Fight of the Year 2018 so far?

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  1. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    a lot of good fights this year. Most of the bigger events have delivered but it's kind of hard to pick a clear winner. Probablt one of the more obscure brawls......
     
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  3. polishstud53

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    ggg canelo 2
    wilder ortiz
    usyk briedis
     
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  4. kk17

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    technically Lomaschneko vs Linares was brilliant ggg vs Canelo 2 had more action
     
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  5. SambaKing1993

    SambaKing1993 Don't do it Zachary! Full Member

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    Chisora / Takam
    Gassiev / Dorticos
    Canelo / GGG

    Defo missing a few though.
     
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  6. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Canelo vs GGG was a great fight and high profile

    Wilder vs Ortiz for momentum shifts

    Lara vs Hurd was high activity with a great late rally and a knockdown

    controversially I didnt find the Estrada vs Rung Vi Sai fight that great. Not that it was boring or a bad fight, maybe my bar was set too high but I felt Rung Vi Sai controlled the fight as Esrada fought kind of risk averse until later in the fight and tightened the scores but to me lost fair and square. Call me crazy
     
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  7. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Hurd vs Lara *Haven't seen
    Usyk vs Bredis *Haven't seen
    Canelo vs GGG II -Agree
    SSR vs Estrada -Agree
    Porter vs Garcia *Haven't seen
    Stevenson vs Jack *Haven't Seen
    Alvarez vs Kovalev -Not really
    Warrington vs Selby *Haven't seen

    *I don't have Showtime, and they are good at keeping their vids off the web. Usyk was HBO but I missed it.

    I'll add Jose Ramirez vs Antonio Orozco from Friday. One sided but great action, two knockdowns, and blood. Shouldn't be placed above SSR vs Estrada, Canelo vs GGG 2, or Lomachenko vs Linares but it was good for what it was.
     
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  8. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Kaikanha vs. Ruenroeng. Horrifyingly violent.:yikes: Appropriately capped off by a KO of the year contender.
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    And its fairly short, so an easy watch
     
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  9. DirtyOldTown

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    Wilder v Ortiz for me.
     
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  10. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    And the nominees are......

    Mairis Briedis vs. Oleksandr Usyk
    Murat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos
    Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Juan Francisco Estrada
    Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz
    Alexander Povetkin vs. David Price
    Saul Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II
    Erislandy Lara vs. Jarrett Hurd
    Jaime Munguia vs. Liam Smith
    Nawaphon Kaikanha vs. Amnat Ruenroeng
    Damien Hooper vs. Renold Quinlan
    Danny Garcia vs. Shawn Porter
    Adrien Broner vs. Jessie Vargas
    Daniel Jacobs vs. Maciej Sulecki
    Jose Carlos Ramirez vs. Antonio Orozco
    Alex Saucedo vs. Leonardo Zappavigna
    Oscar Valdez vs. Scott Quigg
    Pavel Malikov vs. Daud Yordan
    Jorge Linares vs. Vasyl Lomachenko
    Lee Selby vs. Josh Warrington
    Erick Bone vs. Cameron Kreal
    Adam Kownacki vs. Charles Martin
    Adonis Stevenson vs. Badou Jack
    Devon Alexander vs. Victor Ortiz
    Devon Alexander vs. Andre Berto
    Alvin Lagumbay vs. Keita Obara
    Jessie Magdaleno vs. Isaac Dogboe
    Raymundo Beltran vs. Jose Pedraza
    Rey Vargas vs. Azat Hovhannisyan
    Jose Zepeda vs. Carlos Diaz Ramirez
    Josh Taylor vs. Viktor Postol
    Carlos Canizales vs. Reiya Konishi
    Ryosuke Iwasa vs. TJ Doheny
    Jason Welborn vs. Tommy Langford I
    Jason Welborn vs. Tommy Langford II
    Arsen Goulamirian vs. Ryad Merhy
    Christopher Diaz vs. Masayuki Ito
     
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  11. caligula4

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    Floyd Pac 2. Gurn.
     
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  12. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That’s my pick.
     
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  13. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    You need to narrow that down to like a top ten or it's absolutely meaningless. You just listed half the fights this year. If you don't want to limit yourself to ten, so everyone knows how much you know, you need to rank them best to worst. Listing this many fights for one year isn't informative or a roadmap to the uninformed. Hell, some people might not even want to watch 36 fights in one year. Bad as the goddamn Oscars listing every movie in theaters.
     
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  14. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I presented them as nominees, I'll leave ranking them to everyone else, I don't care that much.
     
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  15. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Your Ruenrong pick is what I'm talking about. It's specific enough to catch people's attention, and short enough that they might act on the information without feeling overwhelmed. I just started watching it. So far, you were right. Very violent. The guy is as big as SSR and thinks he can punch so he's starting the fight trying to bully Rungvisai. Not bad.

    *Oops. My bad, I thought that was Rungvisai. Didn't read the title that said Nawaphon Kaikanha. Guess I'm a racist who can't tell Thai's apart. I was thinking this must be Rungvisai's last match. Now it makes sense that these guys are trading instead of SSR just straight crushing with his power.

    Just finished it. Pretty good. Entertaining throughout all five rounds. Wasn't even bothered by the Thai commentary. Pleasantly uplifted by the thai crowd, and surprised/delighted that neither man knew what a jab was.
     
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