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2010 has been like a warm up year for GB, getting ready for 2011. Here are some fights and fighters to look out for in 2011


- Amir Khan, one word WOW. What a performance againsts Marcos Maidana. Khan showed so much skill and speed but maily showed so much heart. My prediction is that Khan goes on to be the best at light-welterweight with victories over Zab Judah in England in April and the winner of Alexander-Bradley in the fall.

- David Haye, Not his best year but you can look at this in two ways. Ether you think Haye had a wasted year ducking the Klitskcho's are he had a very clever year , growing into the heavyweight divsion making some good money agasint Harrison and now is primed and ready to take on the Brothers. If he defeats them , he is the new face of Boxing.

- Carl Froch, What a fighter! He lost narrowly to Mikel Kessler in April and although Froch lost a very close fight , it looks like the lasting effects are on Kessler who will most likey never be the same fighter again after the hard, tough fight with the Cobra, Kessler won the fight , Froch won the overall damage to one and other. Then on November 27th Froch outclassed Arthur Abraham and now looks to face Ward in the final in 2011( if he gets past Johnson) i belive Froch has the style to beat Andre Ward. Other postive news is that Sky are in talks to put on Carl's next fight which will mean more exposure, he really deserves it.

-Nathan Cleverly, This could be a big year from the man from Wales. He had a tough fight saterday agasint an akward ( last minure oppenent) but Clev could well be made Champion outside the ring if Jurgen Brahmer goes to prison and is unable to defend agaisnt Nathan. This could set up big fights with Tarvious Cloud in 2011 and my guess he is he wins that fight.

-Kel Brook, the kid has all the talent in the world , hes a good looking lad so they are going to love him in America. He also has a little bit of Naz about him but i belive he can be better than Naz and go on to unify titles. Dont be surprised if Kel beats up Mike Jones for an Interim Title on HBO and etheir goes on to be the full champion or even with the fact that Berto cant find an oppenent at Welterweight could face Brook in the fall.

- Matthew Macklin, if allegedly can get him the fights , Matt has every channce of winning agasint every title holder besides Sergio Martinez. If he gets a shot agasint Sylvester the IBF champ, expect Macklin to dominate that fight whether in Germany or England. I would also fancy his chances agaisnt Priog.

- Ricky Burns, People may laugh here but Burns who is by know means a A level fighter, has the chance to do something unique , he may be albe to domiate the divsion for a few years. Hes a very good fighter with fast hands and a nice jab and a great Heart! But looking at the people around Burns who can you say will walk over him ? You have Jorge Solis which is a 50/50 fight and rematch with Roaman Martinez ? he do great things at super featherweight until Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriokis Gamboa decide to move up.

- Here are a list of fighters who could make great strides towards world level or european level and this is showing the strength GB has got in Boxing. James Degale, Frankie Gavin , John Murray, Billy Joe Saunders, Tony Bellew, Tyson Fury, Joe Murray , Matthew Hatton, Martin Murray, Stephen Smith, Derick Chisora, David Price, Tony Jeffries, Ashley Sexton, Stephen Foster Jr. , Tom Dallas, Jamie Cox ( if he can put his legal charges behind him ) Gaivn Rees and Callum Johnson.

I understand this is my own opinion and don't get me wrong ill be wrong about a lot of this , but everyone can admit Britain had some very talanted fighters!

by 2012 the Brits will dominate world boxing.

dekker88 wrote:by 2012 the Brits will dominate world boxing.

And if we're not , at least we'll have the olympics.....

statmanjohn wrote:

dekker88 wrote:by 2012 the Brits will dominate world boxing.

And if we're not , at least we'll have the olympics.....

be typical if the world ended just as we began to dominate.

:(

Macklin and Burns have no chance of stepping up further.

Cleverly looked crap in his last fightr, but given another 2 years and if he keeps improving then he can be a force at light-heavy. 2011 is too soon.

Kell Brook is interesting, would expect him to lose to the top fighters but him vs Berto could be interesting.

I agree with the above post re: Macklin and Burns. The former could probably beat one of the German-based champions, but would get destroyed by Martinez on current form. Burns is a good fighter but I think the WBO title will be as good as it gets for him. He'll be in some good fights though.

I think 2011 will be a good year for some of Britain's other ex-amateur stars - most notably Degale, Gavin and Groves. John Murray could also win a world title, and it will be interesting to see how Chisora and Fury do as they step up the level of their competition.

