As we wind down the year. The fights that we're getting for the rest of the year are pretty much set in stone. At least the meaningful one's anyway. So calling hardcores, casuals, knowledgeable boxing fans, & even idiots (cause honestly that’s what some of you are.) What 10 fights are on your wish list?
You can just list the last names, i.e. #MayweatherPacquiao (Unless there's multiple fighters with the same name in that weight class.)
Junior Bantam - Estrada vs Nietes vs Ancanjas
Bantam - Inoue vs Nery
Junior Feather - Roman vs Vargas vs Navarrette
Feather - Warrington vs Stevenson vs Galahad
Junior Light - LSC vs Russell vs Frampton vs Diaz
Lightweight - Loma vs Lopez vs Tank vs Haney
Junior Welter - Mikey vs Taylor vs Ramirez
Welter - Thurman vs Spence vs Crawford vs Manny
Junior Middle - Charlo vs Williams
Middle - Andrade vs Charlo
Light Heavy - Beterbiev vs Bivol
Heavyweight - Fury vs Wilder vs AJ
Any combo of these fights I'm good with.
In no particular order:
Wilder vs. Fury 2
Briedis vs. Dorticos
Smith vs. Benavidez
Williams vs. Hurd 2
Spence vs. Pacquiao
Lomachenko vs. Lopez
Inoue vs. Casimero
Tanaka vs. Mthalane
Teraji vs. Kyoguchi
Menayothin vs. CP Freshmart
I just want those lineal vacancies filled!
Inoue V Nery
Beterbiev v Bivol
Beterbiev V Kovalev (i know hes done but just for the bad blood)
Taylor V Ramirez
Valdez V Joseph Diaz
Kudryashov V anyone
Dubois V Joyce / a top 20 HW
Zurdo V Benevidez
Eubank Jnr V Charlo
Ortiz V Povetkin, would of loved to of seen this 5 years ago but still very fun/interesting matchup.
lesser known guys and prospects are as interesting to me:
Cissokho v Soro
Ajagba V Izu Ugonoh
Dubois V Ajagba
Makhmudov V Junior Fa
Romanov V Murat Gassiev
Hrygovic V Dychko
Tony Yoka V Joe Joyce
Kownacki v Oscar Rivas
Oscar Rivas V George Arias (what happened to him?)
Majidov V Sirenko
Oleksandr Zakhozhyi V Rostislav Plechko (anyone know what the hell happened to this guy?)
1 Canelo vs Jermall Charlo
2 Andrade vs Golovkin
3 Crawford vs Thurman
4 Jacobs vs Callum Smith or Joe Saunders
5 Pacquiao vs Danny Swift Garcia
6 Tank vs Lomachenko
7 Wilder vs Ruiz
8 Joshua vs Fury
9 LSC vs GRJ
10 Ruiz vs Fury
didn't say Spence due to the fact Errol looked & talked like a vegetable, I think he is forcing himself to box and hiding some health issues
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Wot da fock, bro??? I want to see Fitzgerald vs. Garcia, that is an important, "must-see" fight for me. I am tired of Eddie Hearns keeping Fitzy locked in a merry go round of fighting domestic-level rivals. Fitzy has some real finesse to his Boxing, and I'd love to see him step up to European level. British > European > World, that is the old-fashioned route.
kenshiro - kyoguchi
tanaka - mthalane (old man is getting really old. i want him to fight someone meaningful and he is clearly willing to fight in japan)
martinez - the winner
estrada - nietes
ioka - tanaka
inoue - estrada
navarrete - roman
warrington - xu = million punches
berchelt - davis = fireworks
taylor - ramirez
beterbiev - bivol
callum - benavidez was on the list but he lost to ryder so it's not in my top10 now.
because of injuries, waiting, father time i don't want a lot of other matchups anymore.
No Spence fights because he needs to heal
1 Wilder/Fury winner vs Joshua
2 Crawford vs Pacquiao
3 Loma vs Tank
4 Canelo vs Charlo
5 Charlo vs Hurd/J rock winner
6 Beterbiev vs Bivol
7 Santa Cruz vs Valadez
8 Ramirez vs Kelly
9 Warrington vs Rusell
10 Dorticos vs Bredis
Haney v. Davis
Lomachenko v. T. Lopez
Charlo v. Jacobs (catchweight)
Saunders v. Jacobs
Plant v. C. Smith
Canelo v. Beterbiev
Fury v. Wilder
DuBois v. Joshua
Usyk v. Parker
Hrgovic v. Whyte
A few for me which I think are possible (although some unlikely)
Joshua vs Fury
Smith vs Canelo
Saunders vs Jacobs
Usyk vs Chisora
Whyte vs Wilder
Andrade vs Charlo
Fury vs Wilder2
Ruiz vs Miller
1. Crawford vs. Spence
2. Wilder vs. Joshua
3. Lomachenko vs. Davis
4. Santa Cruz vs. Russell Jr.
5. Beterbiev vs. Bivol
6. Canelo vs. GGG III
7. Lomachenko vs. Lopez
8. Spence vs. Pacquiao
9. Joshua vs. Usyk
10. Crawford vs. Porter/Thurman/Ugas or Danny Garcia
Honorable Mention: Floyd vs. Manny II just for the spectacle of it since it would still be the biggest fight in boxing in 2020.
