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First off, happy new year everyone! Thought I’d kick off 2016 with my yearly prospect list – though a little different this time.....
So normally I do my big list of the top unbeaten (professional) prospects – I decided a few months ago to leave this for a year, so the January 2017 version will pretty much be all new fighters that I haven’t profiled in previous years. But rather than do nothing, I decided to turn my attention towards the amateur fighters, and thus this thread was born! I thought it would be fun to test my scouting ability on a bunch of amateur fighters and see how these get on in the pro ranks (if they even turn pro), and to see how they develop as professionals; and if any of them ever become good enough to fight for the top organisations. Can’t wait to bump this thread in 7-8 years and to see how well / badly I have done! ;D
I created 4 rules to go by for this. All fighters must:
- Have had a minimum of 3 amateur fights
- Be aged 27 years old or younger
- Have competed in the past 12 months
- Not have had a professional fight yet
I have spent countless hours these past few months doing research and watched hundreds (possible thousands) of YouTube video’s of amateur fighters’ various fights. I started with a shortlist of around 1000 fighters and managed to cut it down to a top 350 – which I have ranked by weight class (top 30 HW & LHW, top 35 MW & Women’s, top 40 WW, BW & FLW, top 50 LW & FW). From these 350 fighters I did further research & watching and have come up with a top 30 list of fighters from all weight classes combined.
Rather than making a thread for each weight class as I normally do for my unbeaten fighters’ lists, I am just going to post the final ‘pound for pound’ top 30 list. If anyone is interested to see the full 350 man rankings, just drop me a pm with your e-mail address and I will be happy to e-mail you the spreadsheet with the detailed rankings.
So without further ado, I present to you mattandbenny’s top 30 amateur prospects 2016!
1) William Starks – 9-1 - USA – 22 Years Old – Welterweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpNZLWwm7AE
2) Clayton Carpenter – 5-0 - USA – 19 Years Old – Bantamweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlZMDbfOqE
3) Lance Lawrence – 8-0 - USA – 26 Years Old – Lightweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD_UTWnAj8A
4) Steve Mowry – 7-0 - USA – 23 Years Old – Heavyweight - Last Fought: Jun ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt9m64yqTVQ
5) Damion Minor – 7-1 - USA – 20 Years Old – Lightweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9ND2wqUpE
6) Dontale Mayes – 8-0 - USA – 23 Years Old – Heavyweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbFuoBLL9XE
7) Cain Lugar – 6-1 - USA – 20 Years Old – Featherweight - Last Fought: Dec ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8miE9NFzk
8) AJ Dobson – 7-1 - USA – 23 Years Old – Welterweight - Last Fought: Dec ’14
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSQnEUE1bJc
9) Renaldo Weekly – 8-1 - USA – 22 Years Old – Featherweight - Last Fought: Sep ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Z09zhpnJk
10) Maxx Smith – 6-1 - USA – 21 Years Old – Middleweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Ex-qBpni0 **Watch**
11) Tommy Cuozzi – 4-0 - USA – 16 Years Old – Flyweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKKaSSnBYfM
12) Jose Torres – 17-0 - USA – 23 Years Old – Bantamweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzJKeH8GzRk
13) Marco Hutch – 8-1 - USA – 22 Years Old – Middleweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1__DU6F0
14) Jamie Harrington – 7-0 - Canada – 24 Years Old – Women’s Bantamweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFbLyS4BQ1g
15) Sabir Bagautdinov – 4-0 - Russia – 25 Years Old – Lightweight - Last Fought: May ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBbYzQtb-k
16) Amberlynn Orr – 11-1 - USA – 23 Years Old – Women’s Flyweight - Last Fought: Sep ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjxb8Kh6T2I
17) Brandon Lewis – 6-1 - USA – 18 Years Old –Flyweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tMQ1O-wRE
18) Jared Richardson – 7-1 - USA – 22 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Dec ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTepC1DXdj8
19) Jerome Ward – 4-0 - USA – 26 Years Old –Light Heavyweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEWNFIcz3UI (Wrestling)
20) Hunter Joffre – 6-0 - USA – 21 Years Old –Flyweight - Last Fought: May ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ_2jcqNoq4
21) Jerico MacPhee – 6-0 - Canada – 19 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyLu96UlP4U
22) Jamal Pogues – 9-1 - USA – 19 Years Old –Light Heavyweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix1PLTkp1KA
23) Andre Hall – 9-0 - USA – 25 Years Old –Middleweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-U1JZjrXKM
24) Jailin Turner – 6-2 - USA – 20 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjQoBxQ7hHo
25) Isaac Purnell – 4-0 - USA – 24 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Apr ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdjiYFUpTN4
26) Blake Bilder – 4-0 - USA – 25 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDhREiht8E
27) Bassil Hafez – 6-1 - USA – 23 Years Old –Welterweight - Last Fought: Jun ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqbJY1NuQUE
28) Joe Harding – 7-0 - England – 21 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Jun ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni5LcZpNlk0
29) Chris Teague – 7-1 - USA – 25 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlDp7f66Mo
30) Michael Trizano – 6-0 - USA – 23 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYGKQT0icrc
So normally I do my big list of the top unbeaten (professional) prospects – I decided a few months ago to leave this for a year, so the January 2017 version will pretty much be all new fighters that I haven’t profiled in previous years. But rather than do nothing, I decided to turn my attention towards the amateur fighters, and thus this thread was born! I thought it would be fun to test my scouting ability on a bunch of amateur fighters and see how these get on in the pro ranks (if they even turn pro), and to see how they develop as professionals; and if any of them ever become good enough to fight for the top organisations. Can’t wait to bump this thread in 7-8 years and to see how well / badly I have done! ;D
I created 4 rules to go by for this. All fighters must:
- Have had a minimum of 3 amateur fights
- Be aged 27 years old or younger
- Have competed in the past 12 months
- Not have had a professional fight yet
I have spent countless hours these past few months doing research and watched hundreds (possible thousands) of YouTube video’s of amateur fighters’ various fights. I started with a shortlist of around 1000 fighters and managed to cut it down to a top 350 – which I have ranked by weight class (top 30 HW & LHW, top 35 MW & Women’s, top 40 WW, BW & FLW, top 50 LW & FW). From these 350 fighters I did further research & watching and have come up with a top 30 list of fighters from all weight classes combined.
