Fighter of the Year 2019.

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  1. Pakkuman

    Pakkuman I'm not hot. I'm just BIG. banned Full Member

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    Crawford was being unboxed and hurt and dropped by a low ranking unknown in EK. No guarantee that Crawford beats Thurman.

    Thurman is light on his feet and can move and box. Thurman's only been outboxed by Pac.
     
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  2. cslb

    cslb Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thurman has to struggle to get a majority decision over Lopez and it remains to be seen whether he ever boxes again. I picked Pac to ko Thurman because Thurman has obviously lost his hunger for the sport. Like a lot of names on Pac’s resume, it looks good on paper but when you put some context to it, it doesn’t mean so much.
     
  3. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    All 4 of those guys had had great years.

    It's difficult to choose between them.

    Taylor fought and beat a very good fighter, the best possible opponent in his division. But so did Beterbiev, and he stopped that fighter.
     
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  4. Pakkuman

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    Uh... Thurman schooled Lopez for 9-10 rounds. He lost the round he got caught in and maybe the round after. You speak of hunger, but don't take into account that Pac's been a full time politician since 2010. What about distractions? Most fighters don't even have a second job.

    Context, right?
     
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  5. Sugar 88

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    Inoue has no asterisks
     
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  6. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Crawford is the realness. Avoided?

    But he hasn't fought the likes of a Thurman, Spence and Porter. 2020 is his year I feel. So better luck next year.He is already 32. The old kid better get a wriggle along because the ship is sailing fast.
     
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  7. PIPO23

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    2020 for this kid as well. 2019 was his coming out party. Maybe he can move on up in weight and test his mettle up there.
     
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  8. LitoCandela

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    Pacman or Canelo will win
     
  9. Pakkuman

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    That's the thing — Crawford is still in the eye test phase. His resume sucks balls. He needs a Porter or Danny or Thurman on his resume.
     
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  10. 22JM

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    Canelo no question.
     
  11. PIPO23

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    Yes. That would be correct his best win would be " Neho" man. NEHO, NEHO! the man that beat Magdaleno that is correct. Then you get the 2019 star poster of the year.
     
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  12. Drew101

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    5th choice. Pacquiao defeated an unranked Adrien Broner, who was winless in his last two fights (arguably winless in his last three). He followed up with a nice win over Thurman...But Keith had been largely inactive over the last couple of years and had struggled badly at points in his last fight.

    4th choice. Spence, defeated the lighter but p4p caliber and undefeated Mickey Garcia, then defeated a dangerous Shawn Porter to partially unify.

    3rd choice (tie). Inoue walked an undefeated E-Rod in 2 and then defeated an aging but still dangerous Donaire to achieve partial unification and win the WBSS.

    3rd choice (tie). Taylor won the WBSS achieved partial unification and defeated two undefeated titleholders.

    1st choice. Canelo partially unified against a well regarded Jacobs, then jumped two weight classes to defeat a past prime but somewhat resurgent Kovalev to bad a title at LH. That's probably enough to seal the deal.
     
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  13. Echo Falls

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    Josh Taylor has the best 2 wins imo - against 2 undefeated, in their prime, reigning champs in Prograis and Baranchyk.
     
  14. Echo Falls

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    @mark ant beating Gzozdyk is obviously an excellent win for Beterbiev. (Don't try and downplay it afterwards)
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Beterbiev doesn`t set up his punches swell at all.