As the year comes to a close, what are FightBeat posters picks for: Fighter of 2017 Fight of 2017 Knockout of 2017 Upset of 2017 Prospect of 2017 (can be anybody who has yet to fight for a world title belt)
Fighter: Loma Fight: Joshua v Klit KO: Zolani Tete KO1 Siboniso Gonya Upset: have to go with DeGale. Dude was 1-100 in some places pre-fight. Have to have a think about the prospect. MTF
Fighter of 2017 - Loma Fight of 2017 - Joshua vs Wlad Knockout of 2017 - Wilder vs Stiverne 2 Upset of 2017 - Pac vs Horn Prospect of 2017 - Josh Kelly
twas a shitty year for boxing if wald pussy took part in the fight of the year Fighter of the year is Sor Rungvisai and fight of the year is his first bout with gonzalez.
Fighter of 2017 - Lomachenko Fight of 2017 - Joshua-Klitschko Knockout of 2017 - not sure about this one yet Upset of 2017 - DeGale-Truax Prospect of 2017 - Josh Taylor
Fighter of the Year - Lomachenko Fight of the Year - Joshua vs. Klitschko Knockout of the Year - Mikey Garcia vs. DeJan Zlaticanin or Jermell Charlo vs. Charles Hatley Not Sure on Upset of the Year or Prospect of the Year... REED
It was 1 of the BETTER Years for Boxing in Quite Some Time, You're Just Obviously INCAPABLE of Looking PAST Your Heavyweight Bias... Rungvisai-Chocolatito I was FOUL Filled and Didn't Possess 1/10th the DRAMA of Joshua-Klitschko...Good Fight in its Own Right, but NOT on the Same Level...And if You've Actually SEEN Joshua - Klit, You KNOW it... REED
Fighter of the year - Loma FOTY - without stakes involved, Roman-Salido, but because Joshua-wald pussy was a bigger fight I'd give that the award KOTY- the fastest KO of are times Tete-Gonya Upset of the year is a toss-up between DeGale (who's career is in tatters of course) losing to Truax or Shiming losing to Kimura Prospect of the year - Eubanks Jr. never fought for a world title belt (no the Chudinov fight doesn't count, it was a WBA interim title), so he gets it (I'm struggling to think of anyone else)
I don't know if I'd call Eubank Jr a prospect. I mean he's not exactly a 6-0 novice and has proven himself to some degree. I think he elevated himself beyond prospect level after giving Saunders a pretty close fight.
Fighter of the year: Ward. I was more impressed with Ward stopping the larger Krusher Kovalev than with Lomachenko stopping the much smaller Rigondeaux. Also Ward outright stopped Kovalev whereas Rigo stopped throwing punches and then quit.
I can see that perspective, but there are additional things to look at. Ward had two meaningful wins both against the same opponent, and both had controversy surrounding them. Even if you don't accept it as a robbery, Kovalev could have easily got the decision in the first fight and very few would have argued. Most observers felt he won. Loma had three title defenses and three "no mas" endings which is probably unprecedented. Yes Rigo was smaller but he was clinically outboxed, (which very few people thought possible) not smashed and run over by some tank.
Yep. I agree Ward's win over Kovalev, questionable as it was, was better than Loma's over Rigo, which is why I named them both as candidates. But it was Ward's lone result
No, Ward COMPROMISED Kovalev w/Legit Body Blows, Rendered him DEFENSELESS on the Ropes, then Landed 2-3 Low Blows Just Prior to the Bout Being Stopped... But Don't Let the TRUTH Get in the Way of a Good Conspiracy... REED
Lomachenko Takes it EASY, Based on Activity and Manner of Victories...It's Really a NO BRAINER, Fellas... It's "Cute" to Throw Ward in the Mix but there's NOfuckingWAY Any Site or Publication Will Anoint him 2017's "Fighter of the Year"... REED
Lomachenko without a doubt for fighter of the year. Fight of the year is Joshua-Wlad. Crawford-Indongo for KO of the year.
Conspiracy? Before our eyes, he won the fight on a foul. You said it yourself. Win was controversial at best, which is a shame for Ward because he was clearly winning.
