Fighters who were completely inactive in 2016

[uppercut510]

Kirkland didnt fight in 2016

Kirkland should be retired, he should take 2017 off as well why are these fighters allowed to fight him?

[BM dnobagaV]

Zab Judah hasn't fought in years
Brandon Rios

Rios will fight Ortiz? Is it signed?

[Rip Chudd]

Rios will fight Ortiz? Is it signed?

I hope they get it done. I don't think it's signed yet though

[Tony Trick-Pony]

One thing I always find interesting in boxing is when fighters take an entire calendar year away from fighting, or somehow miss an entire calendar year. For example, Miguel Cotto took the entire year of 2016 off after his fight with Saul Alvarez, and will finally return to the ring next year. Tyson Fury and Wlad Klitschko also didn't fight in 2016, despite numerous attempts to get their rematch off the ground. Juan Manuel Marquez has been inactive for two years now but still insists he will come back in 2017.

A lot of notable fighters fought only one time this year. Shawn Porter, Keith Thurman, Amir Khan, Tim Bradley, Danny Jacobs, Jermell Charlo, Mikey Garcia, Adonis Stevenson, and Adrien Broner each only had 1 fight throughout all of 2016, which is a pretty dismal activity rate

Can you guys think of other notable fighters that didn't fight at all in 2016?

Lucas Matthysse never showed up.

[boliodogs]

That's the way of things these days. Boxers used to average about 4 fights a year. Hagler would average fighting 4 top 5 rated guys in defense of his title in a year. Now for some reason few fighters fight more than twice a year and going over a year without a fight is not unusual.

[Zenkai]

Gary Russell Jr (only 1, and before that 1 he was inactive for over a year)

..he even abandoned his twitter acct. since Loma was clowning him on it in April.

[Rip Chudd]

Gary Russell Jr
..he even abandoned his twitter acct. since Loma was clowning him on it in April.

Russell fought Hyland this year

[Zenkai]

Russell fought Hyland this year

Haha we both edited in the same min.

Your on your *****

[gauze]

add devon alexander to the list. i actually wouldnt be surprised if he doesnt fight again.