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Here’s our boxing wish list of bouts we absolutely need to see this year

By Matthew Saljanin

Deontay Wilder (L) lands a left hand against Tyson Fury .(Photo by Philip Pacheco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Deontay Wilder (L) lands a left hand against Tyson Fury .(Photo by Philip Pacheco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) /
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Anthony Joshua (left) and Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium, London (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)
Anthony Joshua (left) and Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium, London (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images) /

Anthony Joshua vs the winner of Wilder-Fury II

Despite Wilder and Fury getting all of the attention, their fight only had one of the four major belts on the line. The other three belong to Anthony Joshua, who is also the biggest global star in the sport.

Although many fans lost patience with Joshua and Eddie Hearn for seemingly dragging their feet when it came to making a fight with Wilder, Joshua is still an elite heavyweight, and the only unified champion in the division. It was not too long ago that Joshua was viewed by all as THE heavyweight champion, and it is about time he shows us that he is in-fact ‘the man’ of the division.

The winner of Wilder/Fury II (assuming it does in-fact happen) would be the WBC champion as well as the lineal champion. That means a fight with Joshua would have all four major belts, as well as the lineal championship on the line.

I don’t have to sit here and type out why that is is huge. Anyone reading this knows how big a heavyweight title fight to determine the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world would be.

I am not a big fan of belts. I feel being a champion in today’s sport does not mean as much as it once did, but being able to have all four belts as well as being the lineal champion is impressive. The sport is better with an undisputed heavyweight champion, and it has been far too long since there was one (Lennox Lewis in 1999, to be exact).

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