1. Spence-Crawford
2. Nery-Inoue
3. Fury-Wilder 2
4. Beterbiev-Bivol
5. Smith-Benavidez
6. Estrada-Nietes
7. Lomachenko-Davis
8. Santa Cruz-Russell Jr
9. Santa Cruz-Warrington
10. Estrada-Gonzalez 2
Wilder vs Ruiz/Joshua winner
Canelo vs Callum smith
Spence vs Crawford
Prograis/Taylor winner vs Ramirez
Beterbiev vs Bivol
Lomachenko vs Commey/Lopez winner
Andrade vs Charlo
Plant vs Benavidez
Inoue vs Nery
Estrada vs Nietes
Good thread!
GGG-Canelo
Crawford-Spence - :(
Loma-Tank
Loma-Mikey
Loma-Haney
Beterbiev-Kovalev
Andrade-Charlo
Usyk-Joshua
Usyk-Wilder
Usyk-Fury
Since Crawford Spence is probably out...I will add Bivol-Beterbiev...some on my list are 'I want to see this guy's level' type of fights...so I have a few Usyk fights to see his level, and a few Loma fights to see those guys' levels...I would be happy with 1 or 2 of those fights.
Honorable mentions:
JRock-Lara
Jermell-Tony Harrison
Mungia-vs anyone decent at 160
Mungia-Hurd at 160
Porter-Crawford
Crawford-Brook
GGG-Callum Smith
GGG-Benevidez
GGG vs someone good at 175
Charlo-Sergey Derevy
That's about all I can think of.
Beterbiev vs the Canelo-Kovalev winner (or loser)
Loma-Tank
Wilder-Usyk
Porter-Crawford
Gvozdyk-Bivol
Breidis-Gassiev
Leon Santa-Cruz-Gary Russell, Jr.
Ruiz-Big Baby (Buffet Match)
Smith-Plant
GGG-Mungia
Wilder -Fury 2
Crawford -Pacquiao
Andrade -Jermall Charlo
David Benavidez -Callum Smith
Bivol - Beterbiev
GGG - Derevyanchenko 2
Lomachenko -Gervonta Davis
Kownacki -Joyce
Ortiz - Whyte
Usyk - Parker
Appreciate ya'll following the thread. Now that I think about it, I probably shoulda been more specific. Asking for a top 10 list in order... I really wanted to guage the "must see" fights. The fights that are kinda needed within boxing & the most meaningful.
I wanted to (& may still) compile an actual top 10 list that the users on boxingscene want to see/are most meaningful. I may have to go by which fight actually gets mentioned the most to least vs which ranks the highest on individual lists if that makes any sense...
Canelo and Estrada are the other ones I care about, but none in their division is good enough to make it a must watch.
Anybody that represents a challenge is a must watch imo but everybody's entitled to their opinion.
Fury vs. Wilder II
AJ-Ruiz II winner vs. Usyk
Callum Smith vs. Benavidez
Eubank Jr. vs. Saunders II
Andrade vs. Jermall
Scott Fitzgerald vs. Sergio Garcia
Crawford vs. Spence (or either of these vs. Pacquiao)
Brook vs. Khan
Loma vs. Tank
Haney fighting for a "World" title
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BUMP!!
Fury vs. Wilder II
AJ-Ruiz II winner vs. Usyk
Callum Smith vs. Benavidez
Eubank Jr. vs. Saunders II
Andrade vs. Jermall
Scott Fitzgerald vs. Sergio Garcia
Crawford vs. Spence (or either of these vs. Pacquiao)
Brook vs. Khan
Loma vs. Tank
Haney fighting for a "World" title
Usyk-Wilder
Tyson Fury-Pricey
Beterbiev-Bivol
Beterbiev-Canelo Vs Kovalev winner
Callum Smith-Saunders
Crawford-Spence
Loma-Davis
Inoue-Navarrete at 122
Estrada-Nietes
You know what my real dream fight is? In a perfect scenario Loma goes for glory, becomes undisputed at 135 and then fights the undisputed champion at 140lbs in a crazy fight (Prograis,Taylor or Ramirez)
Only one: Davis beating the shit out of Lomachenko in front of his unsurprised fanboys.
Spence-Crawford will never happen. The rest is meh to me. Canelo and Estrada are the other ones I care about, but none in their division is good enough to make it a must watch.
Not in any order.
Spence vs Crawford
Bivol Vs Beterbeiv
Fury vs Wilder
Usyk vs Joshua/Ruiz
Canelo vs Smith
Pacquiao vs Spence
Lomachenko vs Lopez/Commey
Inoue vs Nery
Lomachenko vs Davis/Gamboa
Wilder vs Joshua