By Michael Montero – Another year of boxing is in the books. Once again fight fans are looking forward to the year ahead, but not before fully taking in what transpired during the previous twelve months. As with every year that preceded it, 2015 was a mixed bag of positive and negative in the world of boxing, but even the most fickle of fans would have to agree that it was a good year overall for cruelest of sports. Here are some choices from this writer for the best and worst this year in professional pugilism.
By Al Classico: 2015 was a very big and eventful year in boxing which saw the biggest financial fight finally come to fruition as well loads of great match ups and many strong fight of the year candidates taking place. 
By Dan Ambrose: There is some disagreement about whether WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) should have to fight mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) at the full weight for the middleweight division at 160lbs instead of at a catch-weight of his own personal choosing. 
By Dan Ambrose: Bernard Hopkins of Golden Boy Promotions insists the middleweight clash between WBC belt holder Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) and his mandatory challenger Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) will definitely be taking place next year in September. 
By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight Willie Monroe Jr. sees no point in some boxing fans wanting Floyd Mayweather Jr. to come out of retirement and face IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. Monroe thinks there is a double standard. He feels that fans in the past jumped all over Bernard Hopkins when he was targeting smaller fighters like welterweights Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad when he was fighting in the middleweight division. But then Monroe sees that Golovkin isn’t being held to the same standards by being able to call for a fight against Mayweather without being skewered by the boxing public. 
By Gav Duthie: As 2015 draws to a close we assess what boxing gave us for the year. Lots of big fights came to fruition that has passed us by in previous years and the promotional landscape changed dramatically with the emergence of PBC. This article discusses 10 different points to summarize the year. 
By Ali Lajiq: I am briefly writing in response to a great article written by honorable writer, Allan Fox stating as to why Floyd Mayweather Jr. suggests that WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez should duck his WBC mandatory challenger Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.
By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. surprised the boxing world this week when he recommended that WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) should go ahead and duck his WBC #1 mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) just because he considered him a tough opponent for the red-headed fighter. Mayweather thinks that because Canelo is coming off a difficult fight against Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KOs) last month in November, he shouldn’t have to fight Golovkin. 
By Dan Ambrose: Willie Monroe Jr. (19-2, 6 KOs) still believes that WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) is too fast and too strong for the 33-year-old IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady GGG Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs). Monroe Jr. has been singing the praises for the 25-year-old Canelo ever since Golovkin knocked him out in the 6th round earlier this year in May 2015 in a fight in which Golovkin dropped Monroe three times before the fight was halted. 
(Photo credit: World Boxing Council) By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t agree with Golden Boy Promotions quickly looking to match their franchise fighter WBC middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) back into the ring to face unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) in 2016 in what could be a really tough fight for the 25-year-old Canelo.