweights in the future.
First I heard of the other 2. Both look promising from boxrec.

 

[McGrain]

Naoya Inoue
Takuma Inoue
Kazuto Ioka
Ivan Redkach
Hugh Fury

 

[Rooster]

Naoya Inoue
Takuma Inoue
Kazuto Ioka
Ivan Redkach
Hugh Fury

Ioka's disqualified since he's a 2 (soon to be 3:yep) weight champion.
The other's are good shouts, especially Inoue, who'll also probably have a belt in a few days.

 

[Pretty_Girl_Lori]

what does ATG mean?

 

[Vic]

what does ATG mean?

All Time Great.

 

[Vic]

Ogogo has actually gone down in my ratings since his debut.
Hughie is certainly better than his mentally challenged cousin, but I don't like his chances much more to reign over the heavyweights in the future.
First I heard of the other 2. Both look promising from boxrec.

Same here, Ogogo is very unimpressive in my eyes. Well, at least so far.

 

[LeapingHook]

Lomachenko

 

[Vic]

Lomachenko

He doesn´t count for the thread:

guys that haven't yet challenged for a World title.

 

[Pretty_Girl_Lori]

All Time Great.

Thanks Vic! I knew GOAT but not ATG

 

[LeapingHook]

Usyk, Spence Jr maybe Gary Russell?

 

[LuckyLuke]

Just something fun to pass some time. Which up-and-coming fighters do think think will not just make it to the top of the sport, but earn a place in the Hall of Fame and the ATG lists?

Pick the 5 fighters you'd bet on if you had to. Prospects only, or guys that haven't yet challenged for a World title. No one in the Ring or Boxrec top10.

Felix Verdejo :bbb
Ryuji Hara
Eroll Spence
Frankie Gomez
Erickson Lubin

Gomez is the one I'm the least sure about. Was real high on this guy 2 years ago but he hasn't done anything because of personal life issues and there were rumours on his lack of work ethic in the gym. Hopefully he gets his shit together.

Too chinny.
No defence.
Replace him with Jesse Hart or Julian Willams.

 

[LuckyLuke]

Lomachenko.:cheers

 

[Pork N Chili]

Naoya Inoue
Carl Frampton
Carlos Cuadras
Egor Mehkontesev

Would have included Usyk, but cruiserweight is a historically weak division.

 

[LeapingHook]

Naoya Inoue
Carl Frampton
Carlos Cuadras
Egor Mehkontesev

Would have included Usyk, but cruiserweight is a historically weak division.

I like him but he's 29 years old already and just started out his professional career.

 

[Rooster]

Too chinny.
No defence.
Replace him with Jesse Hart or Julian Willams.

Julian Williams may be a better replacement. Only found out about him a few weeks ago and I'm impressed.
Hart is too sloppy imo.