Fights you want to see in 2009

[littlebif]

I would like to see Cotto have a few more fights before he fights Margarito
that fight was a confidence killer.

[BubbleBox]

Abraham-Pavlik
Dawson - Cloud
Hatton - Pac Man
Haye - Wladdy
Williams - Cotto
Taylor - Kessler
Froch - Anyone good!

[Dark Lord Al]

In each weight class.

Heavyweight = David Haye vs Wladimir Klitschko
Cruiserweight = Tomasz Adamek vs Steve Cunningham
Light Heavyweight = Chad Dawson vs Joe Calzaghe
Super Middleweight = Mikkel Kessler vs Jermain Taylor
Middleweight = Arthur Abraham vs Kelly Pavlik
Jr Middleweight = Vernon Forrest vs Paul Williams
Welterweight = Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley/Antonio Margarito
Jr Welterweight = Ricky Hatton vs Manny Pacquiao
Lightweight = Juan Manuel Marquez vs Nate Campbell
Super Featherweight = Nicky Cook vs Humberto Soto
Featherweight = Chris John vs Steve Luevano
Super Bantamweight = Juan Manuel Lopez vs Israel Vasquez
Bantamweight = Gerry Penalosa vs Hozmui Hasagaw or Abner Mares
Super Flyweight = Vic Darchinyan vs Jorge Acre
Flyweight = Fernando Montiel vs Nonito Donaire
Jr Flyweight = Ivan Calderon vs Roman Gonzalez
Minimumweight = No idea i know Roman Gonzalez is a Minimumweight, so him against any of the title holders is interesting, but it would be awesome if he could move up in weight and fight Ivan Calderon.

Those are the ones i wanna see most , good list right there .

[C-Lo]

I'm going with the following:

Any combination of Cotto, Margarito, Mayweather, Berto
Pacquiao vs Hatton
Any combination of Pacquiao, Marquez, Campbell, Juan Diaz, Valero, Soto
Pavlik vs Abraham
Pavlik vs Calzaghe
Pavlik vs Williams
Vlad/Vitali vs Haye
Taylor vs Kessler
Oscar De La Hoya vs Nonito Donaire

[killersheep]

In each weight class.

Heavyweight = David Haye vs Wladimir Klitschko
Cruiserweight = Tomasz Adamek vs Steve Cunningham
Light Heavyweight = Chad Dawson vs Joe Calzaghe
Super Middleweight = Mikkel Kessler vs Jermain Taylor
Middleweight = Arthur Abraham vs Kelly Pavlik
Jr Middleweight = Vernon Forrest vs Paul Williams
Welterweight = Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Shane Mosley/Antonio Margarito
Jr Welterweight = Ricky Hatton vs Manny Pacquiao
Lightweight = Juan Manuel Marquez vs Nate Campbell
Super Featherweight = Nicky Cook vs Humberto Soto
Featherweight = Chris John vs Steve Luevano
Super Bantamweight = Juan Manuel Lopez vs Israel Vasquez
Bantamweight = Gerry Penalosa vs Hozmui Hasagaw or Abner Mares
Super Flyweight = Vic Darchinyan vs Jorge Acre
Flyweight = Fernando Montiel vs Nonito Donaire
Jr Flyweight = Ivan Calderon vs Roman Gonzalez
Minimumweight = No idea i know Roman Gonzalez is a Minimumweight, so him against any of the title holders is interesting, but it would be awesome if he could move up in weight and fight Ivan Calderon.

Adamek / Cunningham is happening really soon already, I'd like to add to this list ODLH vs. noone if he retires it would great for the sport, as all he really brings right now are money and distractions.

[TheChosenOne]

Margarito-Cotto II
DLH-Mosley III
Hopkins-Jones II
Klitchko's - Vlauev

[iwng100]

1. Vlad vs. Vitali (I guess is just a “dream” fight)
2. Calzaghe vs. Dawson
3. Kessler vs. Taylor/Bute
4. Andrade vs. Froch (not a dream fight but an interesting one)
5. Abraham vs. Pavlik
6. Mayweather Jr vs. Cotto/Margarito

[albsur2006]

Hahaha, I've got a lot of fights I would like to see. These fights might not be the most important to their respective divisions but these are fights I really want to see:

Calzaghe vs Dawson (I have no idea why HBO isn't behind Dawson and they let him fight on Showtime, the guy is an American with a good personality, very good wins on his record, undefeated, involved in crowd pleasing fights for the most part, and is already being touted by RJJ and Floyd as the next great boxing talent. They could make him a decent star in boxing. I'm not sure who would win this match but I'd give a slight edge to JoeCal.)

Hopkins vs RJJ II (I think it would be an appropriate way to say goodbye to two legends and both seem to actually wanna throw punches now so the fight might actually be good.)

Pacquiao vs JMM III (Sure, JMM has lost two fights but the fights are great and no one can ever come to a consensus on who actually won them, so let them keep fighting. JMM is probably gonna have to come up to 140.)

Pacquiao vs Mayweather Jr. (If Manny Pacquiao can beat ODLH then he can hang in there with Floyd. It would be a great fight, handspeed galore. Too bad Manny ain't beating Oscar. This one will stay a dream)

Pacquiao vs Hatton (My third fight involving Pac and probably the most feasible even if he loses against ODLH)

Vasquez vs JuanMa (Is Lopez next big thing? I'd say yes. This fight would be a great fight for as long as it lasts. I think that JuanMa's power is too much at this weight though.)

