12 Boxing Predictions For 2013

By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent

 Here are the 12 top boxing predictions for the 2013 professional boxing year ahead:

 

Prediction Number One: With the departure of retiring Larry Merchant, and the passage of Emanuel Steward, Harold Lederman will become the principal television boxing commentator for Home Box Office.

 

Prediction Number Two: Dr. Vitali Klitschko will defend his World Heavyweight title against Sweden’s Robert Helenius. Both men now fight out of Germany.

 

Prediction Number Three: Johnathon Banks will win a shot against World Boxing Association Heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin in Summer 2013.

 

Prediction Number Four: David Haye will fight either Tyson Fury or David Price, and fight Dr. Vitali Klitschko for the World Heavyweight title in the Fall of 2013.

 

Prediction Number Five: Nonito Donaire will fight Cuban southpaw Guillermo Rigondeaux in a Super Bantamweight World Championship WBA-WBO unification bout promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank in 2013.

 

Prediction Number Six: Adrian Broner will fight a 12 rounder with Miguel Vazquez of Mexico in a WBC-IBF World Lightweight title unification bout in Spring 2013.

 

Prediction Number Seven: The late Hector Macho Camacho Sr. will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2013.

 

Prediction Number Eight: Juan Manuel Marquez will fight a fifth bout with Manny Pacquiao, another 12 rounder, in late 2013.

 

Prediction Number Nine: Saul ‘Canelo Alvarez’ will fight a 12 rounder with Austin Trout in a WBC-WBA light middleweight unification bout. Floyd Mayweather Jr. could fight the winner of Alvarez-Trout later in  2013, if Floyd beats Danny Garcia.

 

Prediction Number Ten: Gabriel ‘Tito’ Bracero will fight a rematch with DeMarcus Corley in a rematch of their previous bout, won by Corley.

 

Prediction Number 11: World Boxing Association cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev of Russia will defend his crown against Guillermo Jones of Panama.

 

Prediction Number 12: Carl Froch will fight a 12 round rematch with Mikkel Kessler in a super middleweight WBA-IBF title unification bout held in the United Kingdom.

 

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