Intro by Nigel Stewart

To me, defining what makes a prospect is simple; anybody that is at the beginning of their career that looks like they have the “goods”. Anyone that has watched boxing more than casually should knows that not all prospects are built the same. As we always say, there are levels to this game. You can be a blue chip teenager, a no name guy in his 20’s looking for a way to feed the family or a life long Olympian who wants to be a world champion and is on the fast track. The exciting part for me is not all prospects pan out, some live up to expectations, some exceed them and some leave the sport making us all wonder what happen. Either way we can’t wait to watch it all unfold.

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As boxing hits a lull in the last few weeks, we thought it made sense to look forward to the future; the next stars in boxing. But the question of “what makes a prospect?” is not an easy one to answer. In fact, many of the fighters we considered for this list, guys like Troy Isley, Hamzah Sheeraz, Nicklaus Flaz, Xander Zayas, and Dalton Smith, ultimately seemed like they had graduated to contender with high quality wins. Thats not to say that the fighters on this list are not taking interesting competition, to the contrary, the quality of their opposition is part of why they are here. It just means there is a certain level of competition we haven’t seen them in with, but we see them as guys with incredibly bright futures. While every outlets’ definition of a prospect is different, this was what we came up with.

10. Ivan Dychko (14-0, 13 ko)
Age: 34
Division: Heavyweight
Last Fight: W, TKO2 Craig Lewis (8/21/24)
Next Fight: TBA

9. Jahi Tucker (12-1-1, 5 ko)
Age: 21
Division: Middleweight
Last Fight: W, UD 8 Santiago Fernandez (8/17/24)
Next Fight: TBA

8. Floyd Schofield (17-0, 12 ko)
Age: 22
Division: Lightweight
Last Fight: W, DQ 5 Esteuri Suero (3/16/24)
Next Fight: TBA

7. Vito Mielnicki Jr. (19-1, 12 ko)
Age: 22
Division: Jr. Middleweight
Last Fight: W, TKO2 Laszlo Toth (8/10/24)
Next Fight: TBA

6. Bakhodir Jalolov (14-0, 14 ko)
Age: 30
Division: Heavyweight
Last Fight: W, KO1 Chris Thompson (11/17/23)
Next Fight: TBA
*** Competed in 2024 Olympics, Won Gold

5. Osleys Iglesias (12-0, 11 ko)
Age: 26
Division: Super Middleweight
Last Fight: W, KO2 Sena Agbeko (8/17/24)
Next Fight: TBA

4. Khalil Coe (9-0-1, 7 ko)
Age: 28
Division: Light Heavyweight
Last Fight: W, TKO 2 Kwame Ritter (7/13/24)
Next Fight: TBA

3. Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 ko)
Age: 29
Division: Lightweight
Last Fight: W, KO 7 Antonio Moran (8/3/24)
Next Fight: TBA

2. Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (12-0, 8 ko)
Age: 27
Division: Featherweight
Last Fight: W, TKO 8 Brayan De Gracia (6/8/24)
Next Fight: September 27 vs Sulaiman Segawa

1. Abdullah Mason (15-0, 13 ko)
Age: 20
Division: Lightweight
Last Fight: W, TKO 2 Mike O’han (8/17/24)
Next Fight: TBA

Other Fighters Considered: Joeshon James, Curmel Moton, Tiger Johnson, Dzmitry Asanau, Amari Jones, Elijah Flores