Fights that NEED to happen in 2017

Roman gonzalez vs Inoue

Beterbiev against any of those: In order of preferences... Smith Jr Williams Jr Fonfara Cleverly Gvozdyk

Mares vs. Quigg

none of those fights NEED to happen: -Loma and Rigo will likely never agree on weight; Rigo is an aging bantamweight fighter fight out of division at 122, while Loma is a 130lb titlist who will likely end up capping out at 140lbs. Pretty much this, good post. Loma's not going down or doing a CW(why should he?) and Rigo's not moving up. That match-up is over unless Rigo can get to 130 which I doubt he can make. Rigo most likely caps at 126.

GGG - Saul Alvarez Roman Gonzalez - Naoya Inoue Povetkin - Bomb Zquad Ward - Sergey (Rematch) Carlos Takam - Johann Duhaupas Andy Ruiz Jr. - Parker (Rematch) Chisora - Whyte (Rematch) Ortiz - Any elite HW GGG - Jacobs Tyron Zeuge - George Groves Kell Brook - Errol Spence Jr. Lomachenko - Salido (Rematch) White Tyson - Any C+ or B- level HW (Farewell Fight)

Love to see Frankie Gomez vs. Terrence Crawford. Terence Crawford vs. Rances Barthelemy Frankie Gomez vs. Felix Diaz Winner vs. winner (and loser vs. loser - why not?) That would be my dream for 140

Love to see Frankie Gomez vs. Terrence Crawford.

Jojo diaz V Valdez Povetkin V Wilder GGG V canelo Eubanks V saunders 2 Andrade V Charlo Thurman V pacman Kovalev v Ward 2 Chisora V whyte 2 Parker V AJ Gassiev V Glowacki

-Golovkin vs Jacobs -Charlo/Lara vs Andrade -Brook vs Spence Jr -Ward/Kovalev winner vs Stevenson -Wilder vs Povetkin/Stiverne winner among others

Loma vs Rigondeaux GGG vs Canelo Ward vs Kovalev rematch Crawford vs Broner Charlo Twins vs The Watson Twins none of those fights NEED to happen: -Loma and Rigo will likely never agree on weight; Rigo is an aging bantamweight fighter fight out of division at 122, while Loma is a 130lb titlist who will likely end up capping out at 140lbs. -Golovkin is likely never going to accept the money that Alvarez is willing to offer for the fight; his camp has already turned down $10m+ and they've gone to the press with talk about wanting a Mayweather-Pacquiao type split (putting Golovkin's camp at a feeler figure of 35%-40%, when Alvarez, as A-side of an event, has never given an opponent even 15% of the take). -I have doubts that Kathy Duva is going to let Roc Nation call the shots on the rematch; with a structure no different than with the first fight (Main Events sharing an accountable take on the final numbers with Roc Nation), I see Roc Nation writing Main Events a check that gets Kovalev ~$4m, with Roc Nation controlling the event . -Terrence Crawford is unllikely to be willing to defend his WBC/WBO 140lb belts on an About Billions Promotions fight card; skill for skill, Crawford is clearly that guy, but Adrien Broner is the clear-cut money fighter at the weight and he knows that. Whether the fight is PPV or not is going to come down to the interest from the broadcasters (HBO and Showtime are likely both in the mix, as Crawford isn't signed to HBO, even if that it Arum's preferred broadcaster), but Broner isn't going to Omaha and, unless MGM Resorts lays out some serious money to host the fight, I doubt that Broner ends up with much interest in leaving Cincinatti. Pride gets in the way on that one, imo.

Pacquiao - Thurman That fight is a perfect matchup on paper. Parker - Joshua GGG - Jacobs Kovalov - one of those up and comer Easter euros. Ortiz - Rios

Loma vs Rigondeaux GGG vs Canelo Ward vs Kovalev rematch Crawford vs Broner Charlo Twins vs The Watson Twins Crawford vs Garcia Thurman winner..Charlo vs Andrades or Danny Jacobs..I agree with the rest..