One of the greatest gifts a talented beginning professional boxer can get is a quality matchmaker. Very few fighters are ready to fight at the highest levels when they turn pro, even when they’ve won Olympic gold and dominated at the amateur level.
The key for these young pros with potential is to get the right fights at the right time. Too many promoters and their matchmakers simply want to give them opponents they’ll easily trounce, but that does not help them develop into top-level pros.
What they need when they’re up-and-coming are matches which will challenge them but not overwhelm them.