Who will carry the sport for the next 5-10 years?

[AintGottaClue]

i have a feeling that andre ward will be the next star and bring a big casual boxing fan base back cause he is a american gold medalist,

[Tha_Greatest]

i have a feeling that andre ward will be the next star and bring a big casual boxing fan base back cause he is a american gold medalist,

Do you think Felix Sturm can carry boxing,

[Pac Man Fan 83]

Floyd Mayweather and Jermain Taylor will be the two big name guys over the next five years.

[boxerman]

Its going to be someone that the mainstream media really starts covering. Of course the 130 -147 lb guys will carry it in a boxing fan's eyes. However, that really doesn't matter when you are talking about broad support and coverage for the general public. Someone is going to have to be a Tyson like figure that just destroys people, or its got to be someone that people are already familiar with from the olympics. It has to be someone that the average joe stands around the water cooler on monday morning and talks about.

Therefore, I dont think anyone right now is going to carry boxing on their shoulders in the next 5 years. No heavyweight for sure ( unless Peter goes on a streak of about 10 KOs in a row), and I just dont know about Ward yet.

[snipes12]

arthur abraham
sam peter
jermaine taylor
Ike ibeabuchi (if ever release)
floyd mayweather
pacman

[pinkpanther]

arthur abraham
sam peter
jermaine taylor
Ike ibeabuchi (if ever release)
floyd mayweather
pacman

Apparantly Ike ain't getting out for a while.

[TheEvilSaint]

i would say floyd mayweather, but the non-boxing public REALLY doesnt like him.

so far, there is no boxer who is ready or capable of carrying this sport.

but the boxer who has the best chance at that is floyd mayweather.

[Prize_Fighter2K5]

i would have to say miguel cotto because hes young powreful and dominate...he also has the most amazing skillz

[rpf7389]

the future of the heavyweight division:
samuel peter
vitali klitschko
wladmir klitschko
chris byrd
hasim rahman
nicolay valuev
david tua
the future of the cruiserweight division:
oneil bell
wayne braithwaite
Grigory Drozd
Steve Cunningham
Pavel Melkomian
Enzo Maccarinelli
David Haye
the future of the light heavyweight division:
Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Clinton Woods
Thomas Ulrich
Sakio Bika
the future of the super middleweight division:
Jeff Lacy
Joe Calzaghe
Mikkel Kessler
Vitali Tsypko
Willie Gibbs
Hector Camacho Jr
the future of the middle weight division:
Jermain Taylor
Ronald Wright
Arthur Abraham
Sergio Mora
Ishe Smith
Felix Sturm
Alfonso Gomez
and the rest that i think are going to be the future are:
morrales, barrera,pacquiauo,judah,spinks,cintron,david barnes,hatton,mayweather,witter,cotto,vivian harris,corrales,juan diaz,

[spinksjinx]

Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto will carry boxing these next few years...Possibly Hatton but being british puts him at a disadvantage.

After those reigns most likely Andre Ward provided he develops well and the exposure he is getting is great. The thing with Ward though is that he will probably end up like Roy Jones in that the competition will be small. I could easily see in about 5 years Jeff Lacy vs Andre Ward provided Lacy reigns supreme that long.