Everyone's a damn "prospect" in Britain

He won Olympic gold mate, jesus, you set a high bar don't you?!

Who are 'prospects' in your book? Pacquiao? Ali?

 

lol

 

Our prospects are so ****. 99% of the time they are british and euro level. murray, brook and cleverly are our next prospects to step up and attempt to be world class.

 

For me...there is so much press on European fighters that hails them as the next this or that... rarely do they pan out on the world scene..for such a small nation British fighters do well but it is hard to get so excited once u see them fight other contenders outside of the domestic scene....

 

Like Jeff Lacy you mean ?

 

You'd think Europe has a monopoly on press.

In America they managed to build up Cris Arreola as a serious opponent for Klitschko.

 

Jeff Lacy sure turned out to be a bust..but it seems to me that every time I hear of a Europen fighter such as Fury, Audley, Dunne who did do well for a fight Jennings at welter..and many others they just seem to fail... maybe it is the articles on the websites that make them seem so much better than their rela talents.. but it just seems that the European title is more likely the ceiling for a lot of guys who get the press that says ..they are going to win a WBC ,IBF etc.. title...so when a European actually does make it to world stage and makes good...usually Im their biggest fan... i love the Russian fighters and still thought Hamed was great though his attitude sucked... loved Eubank and Benn Jirov.. so it is just based on observations and records... i cant get excited about 25-0 records until some of these guys fight other prospects that are not domestic fighters

 

Yes but a prospect is not a guaranteed success

No disrespect, you are really struggling with the concept of a 'prospect'

 

What on earth is this thread about :-(

Prospect means someone with 'potential' to do well in their given sport, hobbie or career

Doesn't mean that they WILL suceed, neither does it state what you base success on ! If I was a boxer then I would class myself as a success if I was to become the English Champ, others base there's on world honours, others would base there's on earning a living out of the sport.

How about we just wait and see where they go and be grateful that we are in for some good fights down the line, and whether they make it or not they deserve our respect

Who the **** has said that Fury is the next Larry Holmes ?? Nobody delivers a dropkick like Larry :deal NOBODY !!!!!

 

this thread.

There all prospects, doesn't mean they will all be multi-division, multi-weight world champions, or world champions at all.

 

:yep:deal

 

exactly, anyone who looks to be capable of winning a british title at some point in their career should be considered a prospect.

People should never underestimate how hard it is to do that. You need to consider that of all the kids that go down to the local boxing club, usually only the ones who have shown some natural ability will be keen enough to stick it out and actually begin to have some amateur fights. On top of that only the half decent amateurs usually are going to go pro. Then you have to take into account that alot of them will not even have the punch resistance to get through there first few fights without a headguard. Then you have to be able to work your way up just to even be considered for an area title. That should give people a good idea of how hard it is to win a British title, and how much it means to fighters.

It's not like football where most kids, even if they don't show much talent for it, they will stick at it for a few years at least. In boxing, only usually the kids who have shown a bit of natural talent will make it through the past the first few weeks, especially when you consider the amount of kids that you see at the gym who just don't have it in them to not cower away when someone is hitting them.

 

:good I would have given my right arm to have been British Champ and had hold of a Lonsdale belt...these days it seems that you are **** unless you are at least Euro champ