Fights we want to see in 2017
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There's no need to go into the ghastly details of how bad boxing was in 2016. Suffice it to say that it sucked. Let's move on to 2017. After all, hope clearly spring eternal in the hearts of boxing fans, or we wouldn't keep sticking our chins out, year after year.
There are a number of attractive bouts (on paper, at least) already scheduled, specifically Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko, Keith Thurman-Danny Garcia, Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs, Carl Frampton-Leo Santa Cruz II and James DeGale-Badou Jack. But we all know how quickly things can fall apart. Besides, we're going to need a lot more than five good fights to turn things around.
Here then, in no particular order, are some potential matches I've been daydreaming about, political considerations notwithstanding. Let's start with a quartet that depends, more or less, on the aforementioned scheduled bouts taking place:
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