Top 100 Heavyweight Prospects

(Updated in December 2016)

The search for the next great heavyweight continues.

To qualify for the list you must be considered a prospect in some way and a prospect is in my book someone with qualities that haven’t been pushed to the limit, an unknown commodity. A prospect is not necessarily undefeated even if an undefeated fighter is almost per definition a prospect. If you haven’t smelled defeat your still on your way up. But if your loss has been dubious in some way or if you have showed improvement since your loss, you might be a prospect too. The things that counts are what you can do in the future. So a prospect in my book could be anyone from the contenders to the debutants...

The ranking is based on (1) Level of competition (2) How you perform against the level you reached (3) Amateur credentials (4) Age.

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(1) Anthony Joshua
YOB: 1989
H-W: 6.6-240
Country: UK
Record: 17-0 (17)
Latest: Stopped Eric Molina in round 3 the 10th of December.
Best win: Charles Martin
Comments: A fast and heavyhanded englishman with alot of hype around him. Took the olympic gold in 2012 and has been outstanding as a pro so far.

(2) Deontay Wilder
YOB: 1985
Country: USA
H-W: 6.7-220
Record: 37-0 (36)
Prodebut: 2008
Latest: Stopped Chris Arreola in round 8 the 16th of July
Best win: Bermane Stiverne.
Comments: USA:s only (boxing)medalist in Beijing. Rather mobile and very powerful. Has been rather protected as a pro but took a big step up when he convincingly won the WBC-title over Bermane Stiverne. Even if he's the WBC-champ, he's still some kind of prospect in my book.

(3) Oleksandr Usyk (!)
YOB: 1987
H-W: 6.3-200
Country: Ukraine
Record: 10-0
Latest: Outpointed the WBO-champ Krzysztof Glowacki the 17th of September.
Comments: Even if he's officially a cruiserweight right now I definitely see him as a heavyweight superstar in the making. Especially as his best performances as a boxer so far has been as a super heavy in the WSB 2013. Usyk is a technical southpawboxer who relies a lot on speed and reflexes with victories in WC 2011 and the Olympics 2012 on his amateur record.

(4) Joseph Parker
YOB: 1992
H-W: 6.4-240
Country: New Zealand
Record: 22-0
Latest: Outpointed Andy Ruiz the 10th of December.
Best win: Carlos Takam
Comments: Fast and powerful is Parker seen as the most promising heavyweight/superheavyweight from down under since David Tua. Took a bronze at the Junior WC in 2010 and competed in WC 2011.

(5) Luis Ortiz
YOB: 1979
Country: Cuba
H-W: 6.4-240
Record: 26-0 (22)
Rounds: 8
Latest: Stopped David Allen in round 7 the 10th of December
Best win: Bryant Jennings
Comments: A skillful Cuban southpaw who was the number 2 (behind Solis, Acosta and Alfonso) in Cuba for almost a decade, before he decided to turn pro. Began his procareer in an unusual tough way, was then suspended for using illegal stuff and has now made a statement with an impressive stoppage win over contender Bryant Jennings.

(6) Hughie Fury
YOB: 1994
H-W: 6.7-235
Country: UK
Record: 20-0 (10)
Latest: Outpointed Fred Kassi the 30th of April.
Comments: Tysons young cousin became the world youth champ in 2012 and is very fast and mobile for such a big man.

(7) Sergey Kuzmin
YOB: 1987
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.3-250
Record: 7-0
Latest: Stopped Konstantin Airich in round 2 the 8th of April
Comments: A skillful pressure fighter from Russia, who got a succesful amateurcareer behind him.

(8) Zhilei Zhang
YOB: 1983
Country: China
H-W: 6.6-250
Record: 13-0
Latest: Stopped Galen Brown in round 2 the 10th of December.
Comments: A top 5 superheavy among the amateurs for almost a decade who's rather smooth and mobile for a boxer at his size.

(9) Bogdan Dinu
YOB: 1986
Country: Romania
H-W: 6.4-230
Record: 13-0 (10)
Prodebut: 2008
Latest: Stopped Manuell Puheta in round 6 the 28th of November.
Comments: Dinu was a good amateur on european level and brings good handspeed and power to the table.

(10) Oscar Rivas
YOB: 1987
Country: Colombia
H-W: 6.1-240
Record: 200 (14)
Latest: Stopped Jeremiah Karpency in round 3 the 29th of July
Comments: A tough youngster who lost to Cammarelle in Beijing. He got a rather professional style, so absolutely one to follow a little closer as a pro. Rivas might be the most promising heavyweight south of Cuba.

(11) Adam Kownacki
YOB: 1989
Country: USA/Poland
H-W: 6.3-250
Record: 14-0 (11)
Latest: Stopped Jesse Barboza in round 3 the 25th of June.
Comments: An offensive minded powerman with a good amateurbackground.

(12) Izuagbe Ugonoh
YOB: 1986
Country: Poland
H-W: 6.5-230
Record: 15-0
Latest: Stopped Gregory Tony in round 2 the 1st of October.
Comments: A rather fast and powerful heavyweight who's in the same stable as Joseph Parker at the moment.

(13) Jarrell Miller
YOB: 1989
Country: Belieze
H-W: 6.3-280
Record: 18-0-1
Latest: Stopped Fred Kassi the 19th of August.
Comments: A powerful man from New York with some reputation around him.

(14) Adrian Granat
YOB: 1991
Country: Sweden
H-W: 6.7-250
Record: 13-0
Latest: Stopped Franz Rill in round 6 the 15th of October.
Comments: A former swedish amateur champ, who's been doing great so far as a pro.

