Ok, to qualify as a prospect you need to be a) 24 and under b) Have yet to fight for a Commonwealth/British title or higher c) You have to had a fight at the 6 round limit d) Have no more than 1 loss on your record This is the list according to Boxrec using there points system. Its pretty flawed but I think this has created a decent list 1. Tyson Fury 172 2. Kris Hughes 138 3. James DeGale 117 4. Scott Quigg 117 5. Adil Anwar 113 6. Jon Lewis Diskinson 108 7. Ryan Brawley103 8. Frankie Gavin 102 9. Liam Walsh 94 10. Stephen Smith 90 11. Anthony Crolla 87 12. Joe Murray 84 13. Travis Dickinson 79 14. Tony Jeffries 72 15. John Donnelly 70 16. Billy Joe Saunders 68 17. Ryan Wlash 63 18. Michael Walsh 44 19. Carl Frampton 43 20. Paul Edwards 43
1.stephen smith 2,frankie gavin 3,george groves 4,james degale 5,liam walsh 6,carl frampton, 7,scott quigg 8,tony jefferies 9,tyson fury 10,bj saunders
I like the look of Quigg..... but his level of opposition isn't setting the world alight, though he does have an impressive stoppage of that Lukin fella, who stood Paul Hyland on his head a while back. I'd put him in with Marsh next for the British.
Pretty simple list to do... DeGale S. Smith Quigg Gavin Saunders Joe Murray (not seen enough to be sure but from what I've heard) We discuss and mock DeGale, we're ultra-critical of the likes of Saunders, but they're still a clear class above the 'average' type of prospect we see coming up.
I'd rate Groves over Degale, and Gavin over Smith. This could all change if Smith manages to beat Simpson, don't think he will though, he's had no fights this far to prove he can hang with Simpson IMO.
going by rob's criteria (age, no title etc) and with ranking order based on the most potential i'd go with... 1. frankie gavin 2. stephen smith 3. carl frampton 4. joe murray 5. scott quigg 6. james degale 7. liam walsh 8. bj saunders 9. kris hughes 10. ronnie heffron