Prospect of the year winner is....

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  1. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    2014 Boxing Prospect of the Year: Artur Beterbiev

    By Karl Freitag
    Photo: Amanada Kwok/SHOWTIME

    The 2014 Fightnews.com Boxing Prospect of the Year is light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (7-0, 7 KOs), who separated himself from a talented pack of 2014 hot prospects by stepping up in class to demolish both former world champion Tavoris Cloud and previously unbeaten Jeff Page to close out the year. Two-time Russian Olympian Beterbiev, who has fought all his pro bouts in Canada, was 4-0 with 4 KOs in 2014 as he outpaced Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Anthony Joshua (10-0, 10 KOs) who devastated a lineup of past their prime heavyweights in the UK.

    Beterbiev also edged out Puerto Rican Olympian lightweight Felix Verdejo (16-0, 12 KOs), who was spectacular every outing in 2014, going 7-0 with 6 KOs. Verdejo looks to be a star in the making.

    Other boxers to watch in 2015 include heavyweight Joseph Parker (12-0, 10 KOs), cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk (6-0, 6 KOs), super middleweights Jesse Hart (16-0, 13 KOs) and Callum Smith (15-0, 11 KOs), middleweight Ievgen Khytrov (7-0, 7 KOs), welterweight Errol Spence (15-0, 12 KOs), super lightweight Jose Ramirez (13-0, 10 KOs), and featherweights Jo Jo Diaz (14-0, 9 KOs) and Oscar Valdez (14-0, 13 KOs).


    ^^^This is a very good class!
     
    Mendoza, Dec 30, 2014
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  2. Cafe

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    Good decision.
     
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  3. takahiro-onaga

    takahiro-onaga Active Member Full Member

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    How no mention for Kosei Tanaka? These awards all rubbish.
     
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  4. McGrain

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    Oleksandr Usyk interests me more.
     
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  5. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    The division he fights in is quite unpopular and often overlooked (in the west at least), I'm not sure how much he deserves to be mentioned (although I don't think anybody can disagree that Artur Beterbiev deserves the award) but that could be one of the reasons he wasn't.
     
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  6. Mendoza

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    I think the award goes to the new comer who had the best year in 2014 that does not have a belt.

    I think Usyk is excellent too but Beterbeiv looks like a 175 pound Godzilla in the ring. A top notch in your face destroyer who beat the best of the new comers.
     
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  7. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    What division are we talking about?
     
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  8. Cafe

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    Minimumweight.
     
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  9. takahiro-onaga

    takahiro-onaga Active Member Full Member

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    Win over Hara better than win over Cloud IMO. Cloud shot, Hara unbeaten world ranked. Tanaka deserve award more. Tanaka not get dropped by massive under dog.

    If west journalist stupid they don't deserve honour to talk about sport.
     
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  10. elmaldito

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    Glad nobody listed Amir imam. He will be my pick for next year.
     
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  11. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Sorry about that. Most western writers do not see any live or tv matches on straw weights.

    At 105 pounds the new comers can be hard to judge. Many are young.

    Having said that both fighting Harda and Chang are held in high regard by serious boxing fans in the USA
     
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  12. Cafe

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    Ehm sorry but I'll leave the debate of Hara vs Cloud to somebody else, I literally know nothing about Hara apart from the two things you mentioned in your post right now.
     
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  13. takahiro-onaga

    takahiro-onaga Active Member Full Member

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    It not like it hard, every Tanaka fight is online, he easy to see. Lazy writer not bother.

    Maybe hard to judge but easy to see skill on show. Beterbiev in last fight look like cave man, off balance, fall short. Ugly performance with nice result.
     
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  14. CST80

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    Usyk is better than Beterbiev, in fact he beat in the amateurs so he is legitimately better than Beterbiev. But Artur would be my second choice.
     
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  15. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    I can't even imagine Artur at CW, he would be even more beast.
     
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