2007 1/2 Awards...

Judging from January til TODAY,Pick WINNERs for the Awards that Usually Get Handed Out @ the END of the Year...

FIGHTER of the Year?
FIGHT of the Year?
ROUND of the Year?
UPSET of the Year?
KO of the Year?
ROBBERY of the Year?
TRAINER of the Year?
PROSPECT of the Year?

etc.



REED

 

FIGHTER of the Year? Takefumi Sakata, a lot of people won't like that pick but he beat Lorenzo Parra to win the title and avenged his loss to a very good Roberto Vasquez. At this point it's not even close IMO.

FIGHT of the Year? Rafael Marquez-Israel Vasquez

ROUND of the Year? Whatever round of JMM-MAB where JMM was beating MAB's ass then got dropped.

UPSET of the Year? Julio Cesar Garcia-Troy Browning

KO of the Year? Darnell Wilson-Emmanuel Nwodo, ridiculously brutal.

ROBBERY of the Year? Demetrius Hopkins-Steve Forbes
TRAINER of the Year? who cares ::

PROSPECT of the Year? Andre Berto I guess. Not great D but love his offense.

 

fighter of the year - i agree w/ val about sakata.
fight of the year - not sure
knock out of the year - darnell wilson KO stiff
upset of the year - naito 12 pongslek
trainer of the year - yea, who cares?
prospect of the year - linares (although he did win an interim title)

 

robbery of the year - huerta L12 kid diamond

 

FIGHTER of the Year? Takefumi Sakata or Nonito Donaire

FIGHT of the Year? Take your pick from: Mormeck-Bell II; Sakata-Vasquez II; R. Marquez-I.Vazquez I; and Katsidis' fights v. Earl and Amonsot

ROUND of the Year? No clue

UPSET of the Year? Michael Sprott KO3 Audley Harrison

KO of the Year? Donaire KO5 Darchinyan (Wilson's was brutal as hell, but Donaire's every bit as effective, and far more significant)

ROBBERY of the Year? Demetrius Hopkins W12 Stevie Forbes

TRAINER of the Year? Nacho Berstain

PROSPECT of the Year?

 

an Audley Harrison loss is not an upset. ::

 

Some other candidates for Upset of the Year: Ramon Guevera KO4 Jorge Paez Jr.; Demetrice King KO4 Bermane Stiverne; Cliff Couser KO2 Monte Barrett

Joon - point taken, but damn Michael Sprott? and by KO? But what's funny is that I didn't initially claim Couser-Barrett for the same reason - it's Monte Barrett ::

 

actually, couser-barrett is a bigger upset. barrett was a contender at one point. couser is a BUM. A COMPLETE BUM ::

 

Pavlik-Miranda deserves a mantion.

 

for... ?

 

Nothing in particular. It just deserves a mention.

 

beatdown of the year?

 

Oh, I almost forgot about Harrison Cuello - Edgar Santana in the Upset/Year category. :: (IMDAZED will get the humor in that one).

Prospect of the 1/2 Year - How many years in a row can we keep calling Andre Berto a top prospect? seems like the type of category you should only win once, then be forced to move on.

So... I say either "JuanMa" Lopez or Devon Alexander.

 

gary starks jr. too. ::

who the fuck is edgar santana? I've never understood the hype. he never beat anyone noteworthy nor has looked impressive in any outings at those local ballroom shows.

was he some sort of an amateur standout? only cool thing i heard about him was that he was banging that mo shea chick.

 

:: :laughing: ::

 

Was he that white heavyweight on the American Olympic team?..

 

damn, was he? I didn't know that.

There was nothing special about him. He was from NY, and had DiBella and a few other clowns singing his praises.

My favorite FB moment was when his manager (Ernesto Dallas) sent an e-mail to Zach, Carlos and I demanding that Kenneth's article be removed and replaced with a retraction after his gift win over Meachem Major earlier this year.

Ernesto insisted that Kenneth was overemphasizing on the opponent's shortcomings as a pro and neglecting to mention that he was once upon a time a major amateur standout, and that a fighter's record doesn't always tell the whole story, blah blah blah. After all of us ripped him one, he claimed that the article meant nothing, since Chamaco's "thousands" of fans don't bother reading internet articles anyway :laughing:

Three months later, Santana picks up where he left off and gets stretched by an even worse scrub. No retractions required that night ::

But yeah, Stark getting got was kinda funny, considering how much he and DiBella were whining about allegedly getting robbed in his prior fight against Mike Oliver.

 

uh no, he's a black welterweight from St. Louis

 

Think Kauki Think

A WHITE AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT OLYMPIAN deserving mention for prospect of the year.

That would be MAJOR NEWS.

Although it would be even bigger news, if it was a talented black heavyweight. ::

 

FIGHTER of the Year? - Floyd
FIGHT of the Year? - Floyd
ROUND of the Year? - Floyd
UPSET of the Year? - Floyd
KO of the Year? - Floyd
ROBBERY of the Year? - Floyd
TRAINER of the Year? - Floyd
PROSPECT of the Year? - Floyd

 

Seriously, Im sure there's an American Olympian, who's a heavyweight, and was white??, and his first name was "Devon"?.. I haven't seen him since and thought maybe he turned pro or somethin', ^ thus I thought that could have been him..:dunno: ?

 

The only one I can think of is Devin Vargas, though I don't believe he's a Saltine.

 

i thought he beat starks and based on that fight, i thought he was fairly decent. well decent enough to beat some bum on a club show. instead he got KTFOed. ::

i've given up on NY.

 

Pavlik does, Miranda can go back to the shack he grew up in. I know, it's a shit joke. :shit:

KO of the year- the pinoy one over Darchynian.

I haven't seen any great fights this year, because most of them were not on HBO or ESPN, which are the only fights that I get to see. The best ones that I saw were: Margarito/Williams, Judah/Cotto, Soto/Pacquiao (the brother), and Pavlik/Miranda.

Round of the year, Pavlik/Miranda round 2, but again, I didn't see the best fights.

 

That's him! :bears: , well sorted Jake, I see you keep alot of stuff in a safe place, thanks buddy.

 

Get sopcast, that's a p2p video streaming app. You'll get almost all fights that pass on tv, PPV included, UFC/Pride included.:bears:

 

I think I have it, but use it mostly for soccer matches.

Are boxing fights on sopcast ussually on some Chinese program, as well?

 

No, usually they're from american feeds.

 

FIGHTER of the Year -Nonito Donaire (if he fights and beats Mijares this year, he's a lock)
FIGHT of the Year - Vazquez - Marquez
ROUND of the Year - JMM - MAB round 7 where Fagquez was on all fours after Barrera clipped him
UPSET of the Year - Nonito over Darchinyan
KO of the Year - Nonito over Darchinyan
ROBBERY of the Year - Hopkins - Forbes
TRAINER of the Year - Freddie Roach
PROSPECT of the Year - AJ Banal

 

If Cotto fights and beats Mosley/Margarito, the he will win it for sure. Or if PFB returns and beats Mosley, then he wil win.

thanks, Baron.