(15) Lucas Browne
YOB: 1979
Country: Australia
H-W: 6.4-260
Record: 23-0 (20)
Latest: Stopped Ruslan Chagaev in round 10 the 5th of March.
Comments: A big heavy hitting australian with alot of believers behind him.

(16) Otto Wallin
YOB: 1990
Country: Sweden
H-W: 6.5-230
Record: 16-0
Latest: Outpointed Raphael Zumbano the 3rd of December
Comments: A young swede with a decent amateur background.

(17) Gerald Washington
YOB: 1982
Country: USA
H-W: 6.5-250
Record: 18-0-1
Latest: Stopped Ray Austin in round 4 the 16th of July
Comments: A former "football"-player with some hype surrounding him.

(18) Trevor Bryan
YOB: 1989
H-W: 6.5-230
Country: USA
Record: 17-0
Latest: Outpointed Galen Brown the 2nd of July.
Comments: One of the brightest super heavyweight talents among the amateurs in USA during the last couple of years.

(19) Junior Fa
YOB: 1989
H-W: 6.6-260
Country: New Zealand
Record: 8-0
Latest: Stopped Pablo Matias Magrini in round 3 the 10th of December.
Comments: A big and fluid boxer who had competed succesfully in the WSB.

(20) Michael Hunter (!)
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.2-200
Country: USA
Record: 12-0
Latest: Outpointed Isiah Thomas the 13th of May.
Comments: The number one among american amateur heavyweights/super heavyweights for a couple of years is quick and rather hard to hit. Maybe not the most powerful out there though. Seems to be more of a cruiser at the moment.

(21) Darmani Rock (!)
YOB: 1996
Country: USA
H-W: 6.4-250
Record: 6-0
Latest: Outpointed Brice Ritani Coe the 19th of November
Comments: One of the most hyped american super heavies in a long time. was seen as a big hope for the Olympics in Rio but was surprisingly stopped by Marlo Moore in the US qualification. Fast and rather slick for such a big man.

(22) George Arias (!)
YOB: 1991
Country: Dominican Republic
H-W: 6.0-230
Record: 5-0
Latest: Outpointed James Hammortree the 5th of March.
Comments: A rather fast and heavyhanded heavyweight from Bronx who won the New York Golden Glove in 2014.

(23) Oleksandr Teslenko
YOB: 1992
Country: Ukraine
H-W: 6.4-215
Record: 7-0
Latest: Stopped Abraham Pascual in round 2 the 9th of September
Comments: A good allroundboxer with a decent amateur background.

(24) Evgeny Romanov
YOB: 1985
H-W: 6.1-220
Country: Russia
Record: 2-0
Latest: Stopped Vladimir Goncharov in round 1 the 25th of November.
Comments: A rather small but hard hitting Russian who's probably most famous for a knockout win over Deontay Wilder as an amateur in 2008.

(25) LaRon Mitchell
YOB: 1980
Country: USA
H-W: 6.3-245
Record: 15-0
Latest: Outpointed Scott Alexander the 21st of October.
Comments: A latebloomer who became the US amateur champ (beating Lenroy Thompson for exemple) in 2011 and now has turned pro.

(26) Stephan Shaw
YOB: 1992
Country: US
H-W: 6.5- 250
Record: 7-0
Latest: Outpointed Danny Kelly the 17th of May.
Comments: Turned pro after a succesful 2013 in the amateur ring.

(27) Simon Kean
YOB: 1991
Country: Canada
H-W: 6.5-250
Record: 7-0
Latest: Stopped Danny Calhoun in round 1 the 19th of November.
Comments: A rateher succesfulful amateur who comepeted for Canada in London 2012 for exemple.

(28) Jai Opetaia (!)
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.3-210
Country: Australia
Record: 6-0
Latest: Stopped Uria Masamasaga in round 2 the 14th of October
Comments: A golden boy from Australia, with a flashy style, who won the Australian heavyweight championship at the age of 16. He also became the world junior champ in 2011 and lost a controversial decission to Mammadov in London 2012.

(29) Michael Wallisch
YOB: 1985
Country: Germany
H-W: 6.5-220
Record: 16-0
Outpointed Ivica Bacurin the 9th of Janury.
Comments: A rather typical stand-up german fighter with good basics and a decent amateur background.

(30) Tom Schwarz
YOB: 1994
Country: Germany
H-W: 6.5-240
Record: 17-0
Latest: Outpointed Dennis Lewandowski the 4th of June.
Comments: A big and powerful youngster with a decent amateurbackground on junior level.

(31) Willis Meehan (!)
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.5-280
Country: Australia
Record: 5-0
Latest: Stopped Riki Barclay in round 1 the 27th of April.
Comments: Kali Meehans son is a huge talent who became the Aussie amateur champ in 2013. Combines a boxing career with a rugby dito. He might have a bright future in boxing IF he get rid of the rugby thing.

(32) Alexis Santos
YOB: 1990
Country: USA
W: 6.0-220
Record: 16-1 (11)
Latest: Stopped Daniel Martz in round 7 the 9th of April.
Comments: Santos was a decent amateur and he’s mobile, fast and powerful so he might be worth to keep an eye on.

(33) Robert Alfonso
YOB: 1986
Country: Cuba
H-W: 6.5-240
Record: 10-0
Latest: Outpointed Willie Herring in September.
Comments: Alfonso was the number one superheavyweight in Cuba before the young Savon entered the scene. He got fine skills, but might be a little to defensive minded and don't seem to have the best of chins though.

