2015 could be a very exciting year.

[man]

welter-, middle- and heavyweight have interesting match
ups waiting to happen. floyd will either face manny or amir,
either should be exciting. genadin will have first top bouts,
wladimir possibly taking on wilder or fury.

not even mentioned stevenson, kovalev or the champs on
the way to their last appearances like froch or cotto.

boxing rocks again.

[cold187]

welter-, middle- and heavyweight have interesting match
ups waiting to happen. floyd will either face manny or amir,
either should be exciting. genadin will have first top bouts,
wladimir possibly taking on wilder or fury.

not even mentioned stevenson, kovalev or the champs on
the way to their last appearances like froch or cotto.

boxing rocks again.

its like this every year before the judges/corruption spoils it

[Rodian]

predictions arent things you WANT to happen

pretty pathetic posting above

[Boxing Prospect]

This year hasn't been bad at all, just a shame US boxing seems to be the focus. If people gave time to guys like Usyk, Kosei Tanaka, the Inoue brothers, Roman Gonzalez, Koki Eto etc its been a solid year.

Don't tar the entire sport because the US has had some bull shit decisions and Britain has had some awful stoppages.

[IRLangmaid25]

From a British perspective it starts off with Anthony Crolla getting his crack at the World title against the awkward Cuban Richar Abril. Kell Brook will be back in action after his stabbing. Plus Martin Murray has got Triple G and has the size to give Triple G a few things to think about.

Plus Eubank Jnr will be rebuilding and him and John Ryder will be a cracking trade fight. Plus Frankie Gavin and James DeGale will be pushing forward. So plenty going on.

[diddy]

I'm sure it will be super exciting with more and more awful decisions marring the sport.

[ikorolev]

Most of them likely are, but people like to hope for better.

[digzee]

My predictions for next year..,

• Kovalev defeats Pascal but no one else of any note for the remainder of the year. His notoriety grows despite the fact that most of his available opponents are part-time cab drivers. Whatever happens, those fight fans that have a natural bias of favouring Eastern European fighters, will start aggressively claiming that Sergey is a top-three pound-for-pounder off the back of a victory over Pascal (who himself was recently dominated by a 46 year old that was 18 years his senior)!

• Golovkin keeps fighting second-tier opposition, because his handlers can't find suitable opponents. GGG's fans will cite "fear" and "cowardice" as the reason why big contests aren't happening, whilst potential opponents will claim that a ten bob note and a loaf of bread shouldn't be considered as a good payday. Whatever happens, many of Golovkin's fans will begin to speculate that he could KO Sugar Ray Robinson and Marvellous Marvin Hagler within a single round on the same night with one arm tied behind his back!

• Mayweather disappoints and fights Khan and Thurman next year, instead of Pacquiao, which results in Money May's critics instantly accusing these men as over-hyped or untested bums when they suffer boring lop-sided losses. Floyd's contract with Showtime expires and he considers one final bout in 2016, as a "free agent", against Manny Pacquiao in order to receive a massive "farewell" payday, secure his legacy against his long-term rival and surpass Marciano's unbeatend record.

• Pacquiao will be widely celebrated for looking impressive by dominating 135lb-ers in successful defences of his welterweight title, whilst enjoying PPV numbers of around 250K. This will trigger his blindly loyal fans to say "it's not his fault, 'cause Mayweather's a coward!", whilst conveniently forgetting the fact that Manny preferred to accept the huge contract extension signing bonus cheque than become a free agent and have the freedome to fight anyone on the planet!

• Klitschko will continue to dominate the heavyweight division with absolute ease... and this will lead to all the young unbeaten prospects to be continuously matched against Mexican road sweepers in order to bide their time, either for Wladimir's retirement or until he starts looking beatable. Either way, fight fans will continue to blame Wladimir for the state of the heavyweight division (for no other reason other than the one-sided nature of his victories)... and many deluded and intellectually-challenged individuals will continue to claim that Klitschko would be blown-out within a single round against a 182lb version of Rocky Marciano, as they naively claim that "size doesn't matter"!

• Andre Ward jumps ship and signs with Roc Nation or Al Haymon and then defeats an anonymous and unheralded opponent in impressive fashion towards the end of 2015, which will lead to many moronic fight fans to impulsively clamour for him take over ownership of Mayweather's pound-for-pound crown, despite not having defeated a top-tier super-middleweight for almost four years.

• "Mikey" Garcia and Chavez Jr. remain inactive due to their lawsuits against Top Rank. Whilst several Al Haymon fighters will mysteriously continue to drop world tiitles and decline massively lucrative financial offers... for no other reason other than "my 'advisor' told me to do so!" Ignorant fight fans will persistently claim that Garcia, Chavez Jr. and all Al Haymon fighters are “cowards” for not facing their rivals, because they either don’t have the mental capacity to understand boxing politics or they're simply far too lazy to be bothered to understand the true cause of these seemingly-bizarre decisions!

• There'll be tonnes of big fights not made in 2015, leading to naive and ignorant people citing "fear" and "cowardice" as the reason for their most disliked fighters "ducking" the men they support, whilst conveniently ignoring the long-term lack of co-operation between Haymon/Showtime/NBC and Top Rank/Roc Nation/HBO!

• There will also be some pretty huge and exciting bouts taking place next year between men campaigning in the lighter weight-classes, with these fights going unnoticed, with no one giving a damn, since most casual boxing observers only follow the sport involving contests between men weighing 140lbs or more!

Those are my predictions for 2015!

Does anyone think my predictions are accurate? :??

