Who will replace Floyd/Pac when they are gone?

Canelo is legit.

Canelo....

I look forward to the day when they both retire. The sport is too divided now and it mostly points back to these two guys. It will present the sport with an opportunity (disguised as a setback) to put less emphasis on PPV as the only goal, and make promoters and networks work harder to build regional and grassroots followings for fighters. Hopefully once the PPV frenzy wears off the cold war will subside to the point where you can get a small to medium purse fighters on the same card.

Andy Ruiz Jr and Zhou Shimming

we will never see another manny or floyd. nobody in the sport right now will be as polarizing as floyd and loved like manny. canelo will probably get a boxing lesson from lara, unfortunately and take another loss. broner has already been semi-exposed. then we have some popular guys like GGG but hes not going to be carrying boxing or be a PPV star

The "Future"

In order to be a top star you need to have decent fighters in your division and beat them. Thurman has a good chance at welter, but he has not had that top level win yet to know if he can hang with the elite. Canelo has a good shot at it. He has taken on all comers and beat them (with the exception of Floyd) I can see a mega fight in a couple years with him and GGG.

Ruslan "MAMA!" Provodnikov

hopkins comes to mind, he has another 20 years in the sport. :bigeyes:

hard to see any of these guys being the huge crossover stars that manny and floyd are. they transcended the sport.

Closest one would probably be Canelo.

I don't think Keith Thurman reaches this level. Interestingly, I recently saw his fight with Diego Chaves from Argentina and think this might be a guy who can be on that level. You can tell from the fight that he has so much raw power and speed, but a lot of untapped potential. If he gets a good trainer and conditioning coach he might be one of the guys you don't see coming. That's the thing about boxing, the beauty of the free market. Nobody thought there would be anybody after Muhammad Ali. Then there would be nobody after Sugar Ray Leonard. Then there would be nobody after Mike Tyson. Then Oscar De La Hoya. If Luis Collazo knocks out Amir Khan he'll be a pretty big name as well. He could be on a knockout streak.

I'm putting my money on thurman and conelo ..

In a few years the mayweather fight will be a distant memory and Canelo will be the biggest Mexican star. His first PPV was a success and his English will be improved as well...

Adrien Broner, and Andre Ward, and Deontay Wilder. take ward off that list please.

Canelo Mikey Garcia

Canelo "I was born ready' Alvarez no doubt he will have to me mexican and ready for all comers and ginger fits that bill right now

I really have no idea. Boxing is unpredictable. No one would ever have thought Mayweather and Pacquaio would become PPV superstars.

Gennady Golovkin, dude fights off PPV for the other side of the globe in front of royalty in Monte Carlo. Canelo Alvarez, he's taking the fights the fans want so it seems. Kovalev/Stevenson, they better fight each other so one of them can get a huge reputation boost. Keith Thurman has a shot if he truly is the goods, he needs to keep his level of competition high so he steady improves till he becomes a world champion(which he will). Mikey Garcia has a shot but he has a "shaky" chin so it seems, or are they just flash KDs? He's only 26, he definitely has time and I think he can peak out at Light Welterweight.

The Lion of Sanaa will rule for years.