Alex Theran

Colombian boxing is on a real rise with a number of top prospects such as Oscar Rivas and Eleider Alvarez who both fought last weekend and won their fights in Canada. The most exciting Colombian boxing prospect however is 21 year old Middleweight prospect Alex “El Principe” Theran. The southpaw from Barranquilla is currently 5-0 (4) as a professional since debuting back in July 2011 and has got the hardcore boxing fans really excited.

Prior to turning professional Theran had been a top national amateur and had fought in a number of international competitions including the 2010 South American Games (where he won Silver) and the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. In fact Theran had fought around 180 times as an amateur before turning professional earlier this year and was seen as one to watch almost immediately.

Theran's debut in July saw the power punching Colombian take out Leo Cassiani in just 34 destructive seconds. Theran had settled immediately as a professional and just weeks later he would blow out Gabriel Bracho in an impressive 78 seconds. Theran's first 2 bouts had lasted less than 2 minutes as he moved to 2-0 (2) without even breaking sweat. After impressing in his first 2 bouts it was time for Theran to have a real test and he faced former world title challenger Oney Valdez. Valdez would survive the opening round and actually see out the 6 round schedule before losing by a wide decision to Theran.

Theran's destructive run continued after the victory over Valdez as he swiftly took out Jose Chiquillo in the opening round of a bout in October before before beating Jose Antonio Cervantes, also in 1 round. This victory moved Theran to 5-0 (4) all of the stoppages coming in the opening round. So far Theran has shown blistering handspeed and incredibly impressive power as he's swiftly increased his record and started to make a march up the rankings. At the end of the week we will see Theran in another step up in class as he faces another former title contender in Milton Nunez. A win over Nunez (23-3-1, 21KO's) is expected and would be a fantastic end to the year for the young quickly rising Theran who is almost certainly expected to fight for a title in the next few years.

The victory over Cervantes can be seen in the video below thanks to Yalter777. Interestingly the video has the fighter's name as “Alex Teherán”.