If I ever feel suicidal I'll give you a call, I see you like to look on the bright side of life

[man]

My predictions for next year..,

• Kovalev defeats Pascal but no one else of any note for the remainder of the year. His notoriety grows despite the fact that most of his available opponents are part-time cab drivers. Whatever happens, those fight fans that have a natural bias of favouring Eastern European fighters, will start aggressively claiming that Sergey is a top-three pound-for-pounder off the back of a victory over Pascal (who himself was recently dominated by a 46 year old that was 18 years his senior)!

• Golovkin keeps fighting second-tier opposition, because his handlers can't find suitable opponents. GGG's fans will cite "fear" and "cowardice" as the reason why big contests aren't happening, whilst potential opponents will claim that a ten bob note and a loaf of bread shouldn't be considered as a good payday. Whatever happens, many of Golovkin's fans will begin to speculate that he could KO Sugar Ray Robinson and Marvellous Marvin Hagler within a single round on the same night with one arm tied behind his back!

• Mayweather disappoints and fights Khan and Thurman next year, instead of Pacquiao, which results in Money May's critics instantly accusing these men as over-hyped or untested bums when they suffer boring lop-sided losses. Floyd's contract with Showtime expires and he considers one final bout in 2016, as a "free agent", against Manny Pacquiao in order to receive a massive "farewell" payday, secure his legacy against his long-term rival and surpass Marciano's unbeatend record.

• Pacquiao will be widely celebrated for looking impressive by dominating 135lb-ers in successful defences of his welterweight title, whilst enjoying PPV numbers of around 250K. This will trigger his blindly loyal fans to say "it's not his fault, 'cause Mayweather's a coward!", whilst conveniently forgetting the fact that Manny preferred to accept the huge contract extension signing bonus cheque than become a free agent and have the freedome to fight anyone on the planet!

• Klitschko will continue to dominate the heavyweight division with absolute ease... and this will lead to all the young unbeaten prospects to be continuously matched against Mexican road sweepers in order to bide their time, either for Wladimir's retirement or until he starts looking beatable. Either way, fight fans will continue to blame Wladimir for the state of the heavyweight division (for no other reason other than the one-sided nature of his victories)... and many deluded and intellectually-challenged individuals will continue to claim that Klitschko would be blown-out within a single round against a 182lb version of Rocky Marciano, as they naively claim that "size doesn't matter"!

• Andre Ward jumps ship and signs with Roc Nation or Al Haymon and then defeats an anonymous and unheralded opponent in impressive fashion towards the end of 2015, which will lead to many moronic fight fans to impulsively clamour for him take over ownership of Mayweather's pound-for-pound crown, despite not having defeated a top-tier super-middleweight for almost four years.

• "Mikey" Garcia and Chavez Jr. remain inactive due to their lawsuits against Top Rank. Whilst several Al Haymon fighters will mysteriously continue to drop world tiitles and decline massively lucrative financial offers... for no other reason other than "my 'advisor' told me to do so!" Ignorant fight fans will persistently claim that Garcia, Chavez Jr. and all Al Haymon fighters are “cowards” for not facing their rivals, because they either don’t have the mental capacity to understand boxing politics or they're simply far too lazy to be bothered to understand the true cause of these seemingly-bizarre decisions!

• There'll be tonnes of big fights not made in 2015, leading to naive and ignorant people citing "fear" and "cowardice" as the reason for their most disliked fighters "ducking" the men they support, whilst conveniently ignoring the long-term lack of co-operation between Haymon/Showtime/NBC and Top Rank/Roc Nation/HBO!

• There will also be some pretty huge and exciting bouts taking place next year between men campaigning in the lighter weight-classes, with these fights going unnoticed, with no one giving a damn, since most casual boxing observers only follow the sport involving contests between men weighing 140lbs or more!

Those are my predictions for 2015!

on these i don't share your view:

i think klitschko will have exciting bouts and so
will floyd, who finally faces pacquiao. golovkin
will have at least one, probably two super opponents.

[drunkenpiper36]

Floyd fighting Pac is something that I'll only believe once the two are in the ring receiving final instructions from the ref.

[drunkenpiper36]

i think klitschko will have exciting bouts and so

Klitschko's people are already considering Shanon Briggs as a potential opponent for this spring. So I think that prediction can basically be tossed aside.

[caldo2025]

Boxing in 2014 was mediocre at best. 2013 was great so it was a tough act to follow. What will 2015 look like? I guess that all depends on Al Haymon as pathetic as that sounds. His roster continues to grow and did you just hear that? That's the sound of another great fight not being made. I don't know how Haymon does it and why these boxers are flooding to him. My opinion is that Haymon has a business model that says: COME JOIN US AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAKE THE SAME OR MORE MONEY BY FIGHTING WEAKER OPPONENTS. NOT ONLY WILL YOU NOT HAVE TO FIGHT THE BEST FIGHTERS IN YOUR WEIGHT CLASS BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN EXCUSE FOR NOT FIGHTING SOMEONE YOU SHOULD. OH AND DID I MENTION THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU WALK IN WITH TWINS AND THEIR DAD. THEY WON'T LEAVE YOUR SIDE AND WILL ALWAYS BE YELLING FOR YOU WHETHER WALKING INTO THE RING OR AFTER THE FIGHT, THEY WILL BE THERE...THEY WILL BE EVERYWHERE.

I personally hope that this Roc Nation Group brings something different to the table. Boxers seem very reluctant to jump at this point but all that it takes is one and more will come. Boxing needs more competition from the promotions point of view. Haymon=Bad for Boxing.