(34) Gregory Corbin
YOB: 1980
Country: USA
H-W: 6.5-270
Record: 13-0
Latest: Stopped Larry Knight in round 2 the 10th of December.
Comments: One of the best super heavies in the amateur ranks in USA a couple of years ago.

(35) Krzysztof Kosela
YOB: 1989
Country: Poland
H-W: 6.7-250
Record: 9-0
Latest: Stopped Igor Pylypenko in round 1 the 22nd of October.
Comments: A big man from Poland with a decent amateur career behind him.

(36) Rotislav Plechko
YOB: 1989
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.3-210
Record: 8-0
Latest: Stopped David Gegeshidze in round 1 the 21st of October
Comments: A heavyhanded boxer with good allroundskills from Russia

(37) Zhang Junlong
YOB: 1981
Country: China
H-W: 6.3-270
Record: 12-0
Latest: Stopped George Arias in round 2 the 11th of April.
Comments: Another chinese heavyweight on the rise. Got a good win over respectable journeyman Jason Gavern on his record.

(38) Trey Lippe Morrison
YOB: 1989
Country: USA
H-W: 6.2-220
Record: 13-0
Latest: Stopped Ty Cobb in round 2 the 10th of December.
Comments: The son of Tommy Morrison, who also reminds a little bit of his father stylewise. Took a step up on the ladder when he stopped Ed Latimore.

(39) Jermaine Franklin
YOB: 1993
Country: USA
H-W: 6.1-240
Record: 7-0
Latest: Stopped Willie Jake in round 5 the 27th of May.
Comments: A former top amateur in USA who might be someone to follow.

(40) Agit Kabayel
YOB: 1992
Country: Germany
H-W: 6.3-230
Record: 15-0
Latest: Stopped Christian Lewandowsky in round 7 th 4th of June.
Comments: A good brawler with some decent wins on his record.

(41) Ali Eren Demirezen
YOB: 1990
H-W: 6.3-240
Country: Turkey
Record: 2-0
Latest: Stopped Patryk Kowoll in round 1 the 15th of October
Comments: A powerful heavy with some amateur success on his record.

(42) Gary Sweeney
YOB: 1994
Country: Ireland
H-W: 6.4-210
Record: 2-0
Latest: Stopped Marek Gabor in round 3 the 16th of July.
Comments: Was a rather successful amateur

(43) Julian Pollard
YOB: 1981
H-W: 6.4-260
Record: 6-0
Latest: Stopped Alando Pugh in round 2 the 24th of January.
Comments: A former american footballplayer who turned into a rather decent amateurboxer.

(44) Andrey Afonin
YOB: 1989
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.3-220
Record: 1-0
Latest: Stopped Emilio Karate in round 2 the 3rd of December.
Comments: One of the top russian amateurs the last couple of years. Looks a little bit like Povetkin in style.

(45) Cassius Chaney
Country: USA
YOB: 1987
H-W: 6.6-240
Record: 7-0
Latest: Outpointed Raymundo Lopez the 3rd of June
Comments: A former basketballplayer who turned to boxing but contrary to most of his "colleagues" reached the top as an amateur first.

(46) Paul Koon
YOB: 1986
H-W: 6.3-230
Country: USA
Record: 3-0
Latest: Outpointed Rex Harris the 21st of February.
Comments: One of the best American heavyweights for the last couple of years and a competitive fighter in WSB during the time.

(47) Ruslan Myrsatayev
YOB: 1985
H-W: 6.1-225
Country: Kazakhstan
Record: 3-0
Latest: Stopped Nuhu Azuma in round 1 the 29th of October
Comments: A stocky fighter with an aggressive style and a good amateur career behind him.

(48) Craig Lewis
YOB: 1984
H-W: 6.4-230
Country: USA
Record: 8-0-1
Latest: Stopped Preston King in round 1the 10th of December.
Comments: A good allroundboxer who won the Golden Gloves in 2008 and has been competed in the WSB a couple of times since then.

(49) Tyrone Spong
YOB: 1985
Country: Netherlands
H-W: 6.2-220
Record: 6-0
Latest: Stopped Hugo Leon in round 3 the 3rd of September.
Comments: A former? kickboxer at top level who's now trying to reach the top at boxing.

(50) Mehdi Ghorbani
YOB: 1985
H-W: 6.3-230
Country: Iran
Record: 15-0
Latest: Outpointed Zaniar Vahabi the 14th of February
Comments: A good amateur who competed in Beijing for exemple.

(51) Nathan Gorman
YOB: 1996
Country: UK
H-W: 6.3-250
Record: 6-0
Latest: Stopped Igor Mihaljevic in round 3 the 26th of November.
Comments: Was a top amateur as a junior in UK.

(52) Sergiej Werwejko
YOB: 1988
Country: Ukraine
H-W: 6.5-230
Record: 4-0
Latest: Stopped Andre Bunga in round 7 the 10th of December.
Comments: Was a decent amateur with merits in the WSB for exemple.

(53) Con Sheenan
YOB: 1989
Country: Ireland
H-W: 6.5-225
Record: 3-0
Latest: Stopped Radek Varek in round 1 the 1st of October.
Comments: Was a top amateur just behind the absolute top.

(54) John Luna
YOB: 1996
Country: USA
H-W: 6.4-250
Record: 2-0
Latest: Outpointed Oswaldo Ortega the 20th of August.
Comments: One of the best juniors in USA for a couple of years.

(55) Dennis Kiy
YOB: 1991
Country: Germany
H-W: 6.6-235
Record: 7-0
Latest: Stopped Nedejiko Cvorovic in round 1 the 1st of July
Comments: A big german with some skills

(56) Martin Bakole Ilunga
YOB: 1993
Country: Congo
H-W: 6.5-250
Record: 7-0
Latest: Stopped Tomaz Mrazek in round 3 the 1st of October.
Comments: Little brother of Junior Makabu.

