What would be the biggest fight in boxing right now?

RIGHT NOW, in terms of PPV and interest on both sides of the Atlantic, Wilder-Joshua.

They could fill up Wembley and sell a million-plus PPVs each in the U.S. and the UK.

In fact, if Fury-Usyk signed today to fight for all the belts ... And Wilder and Joshua signed to fight each other in a non-title fight to face the winner ...

I would expect Wilder-Joshua to sell more PPVs, probably have a larger live gate ... and fans would expect it to be the more exciting fight.

Just because a fight is for all the belts doesn't make it a great fight. There have been unification fights for all the belts that were complete DUDS - Pernell Whitaker-Juan Nazario being one that always springs to mind.

Fury-Usyk seems like a dud. Their styles don't seem to mesh at all.

Wilder-Joshua is the more fan-friendly fight. It's been brewing for years. No titles are required to sell it.

On the other hand, there's no history between Fury and Usyk. Usyk won't get close enough to land much. The war with Russia has likely done some real damage to his fitness and psyche. And, though people go on and on about how Usyk beat up Joshua, Usyk's face was a mess after that fight. And Fury would have 40 or 50 pounds on him (Fury calls Usyk a middleweight). It seems like a mismatch. I wouldn't expect Usyk to do much at all against him.

Wilder-Joshua would be a fight were both guys probably go down and it's a fire fight. An actual grudge match.

People really only want to see Fury-Usyk because it would be for all the belts. Nobody cared much to see Fury-Usyk before Usyk won the belts. And, if Usyk loses the return to Joshua for whatever reason, there won't be much desire to see Fury-Usyk if Usyk doesn't have any belts.

I don't see any Canelo fights being bigger. We've already seen Canelo-Golovkin twice, and neither was really all that entertaining. The big deal in both was the scoring controversy, because neither hit hard enough to stop the other.

 

Fury vs the winner of AJ/Usyk, followed by Canelo/GGG 3.

 

Maybe Golovkin vs Ward after GGG sets things straight with Canelo.

 

Probably Fury vs Usyk, but Spence vs Crawford is the one I'd more want to see.

 

Is Canelo-GGG even that big any more? I'm a big GGG fan (big doesn't mean biased - had GGG winning the first Canelo fight, losing the second, also had him losing to Jacobs) but his post-Canelo 2 body of work, as well as how he looked in the Murata fight, haven't done a lot to build this one for me, especially coming 4 years after the second fight. Don't get me wrong I'd still definitely watch that fight but I just don't see it as being particularly relevant any more - I'd fully expect Canelo to stop GGG, I don't really see any path to victory for GGG. At this point in time I have to be honest, Canelo-Benavidez seems the bigger fight

 

In terms of biggest audience it's probably something dumber than I can even come up with.

Canelo vs Jake Paul?

Jake Paul vs Conor McGregor?

Manny Pacquiao vs AJ?

Mike Tyson vs Floyd Mayweather?

 

As much as I hate all these absurd "boxing" matches we've seen lately, I have to admit, I would pay to see Tyson and Mayweather.

 

The first undisputed HW fight in 23 years would basically trump everything.

 

Here in the USA, Fury is the most well known active fighter today I believe. No casuals that I know have even heard of Crawford, Spence or even Canelo. Personally, I'd like to see TC vs ES.

 

What's Trump got to do with it?

 

Fury v Joshua
Fury v Usyk



Canelo v GGG 3




Anything else

 

Conor Benn Vs Chris Eubank Jr

 

Spence vs Crawford

 

You guys need to chill with all the drooling over Usyk. Noone knows who he is