We're kicking things off with Errol Spence Jr vs Lamont Peterson on the 20th. Since Thurman is sounding shook anytime Spence is mentioned, I'm glad Spence was able to find a willing participant. He and Wilder are probably the most avoided fighters in boxing right now. The undercard will find Robert Easter Jr (a 5'11" lightweight) defending his belt against Javier Fortuna.

Feb 10th will be Mikey Garcia (the last person to defeat Adrien Broner) moving up a weight class to face champion Sergey Lipinets. Garcia has also been called out by Lomachenko who would have to move up a weight class to face him... they've actually called each other out. Garcia said the fight will happen whenever Lomachenko's "daddy" (Bob Arum) let's Loma fight lol.

Then on March 3rd we have the big one. Deontay Wilder will finally get his chance to fight Luis "King Kong" Ortiz after Ortiz tested positive for banned substances last time, leaving Wilder to fight Stiverne after paying him off to fight Ortiz. These are two undefeated KO artists and very avoided guys at heavyweight. Everyone wants to see Wilder vs Joshua, but until then, this is next best thing at heavyweight. Ortiz moves great for a heavyweight, so this may not be the easiest fight for Wilder, but no one will be able to say Wilder "hasn't fought anyone" after this... and if Wilder KO's him, that's a helluva thing to have on his resume. I can't wait for this one. Funny thing is Stiverne will be fighting Dominic Breazeale on the undercard. Shawn Porter will also be facing Adrian Grenados on the undercard... a great night for boxing.

Jarrett Hurd just called out Erislandy Lara, and Lara is completely with the shits... told Hurd on Twitter to be careful what he asked for, b/c he (Lara) pushed for this fight. Jermell Charlo says he wants the winner of that fight.

Jermell's twin Jermall is about to fight Centeno in a middleweight interim bout ordered by the WBC. Should Jermall Charlo win, he'll be the mandatory challenger for the winner of GGG vs Canelo 2, which takes place in May. Neither of them want smoke with Charlo. Actually the walls seem to be closing in on both Canelo and GGG, because neither of them want it with Billy Joe Saunders either after the way Saunders did Lemieux last month. Canelo's team even said he "runs too much" as if Canelo didn't box exactly the same way against GGG. What they really mean is he does it better than Canelo. GGG's trainer keeps asking what Charlo has done, saying he doesn't bring in money etc... all excuses.

There's still no date for Terence Crawford vs Jeff Horn, but it's gonna be lovely watching Crawford (best p4p right now) do his thing at Welterweight.

2017 was one of the best years for boxing in a very long time. 2018 is shaping up to be another really good one.