Hey boxing heads who should I be watching aside from the casual fan faves?
First you could get a good idea by checking out the Official Ring Rankings thread stickied at the top of The Ring section
To answer your question, it depends on what you like, what you appreciate, what is overall entertaining to you. Some enjoy the methodical Mayweather-esque break down of a fighter over 12 rounds or less, other enjoy the balls to the wall, head first approach Brandon Rios style. I'm a skill over thrill guy BUT I do appreciate a slugger who's not afraid to put his cards on the table.
Instead of telling you what fighters you should be watching, catch a couple telecasts over the next month or two and decide for yourself what you find enjoyable out of the sweet science of professional boxing. The bolded are world champions.
1/18- HBO
(175) Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute (both former world champions)
(Heavy) Mike Perez vs. Carlos Takam
(175- Un-televised but possible through stream of international telecast) Eleider Alvarez vs. Andrew Gardiner
1/22- Thailand Broadcast
Rocky Fuentes vs. Amnat Ruenroeng (fighting for vacated IBF world title............oh, for those who didn't know Moruti Mthalane vacated saying he could make better money at home without the belt)---- This fight is VERY tentative as I'm not sure who is fighting who and when, I've heard different accounts from different sources------
1/24- NBC Sports
Curtis Stevens vs. Patrick Majewski
Thabiso Mchunu vs. Olanrewaju Durodola
1/24- Fox Sports 1
Cornelius Bundrage (former world champion) vs. Joey Hernandez
Antonio Orozco vs. Miguel Angel Huerta
1/25- German Broadcast (obviously gotta watch through a stream, very accessible)
Marco Huck vs. Firat Arslan (former world champion) rematch
1/25 Showtime
Lamont Peterson vs. Dierry Jean
Gabriel Rosado vs. Jermell Charlo
1/25- HBO
(130)
Mikey Garcia vs. Juan Carlos Burgos
(Heavy) Bryant Jennings vs. Artus Szpilka
1/29- Australian Broadcast (again, stream)
Anthony Mundine (former world champion) vs. Carson Jones