By Gav Duthie: For at least the last 5 years the lightweight division has been Britain’s strongest. Sure there have been better fighters like Kell Brook (Welterweight), Carl Froch (Super Middleweight), Carl Frampton (Bantamweight) etc but for sheer depth of quality lightweight is by far and away the best. They have had at least double figures of contender to world level fighters in the likes of Kevin Mitchell, Ricky Burns, Terry Flanagan, Gavin Rees, Anthony Crolla, John Murray, Derry Matthews, Nicky Cook, Stephen Ormond and Luke Campbell and now that domestic potential is coming to fruition.
The UK now has two of the three lightweight world title holders (IBF currently vacant) and many others waiting on the wings. It is a really exciting time for UK boxing with 10 world champions overall and there are lots of potential domestic fights for world titles at 135lbs but there is a problem. The fighters are split between Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Promotions and Frank Warren’s Queensbury Promotions.
By Gav Duthie: The Ronda Rousey bubble has been well and truly burst by ex-boxing world champion Holly Holm. Holm was 33-2-3 (9) as a boxer made the switch to MMA is 2013 and made history becoming the first crossover boxing/UFC champion. Holm aka ‘The Preachers Daughter’ knocked out Ronda Rousey in just 2 rounds last night to see the superstar drop to 12-1 with the victor improving to 10-0. The Ring magazine controversially and now rather embarrassingly had Rousey on their front cover last month with last night proving she has little boxing ability whatsoever. 
By Gav Duthie: In the space of a week between 12-19 December we will know a lot more about the prospects and pretenders in the heavyweight division as six of them lock horns. Here are some previews and predictions. 
By Gav Duthie: At the age of 44 ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley 48-9-1 (40) could be aiming to be the 3rd oldest man to win a world title in boxing history. At present the only two that have surpassed this feat are George Foreman, age 45 and Bernard Hopkins, age 48. 
By Gav Duthie: From the day Floyd Mayweather Jnr beat Manny Pacquiao there was talk about who he would face in his final fight. We are now in the same situation with Pacquiao himself as he has confirmed his next bout will close the curtain on his career. 
(Photo credit: Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Roc Nation Sports) By Gav Duthie: Floyd Mayweather Jnr has stated he is quite content to match Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0. At present he has no desire to go for number 50 so as a result we need to consider him a retired fighter. How long before someone tops this record and is there someone in the current crop of active fighters that could do it.
By Gav Duthie: The gong has sounded and thirty eager hopefuls are looking to be inducted into the 2016 boxing Hall of Fame. Of the 30 candidates only 3 will be awarded into the coveted inner circle of boxing’s elite. 
By Gav Duthie: As we approach the latter end of 2015 I can comfortably reflect that it has been a good solid year of boxing. As always there have been several fights that have slipped through the net but that is par for the course these days. That being said we have seen the conclusion of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao saga, the modern day Arturo Gatti – Mickey Ward slugfest in Lucas Matthyse and Ruslan Provodnikov, the return of Andre Ward, breakthrough years for Terence Crawford, Kell Brook and Keith Thurman as well as Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions bringing us fights like Danny Garcia v Lamont Peterson and Shawn Porter v Adrien Broner.