Like a Calzaghe, Froch, Hatton, Joshua, Fury, Frampton.. I think Josh Taylor could be the man. Billy Joe Saunders if he beats GGG or Alvarez. Josh Kelly - maybe but far too early to say.
1st name that came to my mind was Josh Kelly. He certainly fights with some flamboyance which will always sell well. But can he keep doing the eye catching moves and slipping shots with his arms by his side as his opposition gets better and better. But at the moment he looks like a promoters dream.
Ritson > Kelly. Maybe. I dunno, I just like Ritson. Hopefully he can get to world level. If he can develop abit more subtlety to his game, then he might just. He's fun to watch regardless. #SandmanisaBadman
Kelly's from my home town so I would love him to go all the way. I'm not sure that style will succeed against the top tier fighters though, he may have to make some adjustments.
Joshua Buatsi. He's got it all. He is our best prospect of all in my opinion. Josh Kelly will struggle, remember Yeleussinov beat Kelly in the amateurs, and he is the one who will dominate at welter in the future. It will be a battle between Spence, Yeleussinov, Thurman, Crawford and Kelly, one which I fancy yeleussinov to come out on top on. I think Kelly is better than Thurman, but I'm not so sure about Spence. I think he may be slightly ahead of Spence, but there's not much in it. I won't judge Crawford until we see him against Horn. Billy Joe doesn't have much time left, and being with Frank Warren is always an issue in terms of promoting the person to people outside of boxing. I think he edges it against GGG, and beats Canelo, Charlo, Jacobs and Andrade comfortably though. Josh Taylor could do well, but who can he face? Maybe Garcia? Other than that, he'd have to make the move to welter to get proper paydays. That's the only real thing holding him back. I think Buatsi will be the one. He's got the olympic medal, he's got AJ helping to promote him with Eddie Hearn. He's so skilled, and the light-heavyweight division is so packed, and I think he has the potential to beat the likes of Bivol, Kovalev, Badou Jack etc.
How can you say Kelly is better than Thurman? I'm a Kelly fan but come on man. They guy has had 6 fights.
brilliant post. agreed on Josh Kelly, although I don't agree he is better than Thurman. I know it was amateur and he will continue to improve but every time he tried to drop his hands against Yelluesinov, he got hit with relative ease. Buatsi could be a huge star, id like to see him step up to decide for definite though, as LHW is a ridiculously deep division. Taylor could dominate 140 before moving up to welter and think he would be a cert to be a star with Sky or maybe BT, but I don't think Cyclone is the best place for him to be
It was a 3 round fight and was fairly close, Kelly was competitive. I think Yeleussinov lacks power. Kelly has more room for improvement imo and Adam Booth is the man I rate him as a trainer very highly. There's also good welters like Stanionis, Butaev, Besputin and Lewis Crocker coming up. Buatsi got schooled much worse by Niyazymbetov at Light heavy!
he needs a LOT of defensive alterations. a fighter with more power than Cardle would've wiped him out I think judging by that 1st round. But he is hugely entertaining, ridiculously composed and looks to destroy. I think he will get to world level, how he does there is up to him and his Dad
