Mapambano matano ambayo kila mpenzi wa ngumi angependa kuyaona 2014

Carl Froch v George Groves II

Pambano la kwanza ni baina ya mabondia wawili wa uzito wa  Super-middleweights ambalo lilikuwa kubwa lakini mashabiki wa ngumi wangependa kuona mchezo baina yao unarudiwa, na inatazamwa kuwa huenda mechi hiyo ya marudiano itakuwa kubwa zaidi ya mapambano yote ya Uingereza tangu mara ya mwisho Nigel Benn alipozichapa dhidi ya Chris Eubank.

Pambano baina yao la kwanza lilifanyika mwezi Novemba na lilikuwa na kila kitu cha kufurahisha ambapo Froch alirejea baada ya kupata nguvu mpya na kummaliza bondia kutoka London kunako roundi ya tisa.

  Bila shaka Cobra asingependa kuona kitu kingine isipokuwa ni kumchapa Groves jambo ambalo litamfanya kuweza kupata kipato zaidi katika mchezo wa ngumi na kuamsha zaidi ari ya ushindi kama mmoja wa mabondia wakubwa nchini England.

Floyd Mayweather v Gennady Golovkin

Pamoja na heshima kubwa kwa mabondia kama Danny Garcia na Amir Khan ni vigumu kumuona it is difficult to see how anyone at 154lbs can get close to beating Floyd Mayweather in 2014. Nyota huyo mmarekani amekuwa katika utawala mzuri wa uzito huo ambapo alimshinda bondia raia wa Mexico, Saul Alvarez katika pambano lake la mwisho na akikosa bondia mshindani mzuri wa uzito huo ambaye atampa changamoto ya kweli.
Pambano dhidi ya mgumu Golovkin linaonekana kuwa ni pambano litakalo ibua hisia zaidi na ushindi kwa Mayweather utakuwa ni hatua kubwa ya nafasi yake kuelekea katika michuano ya 'Hall of Fame' mjini Canastota.

Sergey Kovalev huenda kacheza dhidi ya Adonis Stevenson (Picture: AP Photo)

Sergey Kovalev v Adonis Stevenson

It may not last very long, but there sure would be fireworks should these two light-heavyweights meet in the ring at some point over the next 12 months. Between them the pair have stopped 41 of their 46 combined opponents and demonstrated their natural power to British fight fans with comprehensive victories over Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew respectively. American broadcaster HBO had these two on the same card in November and a unification fight between the pair would go a long way to proving who is the best fighter at 175lbs on the planet.

Carl Frampton v Scott Quigg

Aside from Froch and Groves, this is probably the biggest all British fight to be made out there. While promotional rivalries have prevented Quigg and Northern Irishman Frampton from meeting in the ring so far the fact that the Bury boxer has won one of the WBA super-bantamweight belts (and there are far too many of them) could mean the fight could happen later this year. Both have pretty big followings and if Frampton can pick up a belt of his own in the next six months a clash in Manchester or Belfast could be possible next autumn.

Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder

Nothing quite catches the imagination like two big-punching heavyweights, and a fight between Fury and Wilder would inject some much needed hype into a division which has gone stale during the period of domination by the Klitschko brothers. With older brother Vitali retiring to focus on his career in politics there is now an opening and these two undefeated giants are perfectly placed to cash in. Wilder has stopped all 30 of his opponents so far, including a 60-second destruction of Audley Harrison, but a rapidly improving Fury would represent a step up in class and a clash would be a real 50-50 fight.