I don't think it is, there's a lot of possibilities.
Dawson needs to find that legit challenge to cross him over, if there was a way to build him and Cloud up that could happen.
Ward & Dirrell both have the potential to become crossover successes (maybe less so Ward with his god-talk & similarity to Mr Potato Head), as long as they fight how they have in their most recent contests.
In fact, the 160/168lbers have a load of great prospects coming through who could be big in the next two years. Daniel Jacobs, Peter Quillin, George Groves, Fernando Guerrero, James DeGale, Edwin Rodriguez, David Lemieux, Matt Korobov and that's on top of guys like Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams who could still be around and bigger fighters.
Equally, there's a number of guys coming up at Welterweight who have possible PPV potential. Berto needs the right test at the right time, against a name like Cotto or Mosley, and he could become a star. Then Mike Jones and Antwone Smith offer the possibility of growing into exciting fighters given their styles, just hope they aren't matched too early. That's ignoring the big one, Saul Alvarez, who could well become the biggest star in boxing if he's managed right.
Devon Alexander, Tim Bradley, Victor Ortiz and Amir Khan all have great potential. Alexander & Bradley should really be kept from talking too much, but they both in different ways represent the American Dream, and this is a great selling point. Ortiz also feeds into this if he can come back from the Maidana defeat, and both him and Khan are fairly good-looking kids with decent enough styles to crossover.
Lopez, Gamboa, Caballero and even Chris John, could provide the new decade's answer to the Barrera, Morales, Pacquaio and Marquez grouping of the last. At least two of those (Gamboa & Caballero) I believe have the frames and talent that could carry them up to Lightweight.
There is one more guy who I really think could become a star and that's Yuri Foreman. I initially thought that Arum was setting him up for Cotto's 3rd belt in a different weight-class, but the more I see the more I reckon that he's aiming for Foreman to become a big star. The whole Rabbi thing could play very well for him.


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