Trans-Continental Prospect Rankings: Middleweights The Top 10 Fighters To Watch.

il have to watch that one again but he got battered in the first fight and through out the apb championship he was getting soft decisions

a good boxer and if his training as a pro who knows he might medal in rio

i remember when Joe Ward got beat by the home turk 18-15. Irish put in an appeal, on video evidence it showed wards hit him 36 times and the turk only hit him 13 times

 

Harrison, Khytrov and Quigg are the ones to watch imo

 

haha true, his a very skillful tricky southpaw though:good

 

Castaño outclass them all.

Don't forget that he is a natural 140-147.

He allready fought against much experienced and bigger Sergiy Derevyanchenko and beat him clearly.

He is now in Oxnard with #MaidanaTeam, we'll see where he gets.

 

he didnt beat derevychenko clearly , it was a close fight that could have gone either way

hope he campaigns at welterweight though and if his at oxnard wow he could be the next star of the sport

 

Khytrov is real overrated. With as many amateur fights as he's had, he should have better technique but he relies too much on his power and is sloppy winging shots.

Murata I can't make up my mind about. He looks good sometimes, but when he fought Khytrov in the amateurs he turtled up and wouldn't let his hands go.

I've said it before, but you are sleeping on Eubank Jr. That boy has the potential to be better than Lemieux, Lee, or Saunders who narrowly beat him. He doesn't deserve to be ranked lower. I just watched the Eubank Jr vs Saunders fight and Eubank was clearly the superior athlete. He was coming on strong in the second half of that fight. The only reason Saunders won was because he had more experience: 86 amateur fights to Eubanks 26. Plus, Saunders had a better game plan and corner men. Eubank's father is kind of dead weight in that regard.

All Eubank Jr. needs to be top shelf is a ton of sparring in the gym to make up for his lack of amateur background, and a good coach like Freddie Roach to make sure he makes the most of his abilities. Really, I don't understand why he didn't have all of this beforehand, except because his father started that way when he was 18. But if Eubank Jr. was going to go down the same road, then he should have started boxing when he was 6 like Floyd Mayweather Jr.

You can tell that Eubank Jr. has always been some kind of athlete, but not a boxer. He was probably big into soccer or basketball like Martinez when he was younger. A lot of guys take up boxing late these days when they can't go pro in their first sport for some reason: Cunningham, Wilder, Stiverne. Unfortunately, they still always look a little less polished than the guys with the big amateur backgrounds like Golovkin, Usyk, Rigondeaux, Lara, or Lomachenko. Come to think of it, I'd like to see Eubank Jr in against Korobov. That could be interesting.

I need to watch some Jacobs. Still haven't got around to him. That Quillin vs Lee match was disappointing since it was fairly even and neither guy would take risks letting their hands go. I expected Quillin to pick up a decision there on points since I think his technique is better and Lee just had some lucky shots which is making everyone overestimate his power punching. But a draw was the right way to go with that match.

Lemieux had moments when he was fighting N'Dam where he reminded me of Dempsey, but then he'd revert back to a clumsy plodder again. N'Dam and his conditioning really impressed me about their fight. In terms of skills, he and Lemieux were evenly matched. The difference was just the power which produced four knockdowns. I've never been really impressed by Lemieux. I don't think he's first rate. As soon as he finds someone who can move and jab who can take his power, he'll get shown up and look terrible.

Cotto is an enigma. I expected Martinez and Geale to walk right through him. Either he's the luckiest son of a ***** ever, a lot better than I give him credit for, or the division is a lot weaker than I thought.

 

I'd have Murata a little higher.