(57) Sean Turner
YOB: 1991
Country: Ireland
H-W: 6.0-260
Record: 7-0
Latest: Stopped Gabor Farkas in round 1 the 7th of November.
Comments: A good amateur with alot of power who competed in WSB for exemple.

(58) Nick Mazurek
YOB: 1994
Country: USA
H-W: 6.5-240
Record: 5-0
Latest: Stopped Mike Jones in round 1 the 14th of May.
Comments: A young kid with a decent amateur background and some following behind him.

(59) Matteo Modugno
YOB: 1987
Country: Italy
H-W: 6.7-265
Record: 18-0 (7)
Latest: Outpointed Ivica Perkovic the 28th of November.
Comments: A huge, fasthanded and mobile Italian who was the 2nd best amateur in Italy (behind Cammarelle) before he turned pro in 2010.

(60) Edwin Alvarez
YOB: 1988
Country: USA
H-W: 6.7-260
Record: 5-0
Latest: Outpointed Jerry Butler the 9th of October
Comments: A former decent amateur who got the size.

(61) Romarick Ngoula
YOB: 1987
Country: Cameroon
H-W: 6.2-230
Record: 9-0
Latest: Outpointed Jamal Woods the 10th of December.
Comments: A former WSB-fighter

(62) Kash Ali
YOB: 1992
Country: UK
H-W: 6.4-235
Record: 11-0
Latest: Outpointed Hari Miles the 1st of October.
Comments: A young fluid heavyweight from the Brendan Ingle-stable...

(63) Taishan Dong
Country: China
H-W: 7.0-285
Record: 6-0
Latest: Outpointed Daniel Arambula the 18th of December
Comments: A Valuev-like chinese ...

(64) Marcin Siwy
YOB: 1990
Country: Poland
H-W: 6.2-255
Record: 15-0
Latest: Outpointed Andre Bunga the 14th of May.
Comments: Another promising heavyweight from Poland.

(65) Mladen Miljas
YOB: 1992
Country: Canada
H-W: 6.6-240
record: 3-0
Latest: Stopped Tim Hague in round 1the 2nd of December.
Comments: A rather successful amateur back home in Canada

(66) Tyrell Wright
YOB: 1987
H-W: 6.2-220
Country: USA
Record: 8-0-1
Latest: Stopped Jacob Chavez in round 2 the 15th of August.
Comments: A top-10 amateur in USA, before he turned pro.

(67) Apti Davtayev
YOB: 1989
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.4-260
Record: 12-0-1
Latest: Stopped Talgat Dosanov in round 1 the 28th of May
Comments: A hard hitting young russian who got some following.

(68) Jose Medina
YOB: 1996
Country: Puerto Rico
H_W: 6.3-260
Record: 4-0
Latest: OutpointedTracey Johnson the 7th of October.
Comments: A young kid with some amateur cred.

(69) Alante Green
YOB:
Country: USA
H-W: 6.3-230
Record: 1-0
Latest: Stopped Ray Murray in round 1 the 26th of November
Comments: A top 5 Super heavy in USA as an amateur.

(70) Bradley Hamil
YOB: 1990
Country: Canada
H-W: 6.4-240
Record: 1-0
Latest: Stopped Idris Wasi in round 1 the 3rd of September
Comments: A good amateur on Canadian level

(71) Pavel Doroshilov
YOB: 1994
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.3-220
Record: 3-0
Latest: Outpointed Morris Okola the 11th of December
Comments: Seen as a promising amateur before he turned pro.

(72) Sahret Delgado
YOB: 1994
Country: Puerto Rico
H-W: 260
Record: 5-0
Latest: Stopped Ruben Rivera in round 1 the 22nd of April
Comments: A decent amateur on the centralamerican scene.

(73) Patrick Eneanya
W: 6.3-220
Country: New Zeeland
Record: 8-0
Latest: Stopped Roger Izonritei in round 7 the 2nd of December.
Comments: A decent amateur with some following.

(74) Miljan Rovcanin
YOB: 1993
Country: Serbia
H-W: 6.3-225
Record: 14-0
Latest: Stopped Milos Dovedan in round 2 the 28th of November
Comments: An undefeated Serbian who seems like decent allround boxer.

(75) Senad Gashi
YOB: 1990
Country: Germany
H-W: 6.1-220
Record: 11-0
Latest: Stopped Andras Csomor in round 4 the 2nd of October
Comments: A rather small, but fast and powerful heavyweight.

(76) Egor Plevako
YOB: 1990
H-W: 6.3-230
Country: Ukraine
Record: 2-0
Latest: Outpointed Kenny Cruz the 27th of April.
Comments: A bronze medalist in the U-19 WC 2008, who traveled to New York and won the NY Golden Gloves in 2011.

(77) Anatoly Antonyuk
YOB: 1988
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.5-250
Record: 3-0
Latest: Stopped Sedrak Agagulyan in round 2 the 27th of February
Comments: Was a decent amateur who fought in the WSB for exemple

(78) Onoriode Ehwarieme
YOB: 1987
country: Nigeria
H-W: 6.4-215
Record: 11-0
Latest: Stopped Masebu Adewale in round 2 the 6th of July
Comments: Competed in the Olympics 2008 and WC 2009 for Nigeria.

(79) Hemi Ahio
YOB: 1990
Country: New Zeeland
H-W: 6.0-240
Record: 8-0
Latest: Stopped Richard Tutaki in round 3 the 5th of September
Comments: A decent pressure-fighter from Down Under.

