>2017 was definitely a banner year for the sport. Numerous
>truly competitive fights between young fighters in their
>prime. Problem being, most of those fights ended up being
>split decision fights where the outcomes were debatable.


Some of them, but we saw Anthony Joshua KO
Klitshko, Errol Spence KO Kell Brook, Terence
Crawford KO Diaz AND Indongo, Jermell Charlo
KO Lubin in the first round. Alotta people
got busy definitively.



>
>The only guy willing to fight Gary Russell Jr. was Lomancenko.
> Selby and Mares act as if he doesn't exist.


True. I don't see anybody calling for him.


>Have you ever
>heard anybody at 147 mention Errol Spence without being asked.



Nope, and we won't until Crawford makes his name
at 147. I think he's the only guy who has that
kind of heart.



> Who can Andrade or Jermall Charlo realistically fight at 160.


I'm cool on Andrade until he actually starts fighting
more often and coming through. As for Jermall Charlo,
I'm excited about him becoming the WBC mandatory just
so we can see what ducking tactics the winner of GGG/
Canelo 2 will use to avoid him lol. I almost think
Billy Joe Saunders might want that fight tho.


> Hurd/Lara is a good sign. 154 seems like they are on a
>collision course to unify the titles.


Hell yeah. That 154 collision course is all thanks
to the PBC. Jermell Charlo wants the winner of the
Hurd/Lara fight... those are all PBC fighters. I
love how they set up matches without all the fuss.




>I just wish the same
>could be said in just about every other division. It will be
>hard to beat 2017. Showtime has started on the right track,
>hopefully they will continue the momentum later on in 2018.


Yeah, most of the wack stuff going on in other divisions
is due to fighters on different networks and dumb
politics. I really wish Crawford was with the PBC
so we could see the Welterweight division pop off
like it should. Top Rank just sucks. Heavyweight
has Eddie Hearn using snakey business practices to
postpone fights forever. It's a mess. Showtime
is getting it right b/c of that partnership with
the PBC. Back in the day, HBO was the place where
you went for the best competitive boxing matches.
Now it's Showtime hands down.