Félix "El Diamante" Verdejo - or should we say, "Cubic Zirconia"?

1- Don't care about this 2012 loss against Loma. He was a child at 18.
2- Puerto Rico has a big fanbase in boxing. Every puertorican boxer that starts to shine is "The new Tito" and you should look after where your money is.
3- They have probably ruined him. It happens when you raise a boxer too fast (cause of a beating), or when you raise him too slow (motivation).

I bet he will be a World Champion (maybe 2019) but I think he won't be the next Tito or the next Cotto. Anyway, he's just 24.

 

Could beat Beltran but even that is not a given.

 

I remember when Puerto Ricans were putting the ATG tag on Thomas Dulorme. They can't call em for **** huh?

 

HBO tried to make him into a thing a few years back but he was so boring they just gave up I guess. Haven't seen him in a couple of years it seems and I don't miss him. There are only so many tv dates and if you don't impress or at least go to war you don't have much chance of being asked back

 

Im puerto rican and while i thought he had a bright future never hyped him. I hype no one. I let guys prove it in the ring. That being said your criticisms are just. I think he has superstar talent but i dont think he has the discipline outside of the ring needed to be an elite level world champion. He is not the next puerto rican great i think thats pretty apparent by now.

 

Seems like he's been around forever but he's only...

TWENTY-FOUR!

Some guys prime a little later, give him a chance.

 

I remember those times. With Luis Cruz too. In hinsight, Mcwilliams is the one with the right motor of the bunch dispite having a loss on the record

 

Check some of those threads again. I was not a believer in Felix "El Zirconio" Verdejo and made it clear.