(80) Burak Sahin
YOB: 1992
Country: Germany
H-W: 6.2-230
Record: 9-0
Latest: Stopped Peter Erdos in round 6 the 9th of April
Comments: A rather powerful brawler

(81) Ergun Mersin
YOB: 1990
Country: Switzerland
H-W: 6.3-240
Latest: Stopped Goran Dinic in round 2 the 29th of November.
Record: 12-0 (8)
Comments: Was a decent amateur on junior level.

(82) Gino da Fonseca
YOB: 1994
Country: Netherlands
H-W: 6.6-230
Record: 3-0
Latest: Outpointed Milen Paunov the 17th of October.
Comments: A young dutch heavyweight with size on his side.

(83) Stan Surmacz-Ahumada
YOB: 1990
Country: Philippines
H-W: 6.4-250
Record: 5-0
Latest: Outpointed Craig Hudson the 17th of June.
Comments: Fought rather succesfully as an amateur in Canada

(84) Marcus Carter
YOB: 1997
H-W: 6.2-270
Country: USA
Record; 1-0
Latest: Stopped Dalvin Henderson in round 1 the 30th of October
Comments: A young kid who won the the Golden Gloves 2016.

(85) Young Fury
YOB: 1996
Country: UK
H-W: 6.3-235
Record: 6-1
Loss: To Henry Smith in Furys 2nd fight
Latest: Outpointed Imantas Davidaitis the 14th of November.
Comments: Tysons brother.

(86) Samuel Kadje
YOB: 1990
Country: France
H-W:
Record: 5-0
Latest: Stopped Ivan Brkljaca in round 3 the 30th of April
Commrets: A french heavyweight with a decent amateur background

(87) Nick Webb
YOB: 1988
Country: UK
H-W: 6.6-260
Record: 8-0
Latest: Stopped Jakov Gospic inround 1 the 21st of October.
Comments: A big athlete with a decent background on the UK amateur scene.

(88) Edgar Ramirez
YOB: 1995
Country: Mexico
H-W: 6.3-230
Record: 2-1
Loss: On points to Jonathan Rice
Latest: Stopped Israel Huerta in round 1 the 29th of October.
Comments: A young heavyweight from Mexico who competed in WSB and WC 2015.

(89) Umut Cankiran
Country: Turkey
Record: 3-0
Latest: Stopped Alexander Kahl in round 1 the 8th of May
Comments: Also called Umut Tyson. Impressive win over Kalnars in debut.

(90) James McKenzie Morrison
YOB: 1990
Country: USA
H-W: 6.3-220
Record: 9-0-2
Latest: Drewed with Aaron Chavers the 24th of September.
Comments: Another son of the late Tommy Morrison. More of a "boxer" than his powerful brother.

(91) Pano Tiatia
YOB: 1997
H-W: 5.10-230
Country: USA/Samoa
Record: 1-0
Latest: Outpointed John Orr the 30th of April
Comments: Was a top amateur on junior level.

(92) Mohamed Al Zein
YOB: 1991
H-W: 6.4-230
Country: Germany
Record: 5-0
Latest: Stopped Zoltan Beres in round 1 the 11th of October.
Comments: Ahmet Öhner latest Golden boy.

(93) Raphael Tronché
YOB: 1989
Country: France
H-W: 6.2-215
Record: 8-0
Latest: Outpointed Gabriel Enguema the 21st of October
Comments: A fast and mobile heavyweight with some power.

(94) Jack Mulowayi
YOB: 1987
H-W: 6.5-240
Country: Belgium
Record: 2-0
Latest: Outpointed David Gogishvili the 28th of May
Comments: A decent heavyweight from Belgium

(95) Isaac Chamberlain
Country: UK
YOB: 1994
H-W: 6.2-200
Record: 5-0
Latest: Stopped Russ Henshaw in round 6 the 16th of April.
Comments: A slick, wellschooled young cruiser/heavy who sparred with Deonray Wilder and Anthony Joshua for exemple

(96) Pezhman Seifkhani
YOB: 1990
Country: Sweden
H-W: 6.3-230
Record: 4-0
Latest: Outpointed David Gogishvili in round 1 the 19th of November.
Comments: A former swedish amateur champ.

(97) Bubba Tuigamala
YOB: 1992
Country: New Zeeland
H-W: 6.2-275
Record: 5-0
Latest: Outpointed Gogosina Ulutoa the 23rd of January.
Comments: Nephew of David Tua

(98) Gunnar Kolbein Kristinsson
YOB: 1988
Country: Iceland
H-W: 6.5-250
Record: 6-0
Latest: Stopped Kim Thompsen in round 2 the 4th of June
Comments: Icelands only? professional boxer is a big powerful heavyweight.

(99) Mike Balogun
YOB: 1983
Country: USA
H-W: 6.0-235
Record: 9-0
Latest: Stopped Brandon Lee Hinkle in round 1 the 20th of October.
Comments: A late starter who got some following.

(100) Ruslan Shamalov
YOB: 1991
H-W: 6.5-235
Country: Russia
Record: 2-0
Latest: Stopped Rex Harris in round 2 the 12th of November.
Comments: A decent amateur


AMATEURSCOUTING

And who are the most interesting amateur heavyweights? The list below is not an objective ranking about who’s the best amateur right now and so on, it’s a highly subjective ranking about potential to be a succesful professional heavyweight. Read it as some kind of amateurdraft if you like, where nr 1 is the one I would choose first (as a promoter) and so on…

(1) Filip Hrgovic
YOB: 1992
W: 6.5-SH
Country: Croatia
The most Klitschko-like in the amateur ranks seems to have great stamina and has been one of the best in the WSB the last couple of years.

