top 10 fights of 2011

Let's see some lists. :shadow:

 

I'd include;

Burns v Katsidis
Ortiz v Berto
Maidana v Morales
Concepcion v Marquez 1
Pacquiao v Marquez

 

Some of us actually saw Burns/Katsidis. :nono:

 

Pac vs Marquez- good fight, very very close fight, between guys that could fight.

Khan vs Peterson- because everyone else will too. :wack:

Paul Appleby vs Liam Walsh- "Domestic" UK barnburner.

Ortiz vs Berto- low-level shootout. Decent fare. A functional top-tenner :laugh11:

 

Ortiz/Berto. It is the only fight I viewed multiple times in 2011. I still have it in my tevo. Never had the heart to delete it. Good fight.Strange that I enjoyed it because I have no particular fondness for either guy.

 

It was a good fight.

 

Ortiz Vs Berto was undeniably a very fun fight. Even my girlfriend enjoyed it, and she hasn't enjoyed much boxing since Chico vs Castillo 1.

Is it any good on second viewing though? I was thinking it was the kind of fight that was fun to watch live, but maybe not on repeat viewing.

Pacquiao Vs Marquez at the time I thought was boring, but actually was a decent fight. A high level chess match that could have gone either way, as close as they come.

Morales Vs Maidana too, Morales being in a boring fight is basically impossible.

That's about it though, there haven't been many spectacular fights this year.

Ortiz Vs Berto would have to be my choice I think, the most fun and action packed of the lot, albeit on the scrubby side.

 

On second viewing, Ortiz/Berto really tapers off the last few rounds.

 

The best fight I've seen was the fight Jake posted between two fighters I can't remember. ::

 

was it two japanese fighters?

what about Linares/DeMarco, I have only seen highlights? I know Irish enjoyed that one.

 

Rios/Urbano was a good one too, also Kirkland/Angulo.

Two Japanese fighters
Rios/Urbano
Kirkland/Angulo
Ortiz/Berto
Khan/Peterson
Wolak/Rodriguez
Wolak/Rodriguez 2
Concepcion/Marquez
Katsidis/Guerrero
Marquez/Pacquiao 3

would be my list. I have an easier time making my MMA top 10 list, tbh. Check it out in the mma forum soon.

 

What a night of total shit fights that was. Was that Donaire vs Narvaez? ld: Even Donaire said he was bored.

pfp yo!!!!:Ramonza:

 

it was Hopkins/Dawson.

 

Yeah I can kind of imagine.

 

Rios Vs Urban Antelope? ::

Surely you jest. That was a 1 sided beating really, not exactly a great fight. Kirkland was fun, but also too 1 sided to be a really good fight.

 

:laugh11::laugh11: Even worse. Now I recall. Total washout of an evening.

 

But Max said!!!!:Wah:

 

Orlando Salido vs. Post-divorce Juan Manuel Lopez

 

Good shout.

 

No love for Marquez/concepcion 1? WTF.

Wolak/rodriguez and kirkland/angulo are good shouts.

 

What can I say, I really like boxing.:egypt:

 

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You envy me, don't you Irish? Perhaps, one day, you can enjoy some of life's pleasures like enjoying a sport.

 

Akira Yaegashi-Pornsawan Porpramook, baby!

That and Marquez-Concepcion I are easily the best two fights of the year, with major separation between those two fights and the best of the rest.

My dynamite dozen

1) Yaegashi-Porpramook
2) Marquez-Concepcion I


3) Delvin Rodriguez-Pawel Wolak I
4) Brandon Rios-Miguel Acosta
5) Antonio DeMarco-Jorge Linares
6) Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto I
7) Liam Walsh-Paul Appleby
8) Lamont Peterson-Amir Khan
9) Marcos Maidana-Erik Morales
10) James Kirkland-Alfredo Angulo
11) Edwin Rodriguez-Will Rosinsky
12) Orland Salido-Juan Manuel Lopez

 

I love sport. Hate monkeys with microphones and their agendas.

 

Seems like a pretty down year.
Here are the ones I rated highest, actually the only ones I gave ratings to, but they probably don't have much staying power:

Jorge Silva ko8 Alvaro Robles
Guido Pitto dq6 Nery Benitez "Benitez attacks ref, sucker punches Pitto, cries"
billi godoy tud9 claudio abalos "tko then changes to injury; chairs, bottles thrown"
juan carlos rodriguez ko hook 2 gustavo gonzalez "Gonzalez taunting Rodriguez"
andy lee ko10 craig mcewan
delvin rodriguez mdraw10 pawel wolak "ESPN2 rebroadcast this fight one week later"

 

good fight, Lee makes his fights harder than they ought be.

 

And it consumes you.

 

Marquez-Conception is my personal FOTY.

 

Yeah well nobody asked.


Oh wait. I guess they kind of did.

As you were.

 

Agreed.