Sunday, June 1, 2014

The Top Puerto Rican Boxing Prospects: May 2014 by M.DeTyrone




1.                  Jose “Sniper” Pedraza 16-0 (10 KO) [Super Featherweight]
2.                  Felix Verdejo 12-0 (8 KO) [Lightweight]           
3.                  Keith “Machine Gun” Tapia 11-0 (7KO) Santurce – [Cruiserweight]
4.                  Gamalier Rodriguez 23-2-3 (15 KO) – Bayamon [Featherweight]
5.                  Prichard “Digget” Colon 9-0 (9KO) – Orocovis [Jr. Middleweight]
6.                  McJoe Arroyo 14-0 (7 KO) - Fajardo [Super Flyweight]
7.                  Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez 18-0-1 (14 KO) [Jr. Middleweight]
8.                  Carlos Ivan “Twin Dream” Velasquez 15-1 (11 KO) [Super Featherweight]
9.                  Luis “El Artesano” Cruz 21-2 (16 KO) – Las Piedras [Lightweight]
10.              Thomas Dulorme 21-1 (14 KO) – Carolina /D. Republic [Jr. Welterweight]
11.              McWilliams Arroyo 14-1 (12 KO) – Ceiba/Fajardo [Flyweight]
12.              Jesus M. Rojas 19-1-1 (14 KO)  - Caguas [Featherweight]
13.              Luis Rosa 17-0 (7 KO) – Connecticut, USA [Super Bantamweight]
14.              Reylando “El Maestro” Ojeda 13-0 (8 KO) – San Juan / Canovanas [Lightweight]
15.              Emmanuel “Manny” Gonzalez 14-0 (7KO) – NYC [Super Featherweight]
16.              Jayson “La Maravilla” Velez 22-0 (16 KO) – Juncos [Featherweight]
17.              Emmanuel Rodriguez 8-0 (5 KO) – Vega Baja [Super Flyweight]
18.              Frank “Notorious” Galarza 14-0-2 (9KO) – Brooklyn , NYC [Jr. Middleweight]
19.              Juan Carlos Velasquez 12-1 (5KO) - Catano [Super Featherweight]
20.              Luis “Orlandito” Del Valle 19-2 (13 KO) – Bayamon [Super Bantamweight]
21.              Robert J. Acevedo 8-2 (5KO) – Bayamon/Miami, Fl. [ Super Middleweight]
22.              Edgardo “Sasso” Lopez 9-0-1 (4KO) – Catano [Super Featherweight]
23.              Jonathan Oquendo  24-3 (16 KO) – Vega Alta [Featherweight]
24.              Jorge “Destroyer”  Melendez 28-3-1 (26 KO) – Manati [Jr. Middleweight]
25.              Jose “Wonder Boy” Lopez 13-0 (11 KO) – Carolina [ Super Bantamweight ]
26.              Michael Perez 19-1-2 (10 KO) – Newark , NJ [Jr. Welterweight]
27.              Angel Fret 16 -0 (13KO) – Vega Alta [Super Bantamweight]
28.              Zachary “Zungry” Ochoa 7-0 (4KO) PR/Brooklyn, NY-  [Light welterweight]
29.              Vicente Miranda 16-1 (9 KO) – Bayamon
30.              Israel Vazquez 9-0-2 (6 KO)
31.              Wilkins Santiago 10-0-1 (1KO) -  Ohio, USA [Light Middleweight]
32.              Gabriel Bracero 23-1 (4 KO) – Brooklyn, NYC
33.              Frank Santo de Alba 10-1-2 (4KO) – Bayamon / Pennsylvania, USA
34.              Jose Martinez 10-0 (7 KO)
35.              Luis “La Roca” Hernandez 10-1 (6KO) – Rio Piedras
36.              *Dusty Harrison-Hernandez 22-0 (12KO) – Washington D.C.
37.              Alberto Mercado 8-0 (2KO) – Las Piedras
38.              Jose Martinez 10-0 (7 KO) - Las Marias [Bantamweight]
39.              Javier Flores 9-0 (8 KO) – Hartford, Connecticut, USA
40.              Rafael Vasquez 10-1 (8KO)
41.              Emmanuel Rivera 9-1 (5 KO)
42.              John Karl Sosa 9-0 (6 KO) – Caguas [Jr. Welterweight]
43.              Edgardo Laboy 7-0 (4 KO) [Featherweight]
44.              Miguel “No Fear” Cartagena 12-1 (5 KO)
45.              Eliezer Gonzalez 14-0 (9 KO) – Cupey Alto [Jr. Middleweight]
46.              Jonathan Vidal 17-2 (9 KO) – San Juan [Bantamweight]
47.              Antonio “Carita” Nieves 5-0 (2KO) – Ohio , USA
48.              Jose Aguirre 6-0 (4 KO) – Manati
49.              Janiel Rivera 10-1-2 (6KO)
50.              Edwin Soto 9-0-2 ( 4 KO)
51.              Kevin Nieves 6-0 (3KO)
52.              Starling Cordero 7-0 (4KO)  - Carolina [Bantamweight]
53.              Andy Mejias 14-0 (6KO)
54.              Alberto “El Explosivo” Machado 5-0 (3KO)
55.              Fransisco Almestica Garcia 6-0 (4 KO) – [Welterweight]
56.              Alex “The Brick City Bullet” Perez 18-1 (10KO) – Newark, NJ [Welterweight]

