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