Barry McGuigan is hoping to see one of Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua unify the heavyweight division in 2022 as well as watching Canelo Alvarez get challenged by Artur Beterbiev
Top of my wish list for 2022 is a unified heavyweight champion. I don’t care who it is, Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua. The two best heavyweights in the world need to fight each other.
It would be great for the UK if that were Joshua and Fury, obviously, but more important for me is the idea of a singular champion, the best of the best, undisputed.
If Joshua loses to Usyk in the rematch it’s over for him. The biggest issue is in his head. He needs to get things clear. If he does that and wins then the fight with Fury is massive.
WBO champion Lawrence Okolie has his eyes on the heavyweight division, emulating Usyk’s move from cruiserweight.
But first he wants unify the division, and IBF champ Mairis Breidis would be a great place to start.
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I’d like to see Saul Canelo Alvarez fight an opponent who will really challenge him. That man is WBC/IBF light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.
Canelo’s proposed fight at cruiser against WBC champ Ilunga Makabu seems more about grabbing headlines than settling a genuine boxing dispute.
I want to see Gennady Golovkin take on WBO champion Demetrius Andrade or WBC strap holder Jermall Charlo to determine the best at middleweight.
The biggest fight in the world would be Errol Spence versus Terence Crawford. The latter is a free agent after his split with Bob Arum, which in theory makes it more likely.
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Spence is slated to take on Yordenis Ugas first, which should tell us more about his fitness after the eye injury and hopefully pave the way for Crawford later in the year.
We are talking Sugar Ray Leonard versus Thomas Hearns levels here, a fight that defined an epoch. For Spence and Crawford it’s about writing their names in history.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao left it too late. So have Amir Khan and Kell Brook. We will all watch, of course we will, but it does not have the same meaning it would have had in their prime.
What a year we could have at lightweight with Devon Haney, Gervonta Davis, Vasyl Lomachenko, Ryan Garcia and George Kambosos circling each other.
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There is still a question mark around Haney. Can he come through a hard fight, get off the floor to win?
Garcia had mental health issues last year. It would be great to see him firing again and in a world title fight.
Teofimo Lopez, and Davis should he go up to 140 too, are both great fights for Josh Taylor at super lightweight.
If only half the above come off, 2022 could be a vintage year for boxing.
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