2008 Boxer of the year

joepenguin

Antonio Margarito: Beat Cintron and Cotto. Titles: ibf, wba

Manny Pacquaio beat JMM,D Diaz and De La Hoya. titles: wbc 130&135

Ricky Hatton: Beat Lazcano and Mallignaggi. titles: linear 140

Joe Calzaghe: Beat Hopkins and Jones Jr. Titles: Ring 175

Juan Manuel Marquez: Lost controversial decison to Pacquiao, beat Casamayor. Titles: Linear lightweight.

Paul Williams: lost ot quintana at 147, won the rematch, beat Kolle ko1 at 160, beat verno phillips for a 154 title. wbo 147 and wbo interim 154.

Celestino Caballero, beat Parra, Mejia, and Steve Molitor. Titles wba and ibf titles at 122.

Tomasz Adamek, beat o neill bell, G Gomez and cunningham. Titles: ibf 200 lb title.

Bernard Hopkins, lost controversial decison to Calzaghe, beat Kelly Pavlik. TitlesL lost ring 175 title in a sd to calzaghe.

Vic Darchinyan: Drew with Gorres, beat Kirilov and Mijares. Titles: wba, wbc, ibf.

David Haye: beat Maccarenelli and Barret. Titles: wba, wbc, wbo at 200 lbs.

Jaun Manuel Lopez: Beat Oquendo, Ponce de Leon, Figueroa, Medina. all by ko, 3 in 1st round. Titles: wbo 122.

Others: Including but of course not limited to . . . . . Vasquez, Dawson, Kessler, V Klitscko, W Klitscko, Mosely, Bradley, Berto.

walshb

Katie Taylor!

Or is this PRO only?

joepenguin

Pro only walshb. Sorry should have said.

I thought I might do an amature one and a Irish one as well.

Boards boxing awards 2008!!!

Was thinking:

Amature boxer of the year
Irish boxer of the year (can seperate ama and pro what do people think?)
Fight of the year.
Upset of the year
KO of the year.

Could also have Irish only versions. fight, upset and ko of the year. Limited to fights involving an Irish fighters here or abroad. suggestions?

Big Ears

How about:

International:
Fighter of the year
Fight of the year
ko of the year
upset of the year
prospect of the year

Irish:
fighter of the year
fight of the year(domestic fighters only)
best fight in Irish ring
ko of the year
prospect of the year

Irish amateur:
fighter of the year
fight of the year
prospect of the year

joepenguin

I like it! I dont mind doing the international and the Irish.

Does anyone feel like doing the Amature Irish? I wouldnt know who the prospects are or have seen many fights to be honest apart from whats on TV.

Chicky

Ooh results hidden, it's gonna be a big surprise ... yay I love surprises

fatgav

won't say who i voted for... but there can surely only be one man for this....

03mcgs0

Made my vote!

eagle eye

I hate these vote things, its between Manny and Joe for me. I'm gonna vote for Joe as Manny will get all the Joe haters votes anyways.

T-K-O

Fighter of the year is clearly Manny Pac, With Margarito in second.

walshb

Big Ears wrote: »

How about:

International:
Fighter of the year
Fight of the year
ko of the year
upset of the year
prospect of the year

Irish:
fighter of the year
fight of the year(domestic fighters only)
best fight in Irish ring
ko of the year
prospect of the year

Irish amateur:
fighter of the year
fight of the year
prospect of the year

Holy sh1t, that's a lot to digest?:)

joepenguin

Hi guys, who voted other? can you say who? cheers

joepenguin

eagle eye wrote: »

I hate these vote things, its between Manny and Joe for me. I'm gonna vote for Joe as Manny will get all the Joe haters votes anyways.

For me it was between Manny and Margarito. imo Joe was boxing in 2008 purely for the big names, the glamour, the fame. He should have got those fights years ago especially Hopkins.

However he did beat the #1 guy in the division and then a top 5-10 in an over the hill Jones.

megadodge

Jaysus, I'm having a serious problem picking 1 out of all those.

I think Darchinyan shouldn't be overlooked and Lopez has absolutely destroyed anyone unlucky enough to be in the ring with him this year.
Caballero has had a serious year also.

I know most will be looking at the big names, but those guys beat serious competition when being underdogs or at best what were believed to be 50/50 fights going in.

Have to give this more thought.

dlofnep

Voted.

joepenguin

Keep the votes coming guys. Manny is the obvious choice There are a number of lesser known, less obvious fighters very worthy of the title indeed.

Some fighters may be seen in a different light. An example of this being JMM. He lost to Pacquiao and then went up to beat casamayor(who only has his linear title because of a dodgy decision). You could also say the JMM deserved to win the pac fight (i had him winning by a round ) beating the number one super feather in the world and then going to lightweight to take the linear title.

IMO you can make a strong argument for everyone on the list. All haver their pros and cons.

