Is One of the Great Boxing Years Before Us?

[crold1]

Granted, we haven't seen all the fights...BUT...considering what's on paper and what we've seen...HOLY ****...This might be the best combination of good business fights and good fights period (intended and surprisingly) along with great planned matches I've ever seen in a single year. Sure, not all the fights were great, but the matchmaking has been impeccable. Here's what we've had by division so far of note:

112-under
Sakata v. Parra (III), Vasquez (II); Kameda on verge of becoming WBA mando
Darchinyan-Donaire
Wongjonkam-Naito (III; IV may be upcoming)
Calderon-Cazares (upcoming)

118-under
Munoz-Nashiro
Mijares-Arce

122
Marquez-Vasquez I&II, likely Caballero v. winner at years end
De Leon-Bautista (upcoming)

126
Nothing special, but Linares arrived

130
JMM-MAB
MAB-Pac II (upcoming)
Soto-Guzman (upcoming)

135
Katsidis-Earl, Amonsot
Diaz-Freitas; Julio Diaz (Likely upcoming)

140
Hatton-Castillo
Harris-Witter (upcoming)

147
Mosley-Collazo
Judah-Cotto
Margarito-Williams
MOSLEY-COTTO (HIGHLY LIKELY)
MAYWEATHER-HATTON (ALLEGEDLY DONE)

154
DLH-PBF
Ouma-Mora (coming)
Forrest-Baldo (Hate it, but it will be a good win or get out fight)

160
Miranda-Green, Pavlik
Taylor-Spinks (******, but both elite)
Sturm-Castillejo II
Asikianen-Sylvester II
PAVLIK-TAYLOR (COMING)

168
Bute-Bika
Kessler-Andrade
THE BEST FIGHT IN BOXING: KESSLER-CALZAGHE (COMING)

175
Dawson-Adamek
Johnson-Griffin
Hopkins Wright
Dawson-Tarver (Likely)

190
Mormeck-Bell II!
Maccarinelli-Braithwaite
Mormeck-Haye (coming)

Heavyweight
Peter-Toney II
Chagaev-Valuev
Chagaev-Ibragimov (coming)
Vitali comes back; Povetkin emerges

Just a top to bottom solid year all over. I'm sure I missed a lot too. If you can't convert boxing fans off this, you suck. And I'm missing good stuff here to top it off.

[DiegoFuego]

If all the proposed fights come off, yes, this is the greatest year I've ever seen in boxing

[feed-the-goat]

shame about the heavies though

[Steelhammer86]

It has been a great year so far, and with the recent announcements of excellent matchups from late Sept through early December, it is shaping up to be the best year for boxing in a long time.

Not much that interests me between now and late September, but then there will be some of the best matchups imaginable for two months:

Mayweather vs. Hatton
Mosely vs. Cotto
Calzaghe vs. Kessler
Povetkin vs. Byrd
Brock vs. Chambers
Ibragimov vs. Chagaev
Dawson vs. Tarver
Maskaev vs. Peter
Pavlik vs. Taylor
McCline vs. Vitali
Mormeck vs. Haye

There's the potential for several more good matchups during this time as well, since there's another dozen top fighters who are not scheduled but due for another fight around that time (Wladimir, Malignaggi, Williams, etc.).

[mgkirkpatrick]

it's a hell of a year alright.

[crold1]

Shame about the heavies? I actually thought they started to come together.

[Guest]

It's a great time to be a boxing fan...

[crold1]

Agree Sin; hell, I'm stoked about Calderon-Cazares. Great fight on 8/25

[Mozza]

Who voted no and would they care to explain their reasons for voting this way?

[duffgun]

Who voted no and would they care to explain their reasons for voting this way.

this has got to be one of the best year of the decade for boxing, and now at long last some of the heavyweight title holders are fighting each other.