Fighters To Watch?

I used to be HUGE into boxing. Keeping a list of fighters to watch every single time, even the lower level guys like Felix Diaz when he became a pro and stuff.

A couple of years ago my attention started to shift towards MMA and really, I've just been crazy into that for so long and I'm really out of the loop with boxing. I'd watch Amir Khan and Alvarez or Pacquiao and Bradley for sure, but outside of GGG, Andre Ward, Tyson Fury, David Haye etc. I wouldn't actually know who to follow. Last time I was following it, Sergio Martinez was still killing it.

So any suggestions of guys who's fights I shouldn't miss? Whenever a Saturday comes and there's no MMA on, feels like the night is wasted. I used to ****ing love nights where I had a big fight on in boxing, maybe led up to with a Prizefighter in the UK or something.

So yeah. Which fighters are worth me making sure I don't miss a fight from. Want to reintroduce myself to the sport and keep all my bases covered in combat sports.

 

Cheers lads. Will have a look at them all.

Out of the ones mentioned...

I watched Crawford make Ricky Burns a joke so **** him

I watched Kell Brook rise from the lower domestics.

I watched a couple of Willders, last probably being Audley Harrison.

Seem all of Joshua's.

I watched Rigo Vs I think Willy Casey ages ago in Ireland. Incredible boxer, but a bit on the boring side at times.

Saunders I watched from the very beginnings. Last I saw was the very satisfying Eubank Jr fight.

Broner...just to see a Maidana repeat.

Outside of them, I've never watched the rest fight although have caught some names across the way. I'll hit boxingrec later and get a list and the upcoming fights together.

Any other names to add? I'm cool even watching some lower level names, although to get me refocused, probably the bigger names are best. I still watch a bit of the Smith brothers and Lee Selby as well.

 

Cheers mate. I THINK I heard of Quigley and Egidijus but good chance that's complete *******s haha.

 

Alright so here's my grand total list. Let me know if there's a couple more who I should be watching for. I'm even including the big names so if there's any more bigguns, give me a shout.

Vasil Lomachenko
Demetrius Andrade
Erickson Lubin
Andrzej Fonfara
Anthony Joshua
Shawn Porter
Keith Thurman
Chris Eubank Jr
Alexei Collado
Tyson Fury
Wladimir Klitschko
Sergey Kovalev
Deontay Wilder
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Egidijus Kavaliauskas
Adonis Stevenson
Jai Opetaia
Jonathan Guzman
Joseph Parker
Ievgen Khytrov
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Terrance Crawford
Viktor Postol
Gilberto Ramirez
Oscar Valdez
Ryota Murata
Carl Frampton
Leo Santa Cruz
Danny Jacobs
Errol Spence
Roman Gonzalez
Amir Khan
Krzysztof Glowacki
Keita Obara
Rances Barthelemy
Timothy Bradley Jr
Lee Selby
Saul Alvarez
Erislandy Lara
Sammy Vasquez
Kell Brook
Danny Garcia
Felix Diaz
Mike Perez
Luis Garcia
Brian Carlos Castano
Jason Quigley
Miguel Berchelt
Saul Rodriguez
Naoya Inoue
Mairis Briedis
Oleksandr Usyk
Luis Ortiz
Scott Quigg
Artur Beterbiev
James DeGale
Badou Jack
Jessie Vargas
Manny Pacquiao
Denis Lebedev
Miguel Cotto
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Julian Williams
Jermall Charlo
Jermell Charlo (PS. What the **** parents?)
Gennady Golovkin
Andre Ward
Alexander Povetkin

 

To be fair, if I'm watching mediocre guys that's cool. Like I'm excited for a Carl Frampton fight but stick him in with Rigo and he has no chance.

Looking at Loma, yeah I was like "The ****? I must have the wrong guy". I was only when I hit his wikipedia page that I realised he was one of the greatest amateurs of all time. For the record, they need a new name for this. Amateur wrestling and amateur boxing are amazing sports. Amateur boxers have an entire skillset some pro boxers can't accomplish. You'll see the list above anyways. Anyone you'd swear me off or is that alright to attempt to follow?

For the record, I'm not getting "into boxing". I'm getting BACK into boxing. So I still appreciate a guy like Rigo or Mayweather who fight boring as sin but fight with such skill and technique. I just fell out of it because I had a sport I preferred, but in recent times I'm watching kickboxing and BJJ so boxing is a sport I want to reintroduce myself to. This site is full of guys who say XYZ is "fake" and "not a champ" but although the **** where some fighter is fighting bums is why I fell out of boxing, I still will be crazy exited for say Saunders Vs Alvarez (is that the fight I heard?).


@Mirko guy (MMA mah****a! ), I'll add anyone not current on my list that you mentioned tomorrow. Cheers.