Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano and Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua? Boxing fights we want to see in 2023

Terri Harper and Natasha Jonas would beryllium the archetypal all-English combat for an undisputed rubric successful the four-belt era

The coming twelvemonth promises to beryllium different breathtaking 12 months of boxing.

There is plentifulness to look guardant to successful 2023 with immoderate large fights and breathtaking rivalries connected the horizon.

We already cognize fights specified arsenic Josh Taylor v Jack Catterall 2 and Gervonta Davis v Ryan Garcia are coming our way, but present we prime retired a fewer much prospects - with a small assistance from erstwhile satellite champion Mikaela Mayer.

Tyson Fury v Anthony Joshua

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua could easy merchantability retired a stadium

Another twelvemonth has passed and truthful has different spell of failed negotiations betwixt Anthony Joshua and Fury. It was the aforesaid communicative successful 2021 erstwhile Deontay Wilder's arbitration win ended hopes of an all-British undisputed fight.

In 2022, it was a substance of Fury-imposed deadlines and disagreements implicit commercialized rights that saw talks collapse.

There whitethorn beryllium further talks and further friction successful 2023, but we unrecorded successful anticipation that the 2 sides tin enactment their differences speech and marque the fight. Fury remains the WBC champion, Joshua is connected the comeback proceedings aft losing his satellite titles to Oleksandr Usyk.

The combat whitethorn not beryllium dressed up with the glory of each the titles, but it would inactive comfortably beryllium the biggest combat successful British boxing history.

Terri Harper v Natasha Jonas

Taylor-Catterall was the archetypal clip 2 Britons competed for an undisputed rubric successful the four-belt era.

They volition fight again successful March successful what should beryllium different mouth-watering matter aft the arguable quality of their archetypal encounter, but successful 2023 we could spot the archetypal undisputed combat betwixt 2 English fighters.

Liverpool's Natasha Jonas and Doncaster's Terri Harper clasp each the belts successful the airy middleweight part betwixt them and person past aft their thrilling gully astatine super-featherweight successful 2020.

It would beryllium a historical night, but unified champion Jonas needs convincing. She inactive has not forgiven past WBC super-featherweight champion Harper for passing her implicit for a rematch aft their draw.

The UK has lone ever had 2 undisputed champions, Chantelle Cameron and Scotland's Taylor, successful the four-belt era.

The lure of making much past and a career-high payday mightiness yet person Jonas. Time volition tell.

Terence Crawford v Errol Spence Jr

Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr of 67-0

Too often boxing is tarnished by the fights that did not hap (see Fury v Joshua) and Terence Crawford v Errol Spence Jr certainly, and sadly, falls into that category.

The undefeated welterweight champions are present good into their 30s. Crawford is 35 and Spence Jr is 32. They are 2 of the champion successful the satellite successful immoderate value division, home rivals and supremely talented fighters.

But they person ne'er travel adjacent to fighting, contempt what galore reported was a "done deal" earlier this year. When Crawford near Top Rank precocious successful 2021 it seemed our prayers had been answered and we would yet get to spot them successful the ringing together.

It did not turn retired that way, Crawford blamed "the concern of boxing", Spence Jr said Crawford had unrealistic expectations astir however the combat could beryllium staged and guaranteed purses.

Competing commercialized interests ever play a portion successful boxing. But lightweights Davis and Garcia managed to travel to an statement for their highly-anticipated combat successful April contempt being with rival platforms and promoters.

It tin beryllium done. Surely Crawford and Spence tin springiness america a combat for the ages successful 2023?

Mikaela Mayer's picks

Claressa Shields v Terri Harper oregon Natasha Jonas

Harper and Jonas are successful the premix to combat undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields due to the fact that they went up successful weight. I conscionable privation to spot fights.

I privation to spot the women, not conscionable warring the best, but I privation to spot women active, backmost to the aged days. Let's fight, fight, fight.

Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano 2

Katie Taylor bushed Amanda Serrano fought an epic astatine Madison Square Garden successful April

I bash privation to spot this fight, but I privation to spot however they would set aft their archetypal meeting, which Taylor won connected a divided determination successful May.

I consciousness similar they some person their styles and I hatred to accidental that they're acceptable successful their ways, but they thin to combat their way. I don't cognize if they are capable to set oregon if we're conscionable going to spot the aforesaid benignant of combat again.

Seniesa Estrada v Ebanie Bridges

I privation to spot what WBA strawweight champion Estrada does next. The American is my pistillate stablemate astatine Top Rank now, truthful I'm truly excited for her.

I cognize she wants to spell undisputed successful her part but she's tiny astatine 105lbs, truthful it's a accomplishment to spell up against a batch of those girls successful the 118lbs division. Bantamweight is truly stacked astatine the infinitesimal with the likes of IBF champion Bridges.