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...What would you want them to be? Assume stuff like money, promoters or whether the fighters want to actually fight each other is not an issue. However:
1) The timeline must be realistic...ie can't have favorite fighter XXX fight 5 times next year just because you want to see them, or have someone who's been fighting once a year suddenly fight multiple times (unless something like beginning and end of the year).
2) The weight division must be realistic...either the current weight they are in, or the weight they are about to go up to. No jumping 2+ up or a guy struggling to make current weight draining down to the one below.
Mine will be:
1) The timeline must be realistic...ie can't have favorite fighter XXX fight 5 times next year just because you want to see them, or have someone who's been fighting once a year suddenly fight multiple times (unless something like beginning and end of the year).
2) The weight division must be realistic...either the current weight they are in, or the weight they are about to go up to. No jumping 2+ up or a guy struggling to make current weight draining down to the one below.
Mine will be:
- Kenshiro Teraji vs Adrian Curiel unification @108 in Spring...with Gonzalez about to lose his belt outside the ring, while waiting for that to resolve lets unify three belts when they can.
- Usyk vs Fury undisputed @HW in Spring...kinda sad that its not already a near guarantee, but given Fury's past antics and whatnots I literally have zero faith that it happens until I see them both in the ring, so I'd love to have a guarantee..
- Fulton vs Figueroa II @126 in Spring...its been a while since either of them fought, should be around that time and I'm assuming Vargas isn't coming back down to defend his belt any time soon so Figueroa might be elevated sooner or later. Plus, unrelated to the belt status these two could use a rematch.
- Junto Nakatani vs Jason Moloney 118 in Spring...Nakatani is the current 115 WBO champ and Moloney is 118 WBO champ. With Nakatani not being likely to get an unification and him obviously struggling to make 115 at this point, might as well go up and go for the other half of the Moloney twins. For Jason, also a good grudge match after Junto destroyed his brother for the 115 belt.
- Inoue vs Nery 122 in Summer IN USA...assuming MJ wins the eliminator next month he's already a near guarantee to fight Inoue possibly around Spring, Inoue's match after that is hopefully in Summer so there's a chance to get one last party at the end of the year before he goes up to 126 in 2025.
- Shakur vs Tank unification @135 in Summer...Shakur will probably be a belt holder by then and Tank would also probably be elevated after Haney sticks to 140, so this ends up being the most desired match left in 135. I know, it won't happen in reality but I can dream in a dream thread.
- Bivol vs Beterbiev for undisputed @175 in Summer...Bivol said he was set to return in January, and Beterbiev has a fight already set in January as well, so timeline wise it is perfectly possible.
- Canelo vs David Benavidez @168 in early Summer...assuming Benavidez wins against Andrade, just get the match done with so Canelo can officially say good bye to 168 and go up to 175 with no stones left unturned.
- Teofimo Lopez vs winner of Haney/Prograis unification @140 in late Summer.
- Leigh Wood vs Cordina @130 late in the year...I'm assuming Wood has a rematch with Warrington already guaranteed sometime in the first half, but Wood vs Cordina to end the year would be another UK party match.