57.              Charlie Clemente 6-0 (4KO) – Carolina [Super Flyweight]
58.              Carlos Narvaez 6-0 (5 KO)
59.              Jonathan Perez 5-0 (3KO) – Moca [Jr. Welterweight]
60.              Fransisco “Pechuga” Vargas 2-0 (2KO)
61.              Braulio Santos 11-2 (10 KO) – Carolina [Featherweight]
62.              Jeffrey “Dinamita” Fontanez 15-0 (11 KO) – Caguas [Lightweight]
63.              Jorge Diaz 17-3 (10KO)
64.              Daniel Rosario 7-0 (6KO) - Caguas
65.              Angel “Tito” Acosta 6-0 (6KO)
66.              Osenohan Vasquez 6-1 (1 KO) – Jersey City , NJ
67.              Abner “Pin” Cotto 17-2 (7KO) [Lightweight]
68.              Yomar “The Magic” Alamo 4-0 (4KO) – Aguas Buenas
69.              Christopher “Pitifo” Diaz 3-0 (2KO)
70.              Kenny Galarza 16-2 (15KO) – Ponce / Juana Diaz [Jr. Welterweight]
71.              Miguel “El Loco” Robles 12-4 (5 KO) – San Juan
72.              Edwin Rodriguez 5-0 (4KO) [Super Flyweight]
73.              Emmanuel De Jesus 10-0 (6 KO) – Canovanas [ Jr. Middleweight]
74.              Antonio “Cacique” Ortiz 4-0 (3KO) - Humacao
75.              Miguel Marrero 7-0-2 (4KO)
76.              Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez 13-1-1 (11 KO) - Caguas [Flyweight]
77.              Kenneth Rivera 5-1 (4KO) [Featherweight]
78.              O’Nell Negron 9-1-2 (8KO)
79.              Camilo Perez 9-2 (4 KO) – Carolina
80.              Jorge Maysonet jr. 12-1 (10KO) – Catano [Jr. Welterweight]
81.              Miguel Soto 11-2 (11 KO) – Arecibo
82.              Dennis Galarza 2-0 (1KO)
83.              Luis Saul “El Zurdo” Rosario 2-0 (2KO)
84.              Noel Echevarria 11-3 (6 KO) – North Carolina, USA [Lightweight]



Side Note: 


1.         Jose “Sniper” Pedraza 16-0 (10 KO) [Super Featherweight] Ranked: WBA #9; WBC #5; IBF #8; IBO Super Feather Weight Champion.
4.         Gamalier Rodriguez 23-2-3 (15 KO) – Bayamon [Featherweight] Ranked: NABO Champion; WBO #6; WBC #34.
6.         McJoe Arroyo 14-0 (7 KO) - Fajardo [Super Flyweight] Ranked: IBF #10; WBC #28.
7.         Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez 18-0-1 (14 KO) [Jr. Middleweight] Ranked WBC #9; IBF #7. 
10.       Thomas Dulorme 21-1 (14 KO) – Carolina /D. Republic [Jr. Welterweight] Ranked: WBA #2; IBF #4; WBC #4; WBO #8; NABF Champion.
11.       McWilliams Arroyo 14-1 (12 KO) – Ceiba/Fajardo [Flyweight] Ranked: IBF #9; WBC#17.
15.       Emmanuel “Manny” Gonzalez 14-0 (7KO) – NYC [Super Featherweight] Ranked: WBC #15.
16.       Jayson “La Maravilla” Velez 22-0 (16 KO) – Juncos [Featherweight] Ranked: IBF #11; WBC #2.
17.       Emmanuel Rodriguez 8-0 (5 KO) –  Vega Baja [Super Flyweight] Ranked: WBC #40.
20.       Luis “Orlandito” Del Valle 19-2 (13 KO) – Bayamon [Featherweight] Ranked: WBC #6.
25.       Jose “Wonder Boy” Lopez 13-0 (11 KO) – Carolina [Super Bantamweight] Ranked: WBC #26; FECARBOX Champion.
27.  Angel Fret 16 -0 (13KO) – Vega Alta [Super Bantamweight] Ranked: WBA #13.
30.       Israel Vazquez 9-0-2 (6 KO) Ranked: WBC #40.
46.       Jonathan Vidal 17-2 (9 KO) – San Juan [Bantamweight] Ranked: WBC #31.


Sources:
WBA OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF MARCH 2014
WBC Rankings APRIL / ABRIL 2014
WBO Rakings as of April 2014

IBF Ranking as of April 2014