America has a promising and large group of young prospects fighting from 126-147, though I suspect all will eventually end up between 135-147 and possibly 154. Shakur Stevenson, Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, Gary Antuann Russell, Jarron Boots Ennis, Jamaine Ortiz Rodriguez, Richardson Hitchens, Abraham Super Nova, and Teofimo Lopez are all part of this class and all look pretty promising to almost assuredly world class/world champ material. I've seen quite a bit of Jamaine Ortiz Rodriguez and Abraham Nova as Ortiz Rodriguez is from nearby Worcester, MA. and has been touted as the best prospect from there maybe ever, and that city has produced fighters like Edwin Rodriguez and Jose Antonio Rivera. Abraham Nova, originally from upstate New York, is trained by the same trainer as Javier Fortuna, and he splits his time between Braintree, MA. and Albany, NY., so I've seen plenty of him as well. IMO Ortiz Rodriguez is the superior overall boxer by a good margin, but Nova is a FREAK athlete with unbelievable ordinance in his hands. Overall, though it's an impossible call, I think either Stevenson, Russell, Ennis, Hitchens, Haney, and Jamaine Ortiz Rodriguez are the best talents of the bunch and can see them all holding a belt at some point. Anyone got any thoughts on any of them and the group as a whole?
Throw in Ruben Villa too, although he'll probably max out a little smaller. Its certainly going to be interesting when they start fighting each other.
Ennis is the most naturally gifted, all-around fighter of the prospects mentioned. Stevenson, however, will be a champion sooner rather and later.
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