Not in any specific order. (Please add or subtract candidates/categories to the list) Fighter: Manny Pacquiao Joe Calzaghe Israel Vazquez David Haye Cristian Mijares Fight: Pacquiao-Marquez II Vazquez-Marquez III Casamayor-Katsidis Angulo-Gutierrez Campbell-Diaz Kotelnik-Rees Best Win: Mijares-Munoz Bradley-Witter Haye-Maccarinelli Vazquez-Marquez III Campbell-Diaz Williams-Quintana II Mora-Forrest Abraham-Miranda Margarito-Cintron Montiel-Castillo Most Controversial Fight: Lorenzo-Soto Williams-Airich Hatton-Lazcano Most Controversial Decision: Pacquiao-Marquez II Dawson-Johnson Duddy-Smichet Phillips-Spinks Julio-Smith Gorres-Darchinyan Knockout: Guerrero-Litzau Haye-Maccarinelli Williams-Quintana II Lopez-Ponce De Leon Kirkland-Albert Abraham-Ayala Upset: Mora-Forrest Quintana-Williams I Bunema-Karmazin Campbell-Diaz Braithwaite-Hernandez Marquez-Lorenzo Vera-Lee Mismatch: De la Hoya-Forbes Cotto-Gomez Pavlik-Lockett Prospect turned contender: Andre Dirrell Andre Ward Amir Khan Alex Alexeev Abner Mares Prospect: Daniel Jacobs Yuriorkis Gamboa Disappointment: Jose Luis Castillo failing to make weight for fight against Timothy Bradley Zab Judah injuring himself, causing Mosley fight to be cancelled Floyd Mayweather Jr. retiring during his prime before scheduled bout with Oscar De La Hoya Wladimir Klitschko-Sultan Ibragimov's title unification bout Cancellaton of JOan Guzman-Alex Arthuer following it's postponement Paulie Malignaggi's hair against Lovemore Ndou The P.R. war and non-fight between Mikkel Kessler and Edison Miranda
My picks in bold. I took out a couple of categories such as knockout of the year and controversial decision of the year because i didn't see all of the fights in question.
Pretty solid lists, so I'll just pick from the choices you offered Fighter: Manny Pacquiao and Cristian Mijares (tied for the moment, though I'm sure more will lean toward Pac) Fight: Vazquez-Marquez III Best Win: (Stuck between these five) Mijares-Munoz Bradley-Witter Haye-Maccarinelli Campbell-Diaz Williams-Quintana II Most Controversial Fight: Lorenzo-Soto Most Controversial Decision: Gorres-Darchinyan Knockout: The one category where I'll add my own - for sheer brutality, regardless of competition, Miranda-Banks was pretty damn nasty Upset: Bunema-Karmazin Campbell-Diaz Mismatch: Pavlik-Lockett Prospect turned contender: Abner Mares Prospect: Yuriorkis Gamboa Disappointment: The P.R. war and non-fight between Mikkel Kessler and Edison Miranda (though perhaps a better choice is 2008 as a whole completely leveling off after March)
:nono: Jake please, I read your "Kessler is ducking Pantera!, I hate Mikkel Kessler!"article, and have wondered till this day why you regard Miranda as supermiddleweight's heir apparent? :nono:
I knew it. Double L doesn't watch boxing! He's like Cupey, he just talks about it like he's seen it before. ::
holy crap !!! i can't believe i missed that fight !!! dude. trust me. i watch boxing. often i wish i didn't - it's so time consuming and paying for showtime and hbo both isn't exactly convenient. but i must have been in some sort of drug haze during that period. thank God i've emerged intact - partially anyways.
as for the most controversial decision, how about that guy who scored 12 rounds to 0 in favor of jose navarro vs. mijares?
This is awesome. Fighter: Manny Pacquiao Fight: Vazquez-Marquez III Best Win: Williams-Quintana II Most Controversial Fight: Lorenzo-Soto Most Controversial Decision: You forgot one: Arce-Lookmahanasek Knockout: Williams-Quintana II Upset: Campbell-Diaz Mismatch: Pavlik-Lockett Prospect turned contender: Andre Dirrell Prospect: Yuriorkis Gamboa Disappointment: Floyd Mayweather Jr. retiring during his prime before scheduled bout with Oscar De La Hoya [/QUOTE]
