LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 21: Twin brothers IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (L) and WBC super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo pose with their titles at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on May 21, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
As usual, the upcoming year will almost certainly have its share of surprises, but if I'm taking a look at my crystal ball, there are five fighters who stand out as performers ready to explode onto the next level of the sport.
"Pretty Boy" Josh Kelly
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Josh Kelly (blue and grey shorts) takes on Tom Whitfield (white and yellow shorts) during a Welterweight contest presented by Matchroom Boxing at Walker Activity Dome on June 23, 2017 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
You may not be familiar with the 23-year-old from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom now, but chances are, you will hear his name a few times over the next 12 months. He's had only five professional fights (5-0, 4 KO), but he's already doing things between the ropes that have boxing aficionados talking.
As someone who has followed the sport for more than 35 years and covered it professionally for nearly 10, I can tell you, I've only seen raw athleticism in the ring on par with Kelly's from one other person, and his name is Roy Jones Jr.
">The year 2017 was a good one for the sport of boxing. Fighters like Vasyl Lomachenko, Terence Crawford, and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai should be strongly considered for Fighter of the Year. But what about 2018?
LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 21: Twin brothers IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (L) and WBC super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo pose with their titles at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on May 21, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
As usual, the upcoming year will almost certainly have its share of surprises, but if I'm taking a look at my crystal ball, there are five fighters who stand out as performers ready to explode onto the next level of the sport.
"Pretty Boy" Josh Kelly
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Josh Kelly (blue and grey shorts) takes on Tom Whitfield (white and yellow shorts) during a Welterweight contest presented by Matchroom Boxing at Walker Activity Dome on June 23, 2017 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
You may not be familiar with the 23-year-old from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom now, but chances are, you will hear his name a few times over the next 12 months. He's had only five professional fights (5-0, 4 KO), but he's already doing things between the ropes that have boxing aficionados talking.
As someone who has followed the sport for more than 35 years and covered it professionally for nearly 10, I can tell you, I've only seen raw athleticism in the ring on par with Kelly's from one other person, and his name is Roy Jones Jr.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2017/12/23/boxing-2018-predictions-5-fighters-set-to-explode-in-2018/
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