2014 Fighter of the Year: Naoya "Monster" Inoue

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by IntentionalButt, Nov 23, 2014.


  1. ValentinePrince

    ValentinePrince Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It's between him and Danny Garcia
     
  2. shenmue

    shenmue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Geale isn't elite, if he is then Maidana is. Gamboa also not an elite LW so not that good a win for Crawford.
     
  3. pugs

    pugs Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  4. Daniel Geale is elite?

    Lmfao, stop trying to hype GGG's bum ass.
     
  5. Dos Huevos

    Dos Huevos Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I used to get him confused with Robney who is a great poster while Rodney is flotsam on his best days.
     
  6. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Note you're the first and only person to have taken exception with that.
     
  7. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    Pacquiao, Crawford, Kovalev.
     
  8. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kovalev, Crawford, Pacquiao
     
  9. Boxing Prospect

    Boxing Prospect Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Vargas has to be up there with Inoue, Tanaka and Beterbiev as the break out fighter of the year. Great year for the guy but for me he's lacking the top tier win. Good call though
     
  10. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Think about it for a second. Crawford beat:
    Burns who is a joke.
    Gamboa who hasn't looked good in years and was moving up in weight.
    And Beltran a decent gatekeeper.

    Kovalev's one victory over Hopkins is better than everything Crawford accomplished this year.
     
  11. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Yeah I would as well, but that was last year
     
  12. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    So at the moment I think my list goes something like this (highly debatable among each of them, as the theme this year seems to be "one good win" among all the top candidates):

    1. Terence Crawford / 3-0, 1 KO / Burns, Gamboa, Beltran / won RING/WBO 135 titles

    2. Roman Gonzalez / 4-0, 4 KO / Yaegashi, Fuentes, Kantun, Purisima / won Lineal/WBC 112 titles

    3. Manny Pacquiao / 2-0 / Bradley II, Algieri / won WBO 147 title

    4. Sergei Kovalev / 3-0, 2 KO / Hopkins, Agnew, Caparello / unified IBF/WBA 175 titles

    5. Amnat Ruenroeng / 3-0 / Ioka, Fuentes, Arroyo / won IBF 112 title

    *. Nayoa Inoue / 2-0, 2 KO / Hernandez, Kokietgym / won WBC 108 title

    * If Inoue beats Omar Narvaez in solid fashion then he will leapfrog to the top spot in the final 48 hours of the calendar year.
     
  13. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I gotta go with Kovalev off of that Hopkins performance. Guy made the lineal champ run from him, wiped out a hall of famer and had two brutal ko's in his other two fights.
    Crawford had three very good wins, but Burns is not elite and should have lost to Beltran, Gamboa is and decline and was too small.
    Gonzalez is a dark horse.
    Manny already beat Bradley so that win loses luster and Algeri was hyped up to be better than he is. Good win but in a year where you only fight twice it's not a great win.
     
  14. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Even if Manny didnt fight at all half his fans would be saying he was fighter of the year
     
  15. hooligan

    hooligan Millionaire Bum Full Member

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    pacman beating p4p elite in bradley trumps all the wins by crawford...

    its like beating a giant against three midgets....algieri win was just a cherry on top...