top 10 fights of 2011

For Various Reasons, REED HASN'T Watched as Much Boxing in 2011 as he Customarily Does & as a Consequence, Hasn't Seen Alot of the Bouts Being Mentioned...For Instance, REED Tivo'ed Rodriguez-Wolak I, but Hasn't Gotten Around to Watching it...

The Best Fight REED Saw this Year was Ortiz-Berto, Followed by Kirkland-Angulo...



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Isn't it a terrible feeling? Hearing about all of these fights you haven't seen? I know for me it's something I prefer to avoid.

On the other hand, don't feel bad since 2011 has been one of the worst years for boxing in a while, if you ask me.

 

I probably should've just added my last entry to this thread rather than start a new one, but this was from Friday morning. I actually stayed up all night Thursday to watch it and cover for our website. Incredible fight. Perhaps not the best of the year, but easily Top 10 and perhaps top 2-3.

http://www.fightbeat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43166

Never in my life thought I'd see the day when two separate guys with the name Porpramook (both named after their gym, as is custom in Thailand) wind up in FOTY contenders

 

The problem with boxing this year - and in recent times - is that networks have become lazy and are too dependent on American boxers (and surrounding nations) in searching for stars. Or as has become the case, trying too hard to create them.

What's worse is that American boxing fans - even hardcore ones - far too often settle for what's only made available on network TV. We keep preaching that it's a global sport, yet fans are too lazy to sit down for an hour or less and stream/download/YouTube a fight from beyond our borders and cable/satellite subscription.

The American boxing scene truly sucks, I don't dispute that at all. As such, yeah this year was hardly a great one. It still doesn't sit well with me that Andre Ward is the Fighter of the Year, realistically winning the award on the strength of one fight that was more intrigue than it was in demand.