It hasn’t been sweetness and light-weight for everybody within the final 12 months. The BoxingScene writers identify a few of these inside boxing who shall be glad to see the again of 2024.
Who most wants 2024 to finish?
Kieran Mulvaney: Boots Ennis and Vergil Ortiz. Simply a few years in the past, each males appeared to have the world at their toes. However Ennis merely hasn’t fought sufficient, needed to tackle a completely pointless rematch, and was dragged for allegedly turning down a chance to face Ortiz, who has completed extraordinarily properly to rebound from sickness considerations however escaped with an controversial reward towards Serhii Bohachuk. Each males shall be trying to have a extra optimistic 2025.
Lucas Ketelle: Devin Haney. His loss to Garcia is now a no-contest, however he by no means returned to motion in 2024. Haney went from a pound-for-pound fighter to at least one individuals now have main questions on. 2025 provides Haney, on the very least, an opportunity to refresh.
Owen Lewis: Tim Tszyu. The hardcore boxing fan’s favourite fighter on the finish of 2023, Tszyu spent 2024 getting his cranium cut up open by an errant Sebastian Fundora elbow and operating headlong into the worst of Bakhram Murtazaliev’s offense in a very concussive stoppage loss. I’d perceive if Tszyu misplaced his zeal for the game solely after a 12 months like this. I hope he rests and heals up and enjoys a considerably much less chaotic 2025.
Matt Christie: Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder. The 12 months of Oleksandr Usyk will certainly remind each of what they missed out on by failing to battle one another whereas at their peaks.
Declan Warrington: Tim Tszyu, who might by no means fairly recuperate. I stay assured he’d have crushed Keith Thurman, who he was scheduled to battle in April till damage dominated Thurman out. I additionally consider he’d have crushed Sebastian Fundora, his late-notice substitute, if he hadn’t been reduce as he had, or if he’d ready to battle such a unique nature of opponent all alongside. The fallout from that evening contributed to him shedding to Bakhram Murtazaliev, much more damagingly, in October. Tszyu was on target for a advantageous profession. He as an alternative finds himself needing to rebuild in maybe essentially the most harmful division of all.
Jason Langendorf: Oscar De La Hoya. The lone boxing celebrity who stays on Golden Boy’s roster is Ryan Garcia, a fighter presently ready out a ban from the game for failing a drug take a look at who has overtly clashed with firm head De La Hoya. Additionally gone (and likewise nonetheless feuding with DLH) is Canelo. Jaime Munguia, for higher or worse, is out, too. Worse, Golden Boy has struggled to fill venues and market the most effective fighters it has left. Can anybody clarify why the promotion isn’t working evening and day to make Gabriela Fundora an icon? Nicely, a minimum of De La Hoya can shamelessly plug the ladies’s undisputed flyweight champion in his proprietary journal… Ah, sure. That’s gone, too.
Lance Pugmire: Jaron “Boots” Ennis. Left to take a mismatch rematch, Ennis regarded worse and defensively susceptible in defeating Karen Chukhadzhian in November, after which after saying he’d really feel extra snug at 154 kilos, he scurried away from Vergil Ortiz whereas additionally veering from a protection towards two-division champion Teofimo Lopez. Inexcusable.
Tris Dixon: Some nice solutions above, however I’ll go for Ben Whittaker. The Liam Cameron debacle was an actual stain on a profession that appeared prepared for lift-off however now wants a recent place to begin.
Eric Raskin: I’ll be part of the others who’ve stated Tim Tszyu. Nothing went his method this 12 months. He badly wants an extended break and a recent begin.
Elliot Worsell: Tim Tszyu. All the pieces that might have gone improper for him, did go improper. However that doesn’t imply he can’t come again stronger.