(2) Erislandy Savon
YOB: 1990
H-W: 6.4-H
Country: Cuba
A tall Cuban with a fine technical style who was unbeaten in WSB 2015. And yes, Felix is his uncle.

(3) Ivan Dychko
YOB: 1990
W: 6.8-SH
Country: Kazakhstan
A tall, fast and mobile big man who has been at the absolute top for a couple of years.

(4) Magomedrasul Medzhidov
YOB: 1986
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: Azerbadjan
A brutal brawler with a very proish style who became world champ in 2011 and 2013.

(5) Tony Yoka
YOB: 1992
H-W: 6.6-SH
Country: France
A big and mobile frenchman who has been among the best (5-10) for a couple of years and now finally reached his career-high with golds in WC 2015 and Rio 2016.

(6) Frazer Clarke
YOB: 1992
H-W: 6.6-SH
Country: UK
A big man who has looked sensational in WSB during 2016.

(7) Vassily Levit
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.2-H
Country: Kazakstan
A fast heavyweight who was very succesful in 2015:s WSB. Was brutally robbed in the Olympic final 2016 against Tischenko.

(8) Joseph Joyce
YOB: 1986
H-W: 6.6-SH
Country: UK
A latebloomer who's big and strong. A volumepuncher who comes after you even if he doesn't seems to have the best of defence.

(9) Artem Suslenkov
YOB: 1995
W: SH
Country: Russia
Russias national champ in 2016

(10) Evgeniy Tischenko
YOB: 1991
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.5-H
The number one heavy in Russia who's tall and wellschooled. Became the world champ in 2015 (even if was with a rather dubious decision agaisnt Savon in the final). Unfortunate for him, his name will after Rio 2016 always be remembered for being part of the worst robbery since Roy Jones "lost" the final in 1988.

(11) Yoandris Toirac/Yohandi Ortega
YOB: 1994
H-W: 6.4- SH
Country: Cuba
A rising super heavyweight talent from Cuba, who's light on his feet. He competed rather succesfully in WSB 2015.

(12) Mihai Nistor
YOB: 1990
H-W: 6.0-SH
Country: Romania
A heavy hitter who's been succesful in the APB in 2015. Beat Russo in WSB 2013 and is also the only one who won a round! against Usyk in WSB 2013.

(13) Justis Huni (!)
YOB: 1999
H-W: 6.4-SH
Country: Australia
The World Youth super heavy champion in 2016. Rather fast and slippery for a "man" at his size.

(14) Dainier Pero (!)
YOB: 1999
H-W: 6.3-H
Country: Cuba
The littlebrother of Leinier is sensational at his age. Slick, mobile and fasthanded. Won the heavyweight gold at the World Youth Championships in 2016.

(15) David Nyika (!)
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.4-H
Country: New Zeeland
Won the gold as a light heavy in the commonwealth games 2014 and has now stepped up in the heavyweight division where he has been succesful and had some misfortune with the judges in the WC. Slick and unusually fast for a heavyweight. A little bit royjonesy stylewise.

(16) Magomed Omarov
YOB: 1989
H-W: 6.5-SH
Country: Russia
A big russian fighter who's good at everything, but not fantastic in any department. Competed in APB 2015.

(17) Bakhodir Jalolov
YOB: 1994
H-W: 6.7-SH
A young and tall Uzbek who took bronze in WC 2015.

(18) Abdulkadir Abdullayev
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.4-H
Country: Azerbadjan
A rather tricky powerpuncher who's been successfull in WSB so far.

(19) Frank Sanchez
YOB: 1993
H-W: 6.3-H
Country: Cuba
A good Cuban who won the Cuban Nationals (sort of) in 2015 by beating Erislandy Savon in the final. He fights in the WSB at the moment.

(20) Leinier Pero
YOB: 1992
H: 6.3-H
Country: Cuba
A young, fasthanded heavyweight from Cuba who was their man in WC 2015.

(21) Kamshybek Konkabayev
YOB: 1991
H-W: 6.4-SH
Country: Kazakstan
A young heavyweight who boxes succesfully in the WSB at the moment.

(22) Gasan Gimbatov
YOB: 1993
H-W: 6.1-SH
Country: Russia
A fasthanded and powerful young man from Russia. Became the European junior champ in 2011 for exemple.

(23) Efe Ajagba
YOB: 1994
H-W: SH
Country: Nigeria
Nigerias super heavy in Rio.

(24) Yordan Hernandez
YOB: 1996
H-W: 6.5-SH/H
Country: Cuba
Junior Super heavy-champ in Cuba and junior world champ as a heavy in 2014. A mobile boxer with a fine jab.

(25) Peter Kadiru
YOB: 1997
H-W: 6.6-SH
Country: Germany
Became the silver medalist in the junior WC and the olympic youth champ, where he beat Rock in the final, in 2014. Big and strong.

(26) Valeriy Topuzyan
YOB: 1996
W: SH
Country: Russia
One of the best juniors in the world.

(27) Anton Pinchuk
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.4-H
Country: Kazakstan
A fast and technical heavyweight who's a success in the APB so far.

