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    Boxing's 2025 biggest wishes: Rumble in the Jungle 2, a Mexican standoff, an all heavyweight night

    Claudia Trejos, Ade Oladipo, Charlie Parsons, Sonny Madden
    Boxing's 2025 biggest wishes: Rumble in the Jungle 2, a Mexican standoff, an all heavyweight nightDAZN
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    As we enter 2025 fight fans are already licking their lips as to what they could be treated to in this New Year.

    2024 was the biggest and best year of boxing in decades, thanks to superb fight after superb fight being made. It will certainly take some topping.

    But already the signs are strong that, incredibly, 2025 could be even better.

    The Last Crescendo Riyadh Season event in February is arguably the greatest fight card ever put together. Live on DAZN PPV, it gets the year off to a huge bang with Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol rematching, Daniel Dubois defending his IBF belt against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang, Hamzah Sheeraz and Joshua Buatsi all fighting.

    Before that we get a Trans-Tasman IBF cruiserweight title clash between Jai Opetaia and David Nyika; Claressa Shields and Danielle Perkins fighting it out for the undisputed heavyweight crown; and a mouthwatering Misfits night.

    Before the action gets underway the DAZN team of presenters Claudia Trejos and Ade Oladipo, and Charlie Parsons from The Stomping Ground and Propa Boxing's Sonny Madden have been sharing their own 2025 boxing wishes.

    Ade Oladipo - Riyadh Season in Africa

    Are we asking too much to have a big event in Africa? I am desperate for it! Can we have a Riyadh Season event in Africa?

    Rumble in the Jungle part two. Anthony Joshua versus Martin Bakole; Derek Chisora against Francis Ngannou; Joshua Buatsi on the card; Terence Crawford is definitely African if he does his test. Let's make it happen.

    I'd also love to see Moses Itauma have the chance to break Mike Tyson's record and become the youngest ever heavyweight champion. He has until May to achieve that.

    Would Frank Warren do something he has never really done before and that is push a fighter early and give them a world title shot early to break Tyson's record?

    Itauma-McKean_21122024Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing

    Charlie Parsons - Joshua vs Fury finally

    Please, please, please, please can we just have Tyson Fury versus Athony Joshua. I'm almost sick of talking about it. It just needs to happen.

    Despite what happen in 2024, Joshua deserves that for his body of work and success over the years, for what he has done for British boxing, although I don't think it is even about that.

    It would be scandalous if they both hung up their gloves without this fight happening. Scandalous!

    Claudia Trejos - Canelo vs Ramirez

    Dream fight in 2025 - Canelo Álvarez and Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez is a must.

    As much as we want AJ v Fury and as big as that would be, Mexican versus Mexican would be the war of wars.

    Have that in the Estadio Azteca, at 90,000 fans, would be insane.

    Canelo-Fielding_2018Erick W. Rasco / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images

    Sonny Madden - An all heavyweight card

    I don't know if we will get this, but like the 5v5 [Queensbury vs Matchroom] we saw in 2024, I want the new crop of heavyweights to all go against each other on one card on one night.

    I want the likes of Moses Itauma, Johnny Fisher; David Adeleye and Frazer Clarke. Then Fabio Wardley headlining against say a Joseph Parker. It is ambitious, but that can happen in this current era.

    What an event that would be.

    Johnny FisherMark Robinson/Matchroom

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