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HW: Povetkin's is overdue although he's not exactly stuck in obscurity. Hoping Luis Ortiz gets one as well as to me he looks better than Glazkov, Martin, Szpilka and they all have one coming up.
CW: Mairis Briedis, this guy can KO heavyweights so I can't wait to see him at war with someone like Glowacki, Lebedev, Huck/Afolabi winner. Also hope Makubu faces one of the champs this year.
LHW: No one in particular for me. Seeing Stevenson or Kovalev defend against Beterbiev or Browne would be good though but not sure either are quite ready yet.
SMW: Callum Smith. Not fully sold on him but he has some momentum and it seems like all the other contenders have had a recent shot/defeat.
MW: In the sense of fairness it should be Heiland, who beat Macklin in an eliminator in 2014. He has no real chance of beating the top guys though, who all need to face each other rather than C-level contenders. One dark horse I'll throw out there is Maciej Sulecki who recent started fighting in the US and looks good.
LMW: No one wants to fight J Rock so maybe him. I still like Kirkland and hope he gets it together and goes for one last run as he's always entertaining and the division needs someone with his style.
WW: Sadam Ali.
LWW: Most of the guys I want to see face each other have belts, but Herrera deserves another chance after the judging in his two losses.
LW: Zlaticanin beat Ricky Burns but since then has had less big opportunities than him. Barroso just beat Kevin Mitchell, hopefully the same thing doesn't happen there.
CW: Mairis Briedis, this guy can KO heavyweights so I can't wait to see him at war with someone like Glowacki, Lebedev, Huck/Afolabi winner. Also hope Makubu faces one of the champs this year.
LHW: No one in particular for me. Seeing Stevenson or Kovalev defend against Beterbiev or Browne would be good though but not sure either are quite ready yet.
SMW: Callum Smith. Not fully sold on him but he has some momentum and it seems like all the other contenders have had a recent shot/defeat.
MW: In the sense of fairness it should be Heiland, who beat Macklin in an eliminator in 2014. He has no real chance of beating the top guys though, who all need to face each other rather than C-level contenders. One dark horse I'll throw out there is Maciej Sulecki who recent started fighting in the US and looks good.
LMW: No one wants to fight J Rock so maybe him. I still like Kirkland and hope he gets it together and goes for one last run as he's always entertaining and the division needs someone with his style.
WW: Sadam Ali.
LWW: Most of the guys I want to see face each other have belts, but Herrera deserves another chance after the judging in his two losses.
LW: Zlaticanin beat Ricky Burns but since then has had less big opportunities than him. Barroso just beat Kevin Mitchell, hopefully the same thing doesn't happen there.