Rather than making a thread for each weight class as I normally do for my unbeaten fighters’ lists, I am just going to post the final ‘pound for pound’ top 30 list. If anyone is interested to see the full 350 man rankings, just drop me a pm with your e-mail address and I will be happy to e-mail you the spreadsheet with the detailed rankings.
So without further ado, I present to you mattandbenny’s top 30 amateur prospects 2016!
1) William Starks – 9-1 - USA – 22 Years Old – Welterweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpNZLWwm7AE
2) Clayton Carpenter – 5-0 - USA – 19 Years Old – Bantamweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlZMDbfOqE
3) Lance Lawrence – 8-0 - USA – 26 Years Old – Lightweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD_UTWnAj8A
4) Steve Mowry – 7-0 - USA – 23 Years Old – Heavyweight - Last Fought: Jun ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt9m64yqTVQ
5) Damion Minor – 7-1 - USA – 20 Years Old – Lightweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9ND2wqUpE
6) Dontale Mayes – 8-0 - USA – 23 Years Old – Heavyweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbFuoBLL9XE
7) Cain Lugar – 6-1 - USA – 20 Years Old – Featherweight - Last Fought: Dec ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8miE9NFzk
8) AJ Dobson – 7-1 - USA – 23 Years Old – Welterweight - Last Fought: Dec ’14
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSQnEUE1bJc
9) Renaldo Weekly – 8-1 - USA – 22 Years Old – Featherweight - Last Fought: Sep ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Z09zhpnJk
10) Maxx Smith – 6-1 - USA – 21 Years Old – Middleweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Ex-qBpni0 **Watch**
11) Tommy Cuozzi – 4-0 - USA – 16 Years Old – Flyweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKKaSSnBYfM
12) Jose Torres – 17-0 - USA – 23 Years Old – Bantamweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzJKeH8GzRk
13) Marco Hutch – 8-1 - USA – 22 Years Old – Middleweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7F1__DU6F0
14) Jamie Harrington – 7-0 - Canada – 24 Years Old – Women’s Bantamweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFbLyS4BQ1g
15) Sabir Bagautdinov – 4-0 - Russia – 25 Years Old – Lightweight - Last Fought: May ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBbYzQtb-k
16) Amberlynn Orr – 11-1 - USA – 23 Years Old – Women’s Flyweight - Last Fought: Sep ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjxb8Kh6T2I
17) Brandon Lewis – 6-1 - USA – 18 Years Old –Flyweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-tMQ1O-wRE
18) Jared Richardson – 7-1 - USA – 22 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Dec ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTepC1DXdj8
19) Jerome Ward – 4-0 - USA – 26 Years Old –Light Heavyweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEWNFIcz3UI (Wrestling)
20) Hunter Joffre – 6-0 - USA – 21 Years Old –Flyweight - Last Fought: May ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ_2jcqNoq4
21) Jerico MacPhee – 6-0 - Canada – 19 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyLu96UlP4U
22) Jamal Pogues – 9-1 - USA – 19 Years Old –Light Heavyweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix1PLTkp1KA
23) Andre Hall – 9-0 - USA – 25 Years Old –Middleweight - Last Fought: Jul ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-U1JZjrXKM
24) Jailin Turner – 6-2 - USA – 20 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Oct ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjQoBxQ7hHo
25) Isaac Purnell – 4-0 - USA – 24 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Apr ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdjiYFUpTN4
26) Blake Bilder – 4-0 - USA – 25 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDhREiht8E
27) Bassil Hafez – 6-1 - USA – 23 Years Old –Welterweight - Last Fought: Jun ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqbJY1NuQUE
28) Joe Harding – 7-0 - England – 21 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Jun ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni5LcZpNlk0
29) Chris Teague – 7-1 - USA – 25 Years Old –Featherweight - Last Fought: Aug ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlDp7f66Mo
30) Michael Trizano – 6-0 - USA – 23 Years Old –Lightweight - Last Fought: Nov ’15
Fight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYGKQT0icrc