Slip the Jab Boxing Awards 2013: Waste of a Year – The Contenders

I’ve already looked at those who gained the most this year and those who lost the most. But how about those who basically stood still? As a general rule in boxing you’re either rising to the surface or sinking towards the bottom but for some boxers it appears they spent 2013 treading water. Despite the somewhat pejorative title, this isn’t a list of those who had a bad year… some of these names have had a pretty good year all-told. It’s a list of people we expected more from and for whatever reason… be it in their control or not… it simply hasn’t happened that way.

The Men who would be King… who will be the next to challenge Wladimir?

With Wladimir Klitschko’s domination of Alexander Povetkin now in the books, thoughts now turn to who will now challenge the Ukrainian giant. In my mind Wladimir has taken the mantle from his older brother of being the best heavyweight in the world but there are still a number of contenders who think they can be the man to upset the odds. Below we look at several of boxers looking to face Wladimir next.