I'd also pick out Brook as one that might just fall short. His static head worries me something fierce. At the top level I really do see him shipping a lot of shots that he doesn't need to.

I also don't see where the Hamed comparisons come in, either. Naz was leagues above Brook in almost every department.

Berrevoets24 wrote:2010 has been like a warm up year for GB, getting ready for 2011. Here are some fights and fighters to look out for in 2011


-Nathan Cleverly, This could be a big year from the man from Wales. He had a tough fight saterday agasint an akward ( last minure oppenent) but Clev could well be made Champion outside the ring if Jurgen Brahmer goes to prison and is unable to defend agaisnt Nathan. This could set up big fights with Tarvious Cloud in 2011 and my guess he is he wins that fight.


- Matthew Macklin, if allegedly can get him the fights , Matt has every channce of winning agasint every title holder besides Sergio Martinez. If he gets a shot agasint Sylvester the IBF champ, expect Macklin to dominate that fight whether in Germany or England. I would also fancy his chances agaisnt Priog.


I understand this is my own opinion and don't get me wrong ill be wrong about a lot of this , but everyone can admit Britain had some very talanted fighters!

You'll definitely be wrong about the above. No way is Cleverly beating Cloud or Macklin beating Pirog. I guess you can dream though.

Yeah british boxing was very impressive in the last years.they did a lot for amateur boxing because of the olympics in london. It already paid off in bejing and will pay off even more in london and also translate into pro boxing.

You might not be good at soccer but you can box for sure .

Baby Face Finster wrote:

Berrevoets24 wrote:2010 has been like a warm up year for GB, getting ready for 2011. Here are some fights and fighters to look out for in 2011


-Nathan Cleverly, This could be a big year from the man from Wales. He had a tough fight saterday agasint an akward ( last minure oppenent) but Clev could well be made Champion outside the ring if Jurgen Brahmer goes to prison and is unable to defend agaisnt Nathan. This could set up big fights with Tarvious Cloud in 2011 and my guess he is he wins that fight.


- Matthew Macklin, if allegedly can get him the fights , Matt has every channce of winning agasint every title holder besides Sergio Martinez. If he gets a shot agasint Sylvester the IBF champ, expect Macklin to dominate that fight whether in Germany or England. I would also fancy his chances agaisnt Priog.


I understand this is my own opinion and don't get me wrong ill be wrong about a lot of this , but everyone can admit Britain had some very talanted fighters!

You'll definitely be wrong about the above. No way is Cleverly beating Cloud or Macklin beating Pirog. I guess you can dream though.

He obviously didn't see Macklin get busted up by the might Ruben Varon over the weekend.

Would like to see what Macklin could do on neutral turf against Sylvester or Zbik, but I think he'd get busted up by Martinez, Pirog or Golovkin and probably lose a UD to Sturm.
Not sure Clev gets by Braehmer if it's in Germany, but I'd like to see him get the chance
Burns is a nice story and nice boxer but I can't see him lasting long as champion unless he continues to fight soft opposition as he did in his first defense.
I like Kahn to continue at the top of the 140s in 2011. The kids got a lot of talent and showed heart vs. Maidana and I think he beats Judah and has a decent shot vs. Bradley.
Would like to see Haye against one of the K brothers, but if that doesn't happen, Adamek and Povetkin would be far better opposition than Ruiz and Fraudley Harrison.
Re: Froch-Ward. Froch is impossible to count out, even though this bout would probably be in Oakland since Ward refuses to travel

Fighters to watch on the world scene as world class fighters are defiinatley -

Haye
Khan
Froch
DeGale
Frankie Gavin
Kell Brook (who should be fighting much better opponents by now)

and possibly Darren Barker.

We'll definatley be dominating the EBU and have other world champs such as Burns (who already is), possibly matthew hatton, John Murray, cleverly and groves.

Degale is definitely going to be a world class fighter. He has shown amazing ability and the ease with which he took Smith apart was impressive for a novice. If only he weren't such a tit it would be easier to get behind him.

Dont think theres any need to rush these guys. Clev needs to slow down, Degale shouldnt rush either, 2012 will be better, but Tyson Fury, come on, really???..

Berrevoets24 wrote: , it looks like the lasting effects are on Kessler who will most likey never be the same fighter again after the hard, tough fight with the Cobra, Kessler won the fight , Froch won the overall damage to one and other.

This is the single most ridiculous statement i have ever read.

Haven't spent much time here, have you? It's not even the most ridiculous statement this week.