(28) Daniel Dubois
YOB: 1997
H-W: 6.6-SH
Country: UK
A talented young kid who recently beat the junior world champ Kadiru

(29) Vitali Kudukhov
YOB: 1991
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: Russia
One of the best heavies/supeheavies in Russia who's more of a brawler than a "boxer"

(30) Ivan Smirnov
YOB: 1997
W: SH
Country: Russia
The top russian junior at the moment

(31) Wang Chibao
YOB: 1993
H-W: 6.4-SH
Country: China
Chinas man in WSB who's rather fast and light on his feat also competed in WC 2015

(32) Florian Schultz
YOB: 1994
H-W: 6.5-SH
Country: Germany
A young, talented German who competed in WC 2015.

(33) Andrey Stotskiy
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.2-H
Country: Russia
The world youth champ in 2012.

(34) Lawrence Okolie
YOB: 1992
H-W: 6.5-H
Country: UK
Competes rather successful in WSB and qualified for Rio.

(35) Ulugbek Mubinov
YOB: 1993
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: Uzbekistan
Competes succesfully in the WSB

(36) Jose Larduet
YOB: 1990
H-W: 6.2-H
Country: Cuba
A fast and powerful Cuban who won bronze at light heavy in 2009. Has now with some success moved up to the heavyweight and even super heavyweight at times.

(37) Erik Pheifer
YOB: 1987
W: 6.4-SH
Country: Germany
A good straight up boxer who's fighting succesfully in the APB at the moment.

(38) Henrich Ruiz
YOB: 1994
H-W: H
Country: Cuba
One of the brighest prospects among cuban heavies

(39) Marlo Moore
YOB: 1990
H-W: SH
Country: USA
Knocked out Darmani Rock in the US Olympic Trials.

(40)  Zhan Kosobitskiy
YOB: 1988
Country: Kazakhstan
H-W: SH
Another top class Kazakh who got a win over Medzhidov in may 2012 for exemple.

(41) Patrick Maitala
YOB: 1995
Country: New Zeeland
H-W: 6.3-SH
A very promising young fighter from down under.

(42) Cam Awesome (Lenroy Thompson)
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: USA
He became the US future star champ in 2008 and won the Golden Gloves in 2009 with a style that is based on constant movement.

(43) David Imoeseri
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: USA
One of the best american heavies/superheavies at the moment. He's also one of the highest ranked in the World Series of Boxing.

(44) Yaroslav Doronichev
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.1-SH
Country: Russia
A new Russian superheavy on the scene, who competes in WSB 2016

(45) Mu Haipeng
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.6-SH
country: China
A succesful man in WSB.

(46) Gevorg Manukian
YOB: 1993
H-W. 6.2-H
Country: Ukraine
Competed in WC 2015.

(47) Dosjan Ospanov
YOB: 1986
H-W: 6.4-SH
Country: Kazakstan
Went pro a couple of years ago, but returned to the amateur. Became the Asian champ in 2011, where he beat the chinese Zhilei for exemple.

(48) Sandor Abdullayev
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.5-SH
Country: Uzbekhistan
The silvermedalist from jr WC 2006 is a big man with good skills and has been doing the transiton to the senior level better than most of his “classmates” on the list. He competed in the WC 2009, where he lost to Zhang Zhilei, and in WC 2011, where he lost to Medzhidov.

(49) Erik Brechlin
YOB: 1990
W: SH
Country: Germany
Took the silver in the Youth World Champ 2008.

(50) Viktor Vyhkrest
YOB: 1992
H-W: 6.5-SH
Country: Ukraine
A Klitschko-lookalike who competes (succesfully) in the WSB.

(51) Mohammad Ghosson
YOB: 1989
W: H
Country: Syria
A technical sound boxer who compteted in WC 2009

(52) Brandon Lynch
YOB: 1991
H-W: 6.6-SH
Country: USA
USA:s man in WSB during 2016

(53) Yousef Abed Elghani
YOB: 1988
W: 6.5- SH
Country: Israel
A fast and mobile southpaw who competed in WC 2009 where he lost a rather close fight to Bulgarian Pulev. He also took a bronze medal in EC 2010, where he lost on injury to the eventual winner Kuzmin.

(54) Ivan Veryasov
YOB: 1993
H-W: H
Country: Russia
Russias best junior among the heavies. He won the junior EC in 2011 for exemple.

(55) Istvan Bernath
YOB: 1989
W: 6.3-SH
Country: Hungary
A skilful but rather defensiveminded boxer who lost in the first round to Russias Sergejev in WC 2009.

(56) Kevin Espindola
YOB: 1996
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: Argentina
A young boxer from Argentina who competes in WSB during 2016.

(57) Paul Omba Biongolo
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.2-H
Country: France
A young an promising fighter from France who competed in WC 2015.

(58) Maxim Babanin
YOB: 1988
H-W: SH
Country: Russia
The best junior super heavy in the world for a couple of years. Was expected to take over the Russian mantle after Timurziev but seems to have stagnated a little lately.

(59) Olzhas Bukayev
YOB: 1994
H-W: SH
Country: Kazakhstan
The Kazakh super heavy champ in 2016.

(60) Emir Ahmatovic
YOB: 1986
H-W: 6.3-SH
Country: Germany
Competes rather succesfully in WSB during 2013.

(61) Mohammed Arjaoui
YOB: 1987
H-W: SH
Country: Morrocco
Competed in WSOB and WC 2011 where he beat Sergey Kuzmin.

(62) Juan Noguiera
YOB: 1988
H-W: 6.2-H
Country: Brazil
Competed in Rio where he lost a close decision to the eventual "winner" Tischenko.

(63) Sergey Kalchugin
YOB: 1987
H-W: H
Country: Russia
Junior world champ in 2006 and the heavyweight dominator class for several years. Has now taken the step up among the seniors.

