Good point, can't believe I over looked him :nut but I'll stick with my selections now I've made them
Under 10 fights-Guillermo Rigondeaux Under 20 fights-Jamie McDonnell Under 30 fights-Abner Mares Decent idea this:good. Fed up of waiting for Haye Klitschko and Pacquiao-Mayweather
TEAM IRON CHIN Under Ten Fights-George Groves: will rack up points for the time being Under 20-Alfredo Angulo. Not particularly refined, slow as ****, I've seen him dissuaded at times so I'm not certain he has the iron chin required to implement his aggresive style, but I like him. I favour him beat Cintron in the rematch if it comes off. Under 30-Nkosanthi (spelling?!?) Joyi: H2H wont lose from Straw to Light-Fly IMO. Pretty certain he's had 20 fights :yep Awesome thread by the way :good By the way, I'm going off memory: if anyone can be arsed to check Boxrec and see whether my fighters hae got the necessary amount of fights it'll be much appreciated :good
I'm gonna go with: Carl Frampton, superbantam 6w (KO3) Alexei Acosta, superbantam 11w (KO11) David Lemieux, middle 23w (KO22)
Sounds fun! Team Grievesy (aka The Staines Massive) Under 10 - George Groves 9(7)-0 Under 20 - Dmitry Pirog 16(13)-0 Under 30 - Gennady Golovkin 18(15)-0
Assuming I can't pick anyone who already has a belt: Less than 10: Jose Benavidez Jr. (7-0) Less than 20: Paipharob Kokietgym (6-0) (my dark horse) (AKA Paipharob Por Nobnum) Less than 30: David Lemieux (23-0) Three guys with under 10 fights so far, so taking a risk. Saul Alvarez would be there if he qualified (At only 20 years old, I feel like he should). Vasyl Lomachenko was up there at first, but then I re-read the rules and took him off. Frankie Gavin is my favorite prospect ATM, but I doubt he'll be active enough over the next 18 months. Other guys close to making it: Golovkin, Jacobs, Cleverly, Sonsona (if he can ever get his head on straight), Omar Henry, Luis Garcia, Andre Dirrell, Thomas Oosthuizen.
THREAD OF THE YEAR Nice 1 Team Name: LP_1985 Turbo Under 10 Fights: Rigondeaux Under 20 Fights: Erislandy Lara Under 30 Fights: Daniel Jacobs if only Jacobs had 1 less fight i would have had him in under 20 and abner meres in under 30
Reasons for my picks: Ioka is one of, if not, the best Japanese prospects right now. A top amateur, he has fought some good opposition for just 4 fights and there was talk of him fighting for a 'world' title this year. I think they may have slowed that talk down after he was floored in his last fight and got hit too often late on, but a 'world' title fight next year looks possible. Already fighting in 10 rounders, I think he can score plenty of points over the next 18 months. Velasquez again was a top amateur, and with him being in a division that is not stacked with top fighters, I feel he can make a impact in the next 18 months. Need to see how he handles the step up though before throwing him in with the likes of Uchiyama, Klassen, Martinez, Aoh etc. A fight with Mendez, who won on the Williams vs Cintron card, would be a step in the right direction. I think most people know who Lemieux is now, especially after his stunning first round stoppage of Ayala last time out. I picked him because I feel he will have quite a lot of fights in the space of 18 months, and will finish them early :yep