Antonio Margarito vs Paul Williams II (The first fight was good and this would determine the true king at welterweight. I don't see how Tony can be the welterweight champion of the world when he was clearly beaten by Paul Williams a year ago. Think PW is moving to 154 though.)

Antonio Margarito vs Clottey II (This one is under the radar but the first fight was great. Clottey was seriously SCHOOLING Tony the first five rounds and then he hurt both hands. What would have happened if he didn't hurt his hands?)

Ricky Hatton vs Zab Judah @ 140 (This is a fight that was on it's way to happening, until Zab got knocked the fuck out by Tszyu. I think it would be an intriguing matchup and a good fight.)

Kelly Pavlik vs Arthur Abraham (Abraham is making some serious noise and Kelly finally has a legitimate challenge to his crown. Pavlik hasn't fought at 160 in over a year so he needs to defend his crown against the biggest threat to prove he's still the man.)

David Haye (with one more quality win under his belt) vs Wlad Klitschko (This would be the HUGE fight the heavyweight division really needs.)

Sam Peter vs David Haye (Just for the sheer magnitude of the bombs that are thrown in this fight. Each punch would look like it could rip someone's head off)

Miguel Cotto vs Andre Berto (I think this is a great matchup and would be an outstanding fight. Might be too soon for Berto though.)

Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya II @ 147 (I thought the first fight was really good in some spurts and boring in others. I think that the second fight would be much better. Let's not forget that while I had Floyd winning by three or four rounds, the judges thought it was a split decision. But I will only advocate this rematch at 147, ODLH is too big at 154 to make an entertaining fight with Mayweather. If he can talk shit to a lightweight like Pacquiao, then he let's see him come down and fight Mayweather on level ground.)

[TitoFan]

1. Cotto-Margarito II
2. JML- Vazquez
3. any good heavyweight fight (if there IS such a thing nowadays)
4. Oscar versus anybody his own size

[JazMerkin]

Fights I would like to see & may feasibly happen as well. Sorry for the huge post

Heavyweight

David Haye vs Wladimir Klitschko
David Haye vs Vitali Klitschko (if he beats Wlad)
Nikolai Valuev vs Wladimir Klitschko (gets rid of 1 of em)

Cruiserweight

Steve Cunningham vs Enzo Maccarinelli

Light Heavyweight

Chad Dawson vs Joe Calzaghe
Tavoris Cloud vs Glen Johnson

Super Middleweight

Mikkel Kessler vs Jermain Taylor
Lucian Bute vs Librado Andrade II
Carl Froch vs Librado Andrade

Middleweight

Arthur Abraham vs Kelly Pavlik

Jr Middleweight

Vernon Forrest vs Paul Williams
Daniel Santos vs Anthony Small (from my area in LDN)

Welterweight

Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Pac-Man (if he beats ODLH)
Antonio Margarito vs Paul Williams II
Miguel Cotto vs Andre Berto
Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto II
Antonio Margarito vs Joshua Clottey II
Ricky Hatton vs Miguel Cotto

Jr Welterweight

Ricky Hatton vs Juan Manuel Marquez/Pacquiao
Tim Bradley vs Junior Witter II
Winner of above fight vs winner of Holt/Torres III

Lightweight

Juan Manuel Marquez vs Nate Campbell
Nate Campbell vs Juan Diaz II
Amir Khan vs Jon Thaxton
Breidis Prescott vs Michael Katsidis
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez III (at any weight)

Super Featherweight

Humberto Soto vs Urbano Antillon

Featherweight

Chris John vs Steve Luevano

Super Bantamweight

Juan Manuel Lopez vs Israel Vasquez
Juan Manuel Lopez vs Rafael Marquez
Celestino Caballero vs Daniel Ponce De Leon

Bantamweight

Gerry Penalosa vs Abner Mares

Super Flyweight

Vic Darchinyan vs Fernando Montiel

Flyweight

Nonito Donaire vs anyone who might stand half a chance

Jr Flyweight

Ivan Calderon vs Edgar Sosa

[C-Lo]

I'm not positive but I think Penalosa and Mares are fighting each other in the the Pac/De La Hoya undercard

[Master]

I would like to see Cotto have a few more fights before he fights Margarito
that fight was a confidence killer.

That fight is a career killer.

[Rantcatrat]

Which fights do you most want to see - either already signed or have a reasonable chance of being made?

I apologize in advance if there is a post on the subject of most anticipated fights for 2009.

Not in order (well, only a little bit):

1. Pavlik v. Abraham
2. Margarito v. Cotto II
3. Cunningham v. Adamek II
4. Hatton v. Pacquiao
5. Vic v. Arce
6. BCD v. Calzaghe
7. BCD v. Hopkins
8. Kessler v. Bute
9. Juanma Lopez v. Celestine Caballero
10. Haye v. Vitali
11. Taylor v. Froch
12. Williams v. Forrest
13. Diaz v. JMM

[kingfrnk]

i wouldnt mind seeing kessler vs Taylor.

[BlackRazor]

I apologize in advance if there is a post on the subject of most anticipated fights for 2009.

Not in order (well, only a little bit):

1. Pavlik v. Abraham
2. Margarito v. Cotto II
3. Cunningham v. Adamek II
4. Hatton v. Pacquiao
5. Vic v. Arce
6. BCD v. Calzaghe
7. BCD v. Hopkins
8. Kessler v. Bute
9. Juanma Lopez v. Celestine Caballero
10. Haye v. Vitali
11. Taylor v. Froch
12. Williams v. Forrest
13. Diaz v. JMM

Is that Williams v. Forrest match one you're projecting or did you read about that one?

Good list though.

Manny vs. Floyd or Cotto I'd love to see!