Best Heavyweight prospect under 25?

I agree with your comment on journeyman but i view a journeyman as a tough pro with some talent who can make life difficult for the prospects.Perez' opponent just ambled aimlessly around the ring without engaging and barely throwing a punch.
I give him respect for getting in the ring but if you are not trying to win ,whats the point?

 

Making a living.

 

i think he was trying to win but he just didn't know how too.

 

I agree that Perez looked rather lethargic against the pole, but I think that he looked much better than the nigerian and former olympian Gbenga Oloukun did against the same pole. Oloukun looked absolutely awful and only won a split or majority decission over the pole.

 

Have seen some of Gbenga's fight up to now. His body looks like the statue of an old heroe of the Roman empire-built like a young God.However,his skills are nothing special. He wont go far.He can punch a little bit,but at times he is as passive as an inmobile statue. He is no match for any top fighter IMO.

 

I agree.

But under 25 is pretty young for a HW to be a pro. I guess the best ones could still fight as amateurs...

 

The guy from the United States that I'm keeping an eye on is Kasim Howard. Granted he's 26, but that's close enough for the sake of argument. He's very early in his pro career but has already had 6 fights in a relatively short time. So he's fast tracking.

He's incredibly athletic. Has an excellent amateur background. Has decent size, good power and looked very skilled.

I haven't seen Johnnie White fight yet but he's undefeated against regional competition and only 23 years old. Anyone know much about him? Another regional fighter with a gaudy record is 25 year old JD Chapman. I saw him once and he might have some potential but not really sold on him.

 

Its about the third or fourth time in a couple of days, Ive read about Howard being THE American heavyweight to watch out for.

Is there any clip of him somewhere?

 

Not that I know of. I saw him fight live on the undercard of the Miranda/Banks fight in Hollywood. He's gonna make some noise.

 

After last nights performance is cruiserweight Aaron Williams definitely someone to follow. He's only 21 and has been talkin about movin up to the heaviest division.

Dominican Nagy Aguilera is another young (born 1986) prospect who might be worth the check.

 

In a way this thread reminds me a bit of that scene in "The great white hype" with Samuel L Jackson, where they are watching some fights of possible opponents, and one after another looks bad.


Boytsov looks promising, though.