Dont forget to vote on the Irish Boxer of the year Poll which is running as well!!!

T-K-O

joepenguin wrote: »

Keep the votes coming guys. Manny is the obvious choice There are a number of lesser known, less obvious fighters very worthy of the title indeed.

Some fighters may be seen in a different light. An example of this being JMM. He lost to Pacquiao and then went up to beat casamayor(who only has his linear title because of a dodgy decision). You could also say the JMM deserved to win the pac fight (i had him winning by a round ) beating the number one super feather in the world and then going to lightweight to take the linear title.

IMO you can make a strong argument for everyone on the list. All haver their pros and cons.

Dont forget to vote on the Irish Boxer of the year Poll which is running as well!!!

JMM is pure class but the only problem with what you said above is he lost to pac! His performance against Casamayor was excellent though.

walshb

I voted 'other.'

Bernard Dunne!:D

Kidding, Pacman I suppose!

joepenguin

T-K-O wrote: »

JMM is pure class but the only problem with what you said above is he lost to pac! His performance against Casamayor was excellent though.

There are a lot of people who thought Pac got a gift decision against jmm. Since pac is the obvious choice for fighter of the year i figured many people would give jmm the nod as in their eyes he beat the number on at super feather and lightweight in one year whereas pac didnt beat the number one is any division.

Personally I thought jmm won that fight by a round but alot of rounds were close in fairness.

Same could be said for B-hop. Im sure he would have gotten many more votes if the Calzaghe fight was a sd in his favour. Most people think so.

joepenguin

walshb wrote: »

I voted 'other.'

Bernard Dunne!:D

Kidding, Pacman I suppose!

Sorry dude, you have to go with Dunne as pacman doesnt qualify as 'other' :eek::eek: :D:D

lol, so just to be clear... you voted other a few days back and went with katie taylor. as this is a pro only poll you've now went with pacman. so when the poll is over i just add one more to pacs total. :cool:

Cheers

T-K-O

joepenguin wrote: »

There are a lot of people who thought Pac got a gift decision against jmm. Since pac is the obvious choice for fighter of the year i figured many people would give jmm the nod as in their eyes he beat the number on at super feather and lightweight in one year whereas pac didnt beat the number one is any division.

Personally I thought jmm won that fight by a round but alot of rounds were close in fairness.

Same could be said for B-hop. Im sure he would have gotten many more votes if the Calzaghe fight was a sd in his favour. Most people think so.

IMO people wanted JMM to win as he deserved a big win against a top name. It was a close fight and could have gone either way, for me Pac just edged it. It's a shame he didnt win because these guys look like there will take over the lightweight division and a third and final deciding fight there would have be great!

cowzerp

Manny no doubt.

walshb

joepenguin wrote: »

There are a lot of people who thought Pac got a gift decision against jmm. Since pac is the obvious choice for fighter of the year i figured many people would give jmm the nod as in their eyes he beat the number on at super feather and lightweight in one year whereas pac didnt beat the number one is any division.

Personally I thought jmm won that fight by a round but alot of rounds were close in fairness.

Same could be said for B-hop. Im sure he would have gotten many more votes if the Calzaghe fight was a sd in his favour. Most people think so.

Yes, Pac I voted!

Thanks.

T-K-O

Other



Me

walshb

Well T.K.O, at least this time you aren't bloody voting for a golfer; or are you a golfer?;)

T-K-O

And that my feathered friend is because there are no golfers in the list.

But as you bring it up, i sporting terms I don't think any boxer has equaled Harrington this past year, maybe if PAC goes on to school a legit welter, we could talk.

walshb

T-K-O wrote: »

And that my feathered friend is because there are no golfers in the list.

But as you bring it up, i sporting terms I don't think any boxer has equaled Harrington this past year, maybe if PAC goes on to school a legit welter, we could talk.

Damn, why did I tempt you. I think you wanna' shag Padraig!

Oh the craziness of it all. Boxing compared to golf?:mad:

Ferrari-Lada springs to mind here!:D

dardevle

voted---margarito



while i think that pacman will win the vote,for me
it has to be margarito,if he places second and takes
fight of the year for the cotto fight then i'll be somwhat
satisfied:cool:

T-K-O

walshb wrote: »

Damn, why did I tempt you. I think you wanna' shag Padraig!

Oh the craziness of it all. Boxing compared to golf?:mad:

Ferrari-Lada springs to mind here!:D

Nah, I prefer blonds..

walshb

T-K-O wrote: »

Nah, I prefer blonds..

Ok, John Daly then?:)

nacho libre

...and to think marquez should have got the decision over pacman

joepenguin

*Bump* get your votes in on this and other polls please

joepenguin

boards international boxer of the year 2008:

Manny Pacquiao


Calzaghe takes second place.
Margarito takes 3rd.