Best Heavyweight Prospects currently?

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  1. Champagne Popping

    Champagne Popping The TRUTH is the TRUTH banned Full Member

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    Filip Hrgovic (soon to turn pro)
    Oleksandr Teslenko
    Sergey Kuzmin
    Rostislav Plechko
    Hughie Fury
    Andrey Afonin
    Adrian Granat
    Evgeny Romanov


    Those are the best prospects currently imo.. and in that order..
    thats the cream of the divisions up and comers right there. There the ones I'll be keeping my eyes on the most.. apart from Hughie cause he's too boring to watch lol
     
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    I'd say Teslenko and Hrgovic are the best at the moment. Hands down
     
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    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    OP is a good list.

    I think Willis Meehan could be a dark horse if he dedicated himself to the sport.
    Not sure what is happening with Dychko but surely if he goes pro he is going to make waves.

    I wish Dinu would step up to the plate too.
    Junior Fa could be interesting once he takes on some known names.
     
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    Izu Ugonah
    17 fights 17 wins 14 KOs
    6 foot 3
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    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hasn't Adrian Granat already showed gas tank/stamina liabilities? I'm sure he hits very hard as his record indicates, but he seems to be a German David Price.
     
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    Willis is in a tricky position that some athletes out there can only dream of and thats being really promising at 2 different sports. He's too good to take part in any of those rugby vs league charity fight nights. If he doesnt break into the NRL soon he should probably look seriously at boxing.

    Yep and loving Junior Fa at the moment. I know kiwis and can tell a lot about them just from interviews. Never met the guy but I can tell hes a good kid. He'll be good.
     
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    Zhilei Zhang if he gets pushed along as age isn't on his side. Darmani Rock if he can trim down a bit.
     
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    Who was that American prospect that Don King was promoting? He fought Derric Rossy in his last fight. He's completely fallen off the radar....
     
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    Nice pick. If anyone can become the first Polish heavyweight champion between now and forever, it's Izu! If he does, he will embark on a legacy that should have began with Andrew Golota. But in some ways, Golota began the ascent but couldn't capitalize. This is where Izu would pick up where Andrew left off. The thing of it is, being Polish is a pedigree that doesn't often resonate in heavyweight history. But a title win by Izu and then suddenly we'll be reading articles titled "Polish Heavyweights: A Tapestry".
     
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    Tom Schwarz and Nathan Gorman are pretty good too