(64) Modo Sallah
YOB: 1983
H-W: 6.4-SH
Country: Sweden
A good technical Swede in the same style as Attila Levin. Has been out for a while, but is now back in the mix and might be someone for the proscene IF he can be disciplined enough.

(65) Jose Payares
YOB: 1986
H-W: 6.5-SH
Country: Venezuela
He beat( a sick) Michael Hunter and went to Beijing, where he lost to Ouatah in the first round. Competeted in WC 2011 where he lost to Cammarelle.

(66) Osmay Acosta
YOB: 1985
H-W: 6.2-H
Country: Cuba
A mobile and technical boxer” who took a bronze in Beijing and a silver in WC 2009, but Acosta is not in his predecessor Odlanier Solis class.

(67) Adonis Perez
YOB: 1994?
H-W: H
Country: Cuba
Junior heavy champ in Cuba.

(68) Arbi Madayev
YOB: 1990
W: SH
Country: Russia
One of the best young super heavies in Russia

(69) Yunier Castro
YOB: 1992
W: SH
Country: Cuba
A good cuban superheavyweight.

(70) Rustam Tulaganov
YOB: 1991
H-W: 6.2-H
Country: Uzbekistan
A good pressure-fighter who competed in WC 2015.

(71) Roy Korving
YOB: 1995
H-W: 6.3-H
Country: Holland
A young dutch heavyweight with some potential

(72) Yamil Peralta
YOB: 1991
H-W: 6.3-H
Country: Argentina
A good heavyweight from Argentina who competed in London.

(73) Isaias Mena
YOB: 1987
H-W: SH
Country: Colombia
One of the best superheavies in South America and a competetitor in WC 2011, where he lost to Medzhidov.

(74) Gabriel Richards
YOB: 1993
W: H
Country: Sweden
The best heavyweight in Sweden at the moment

(75) Ivan Bezverkhiy
YOB: 1988?
W: SH
Country: Ukraine
One of the top juniors in the superheavyweight division.

(76) Omar Ibanez
YOB: 1990
H-W: 6.0-SH
Country: Cuba
A young Cuban super heavy in the same style as Odlanier Solis and Roberto Balado (short and fast). Won the bronze in junior WC 2008.

(77) Richard Torrez
YOB: 1999
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: USA
Took bronze in the World Youth Championships 2016.

(78) Yasmani Perez
W: SH
Country: Cuba
One of the best super heavies in Cuba right now.

(79) Gurgen Topuyzan
YOB: 1996
W: SH
Country: Russia
Brother or twinbrother with Valeriy Topuyzan?

(80) Nurzhan Bekzatov
YOB:
W: SH
Country: Kazakhstan
A new Kazakh with some good results lately

(81) Xuanxuan Wang
YOB: 1990
H-W: 6.3-H
Country: China
A rather tricky heavyweight who took bronze in WC 2011.

(82) Rostislav Arkhipenko
YOB: 1991
H-W: SH
Country: Ukraine
A top youth boxer.

(83) Arslanbek Mahmudov
YOB: 1989
H-W: SH
Country: Russia
The World University Champion who also got some other decent tournament-wins on his resume.

(84) Mirzokhid Abdullayev
YOB: 1991
H-W: H
Country: Uzbekistan
One of the best heavyweights in Asia.

(85) Abdulkhamid Nurmagomedov
YOB: 1987
H-W: H
Country: Russia
Russias man in EC 2011.

(86) Danis Latypov
YOB: 1990
Country: Russia
H-W: 6.4-SH
A decent russian with a lot of merits from WSB

(87) Felix Mario Savon
YOB: 1993
H-W: H
Country: Cuba
The son of Felix Savon

(88) Joshua Temple
YOB: 1992
H-W: 6.3-H
Country: USA
Number one among the American heavyweights as a teenager.

(89) Echlin Alizade
YOB: 1986
W: 6.2-H
Country: Azerbadjan
A good allroundboxer with alot of amateur credentials behind him.

(90) Dino Mansour
YOB: 1990
H-W: SH
Country: Croatia
One of the best “juniors” in the super heavyweight division. He won the U-19 European Championships in 2009 for exemple.

(91) Nigel Paul
YOB: 1989
H-W: 6.4-SH
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
A novice who just qualified for the Olympics

(92) Yaidel Verde
YOB: 1994
H-W: H
Country: Cuba
The top junior in Cuba

(93) Viktar Zuyev
YOB: 1983
H-W: 6.1-SH
Country: Belarus
The fast and powerful southpaw who won the silver as a heavy in Athen 2004 and lost in the semifinal against Cammarelle as a super heavy in WC 2009 might be a crowdfavorite as a pro, but a questionable chin might be his downfall at the end.

(94) Clayton Laurent
YOB: 1990
H-W: SH
Country: Virgin Islands
For being such an inexperienced boxer, he was very impressive in the 1st American qualification for the Olympics 2008.

(95) Gerarado Bisbal
YOB: 1984
H-W: 6.2-SH
Country: Puerto Rico
Has never been better than in the WSB 2013.

(96) Devon Young
YOB: 1998
H-W: 6.4-SH
Country: USA
One of the best juniors in USA at the moment

(97) Cristain Cabrera
H-W: SH
Country: Dominican republic
One of the best superheavies in South America.

(98) Yoandri Maceo
H-W: SH
Country: Cuba
A top5 Superheavy in Cuba.

(99) Orlando Rabi
YOB: 1990
H-W: SH
Country: Cuba
An up and comming Super heavy from Cuba.

(100) Edgar Munoz
YOB: 1983
H-W: 6.0-SH
Country: Venezuela
A slick heaavyweight who usually competes in WSB.


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