...not involving Mayweather, Pacquiao, Cotto, Canelo, Golovkin, Klitschko? To be clear, fights involving Cotto, Canelo, Golovkin don't necessarily mean big fights.
So which pairing or matchup among the current top fighters can be made realistically?
Jacobs vs Charlo
Mikey vs Crawford
Spence vs Thurman
Wilder vs Joshua
Andrade vs Lara
Williams vs Lara
Jermell vs Lara
Andrade vs Williams
Andrade vs Jermell
Peterson vs Collazo
Peterson vs Porter
Porter vs Garcia
Ward vs Stevenson
Badou vs Stevenson
Badou vs Ward
Loma vs Davis
Davis vs Rigondeux
There's still too many to list.
(I clearly avoided some which were already made
or have fights scheduled already.)
Wilder-Ortiz
Stevenson vs. Ward/Jack/Kovalev
Charlo vs GGG/Canelo
Lara vs. Andrade, winner fight Charlo-Hurd winner
Thurman-Spence
Garcia-Porter
And the list goes on
Mikey vs Crawford
Crawford vs thurman
Thurman vs spence
Rigonduex vs lomachenko
Wilder vs joshua
Just a few i want to see
I like Mikey too much to see him fight Crawford. I'd rather him face some other jr welters first. So at least feel like he has a chance. He has none now and would potentially get ruined.
Crawford really should move up to full welter and see if he still has nice pop there. There's always the danger of waiting too long to be tested and become complacent. I predict his pop won't be as devastating vs those guys. Although, as good as he is I doubt he beats all of them.
Danny Garcia needs to take a fight-- that is -- if he still interested in being a boxer. Shame to see his talent wasted. No shame in him loosing but to literally been matched soft since 2013, there's little hope for him to regaining any momentum. I think he's mentally checked out. Porter is a winnable fight for him and has the potential to make him look good. Porter is a sucker for the hook.
Mikey vs Crawford
Spence vs Thurman
Rigo vs Loma
Wilder vs Joshua
Cuadras vs Estrada
Alvarez vs Ramirez
Eubank Jr. Alvarez
Wilder vs Ortiz
Ortiz vs Joshua
Usyk vs Ward
Usyk would be a nice battle. Although. I'm hoping for Ward vs Stevenson first. I wanted to see Ward vs Joe Smith but that ain't gonna happen now.
Victor Ortiz vs. Danny Garcia
Terrance Crawford vs Jeff Horn
Adrien Broner vs. Manny Pacquiao
Errol Spence vs. Andre Berto
Robert Easter Jr. vs Mike Garcia
Gervonta Davis vs Tevin Farmer
Like mentioned in the first post, list fights not involving, Pac, May, etc.
We need to move on mate.
This sport can't keep or rely on bringing back retired fighters.
Goal here is to be able to focus on current fighters.
Miguel Cotto vs Danny Garcia
Lucas Matthysse vs Omar Figueora
Mikey Garcia vs Terrence Crawford
Gervonta Davis vs Nicholas Walters
Keith Thurman vs Lamont Peterson
Errol Spence vs Shawn Porter
Daniel Jacobs vs Jermall Charlo
Andre Ward vs Adonis Stevenson
Sergey Kovalev vs Sullivan Barrera
Lara vs Andrade. It's not a huge fight but a fight that should happen to establish who is now the best at 154. Lara can't make that claim if he won't fight Andrade. He has been fighting pretty easy guys since losing to Canelo and needs to prove he is still the best at 154. Andrade needs to beat Lara to call himself the best.
Man.... wtf
Tuneup for Thurman. Thurman won't be ready for a LONG time and Berto seems like he has been in the gym and ready. He isn't a BAD welterweight.
Mikey vs Crawford
Spence vs Thurman
Rigo vs Loma
Wilder vs Joshua
Cuadras vs Estrada
Alvarez vs Ramirez
Eubank Jr. Alvarez
Wilder vs Ortiz
Ortiz vs Joshua
Usyk vs WardI like all of these fights. Jacobs vs Jermall isn't huge and maybe it's not even big but it's a fight I want to see. Ward vs Stevenson isn't huge but I think it should happen with Jack fighting the winner.
Victor Ortiz vs. Danny Garcia
Terrance Crawford vs Jeff Horn
Adrien Broner vs. Manny Pacquiao
Errol Spence vs. Andre Berto
Robert Easter Jr. vs Mike Garcia
Gervonta Davis vs Tevin Farmer
Wilder-Joshua
Rigo-Loma
Thurman-Spence
Crawford-Mikey Garcia
Ward-Usyk
Stevenson-Kovalev
Canelo-GGG winner vs Charlo
DeGale vs Benavidez
Gonzalez vs Inoue
Lara vs Andrade
Davis vs Lomachenko
Ward vs. Stevenson or Bellew
Loma vs. Rigo
Crawford vs. Mikey Garcia or move to 147 for a shot at one of the title holders
Joshua vs. Wilder
Stevenson vs. Gvodzyk or Kovalev
Gervonta Davis vs. Loma, Berchelt or Linares
Russell Jr. vs. Rigo, Frampton or Santa Cruz
Roman Gonzalez vs. Inuoe or Cuadras II
Charlo vs. Jacobs
Saunders vs. Canelo/GGG winner for unification bout
In the next 12 months I'd love to see:
Anthony Joshua vs. Deontay Wilder
Adonis Stevenson vs. Andre Ward
Errol Spence, Jr. vs. Keith Thurman
Terence Crawford vs. Mikey Garcia
Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux
Scott Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz III
Other fights I'd like to see:
Tony Bellew vs. David Haye II
Badou Jack vs. Andre Ward
Chayphon Moonsri vs. Thammanoon Niyomtrong
Crawford wants Thurman, but Keith would be seen as ducking Spence if he expresses any interest in Crawford knowing that Errol is with PBC and Bud is not. Frankly, I don't know which fight he thinks would be the tougher one.
Let's consider Porter vs Garcia huge (not exactly in the Glovkin/Cnelo size), but they're still among the top. So let's set this as standard.