By Rachel Aylett: Despite recent setbacks for U.K. boxing involving Nathan Cleverly and Ricky Burns, there are wonderful fights in prospect over the next couple of years. Let’s look at five which may or may not happen.
Super-Bantamweight
Scott Quigg vs Carl Frampton: This is Britain’s own version of Mayweather-Pacquiao, in that it has been talked about and desired by fight fans for a couple of years now. They have been dancing around each other and have both taken their own paths up the world rankings. As it was with Money/Pacman, the consensus opinion as to who would win has changed back and forth over the months. There is still no obvious favorite. Let’s hope this doesn’t reach the point where the fans start saying “who cares?”
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten super bantamweight contender Carl Frampton (16-0, 11 KO’s) says he has an ear injury that will prevent him from fighting 35-year-old super flyweight Everth Briceno (35-8-2, 26 KO’s) this Saturday night on the Dereck Chisora vs. Malik Scott card at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.
By Chris Williams: With Bob Arum of Top Rank choosing to steer his fighter Nonito Donaire towards a rematch against Vic Darchinyan, Gary Hyde, the manager for WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s), is targeting the following super bantamweights for Rigondeaux to fight next according to Fightnews: Carl Frampton, Abner Mares, Joseph Agbeko, Akifumi Shimodo, and Vic Darchinyan.
By Scott Gilfoid: Rather than face someone from his own division, undefeated #3 IBF, #7 WBA, #7 WBC, #14 WBO, super bantamweight contender Carl Frampton will be dipping down two entire divisions to face 35-year-old non-top 15 ranked super flyweight Everth Briceno (35-8-2, 26 KO’s) on July 20th at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, in London, United Kingdom.
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated super bantamweight contender Carl Frampton (16-0, 11 KO’s) is facing fringe contender Fabian Oscar Orozco (20-2-2, 7 KO’s) in a backwards match-up on July 20th at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, in London, United Kingdom.
By Mohummad Humza Elahi: – UK Edition Twitter @MHE_1985 Although a lot of column inches are devoted to the current cream of the crop in the boxing world, those who want to keep an eye on future contenders (and are more unfamiliar to wider audiences outside the UK) may want to look at highlight reels of the following fighters, who I believe could be competing on a world level in the next two years or more. 
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) is in need of an opponent for his next title defense of his two 122 pound straps. Rigondeaux’s manager Gary Hyde is interested in matching Rigondeaux up against the #7 WBA Carl Frampton (16-0, 11 KO’s) or former two division world champion Abner Mares. 
By Mark Havey: I have always felt that the best fights are at domestic level, before the money and world titles come. Fans are often so caught up with the big PPV events that they miss the real battles. Proof of this can be witnessed at the event of any big fight. The arena is near enough empty for the first fight and doesn’t reach full capacity until the last fight of the night.
By Scott Gilfoid: If Eddie Hearn is going to put his fighter #9 IBF Carl Frampton (16-0, 11 KO’s) in against the winner of this Saturday’s fight between #1 IBF Alejandro Lopez and #2 Jhonatan Romero for the IBF super bantamweight title, then Hearn better do it awfully quick because IBF bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (23-0, 13 KO’s) is vacating his title and he’s moving up in weight to 122 lbs, and the International Boxing Federation will likely elevate Santa Cruz to at least the #3 IBF spot, if the #1 position. 
By Scott Gilfoid: EBU super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton’s promoter Eddie Hearn is counting on being able to lure with the promise of a nice payday the winner of this Saturday’s match-up between Jonathan Romero (22-0, 12 KO’s) and Alejandro Lopez (24-2, 7 KO’s) to come over to fight Frampton in Belfast in May.