Should Ward be awarded Fighter of the Year?

You're kidding, right? Giving this award for the Solis fight... :admin

 

Initially, you think "No, let's not get carried away." But then, when you think about it, it's very very tough to name a fighter who's done more this year. When you take into account quality of opposition, but more importantly how dominant those wins were, he has a very strong case.

I would like to say Marquez aswell, but that runs the risk of starting a ******* moan-fest.

 

Before the super six. Abraham was looked at as almost unbeatable and Kessler was a favorite to win it. People love to throw the "exposed" and "old" excuses around but fighters get beat when they fight the best. Who do you think should get FOTY? 9 times out of 10, they HAVEN'T fought the best in their division for the last five fights.

 

But Fighter of the year does and is based off of wins, and who they beat, not exiting style. That's why Gatti or Corrales never got fighter of the year but Floyd and Whitaker have.

 

Yes

 

Should be Brian Viloria

He won two very significant fights that he was a huge underdog in both.

 

Fighter of the Year should go to the fighter who accomplishes the most and the most impressively in any given calendar year. In that case, I think Ward is deserving of the title, though I can see a case for Donaire as well based on some arguments on this thread

Fight of the Year goes to the best fight, which is almost NEVER one-sided. They're usually competitive, entertaining affairs.

In some respects, the best fighters are rarely in fights of the year because they're so much better than their opponent that the fights aren't competitive enough to make them candidates.

So it's not a valid comparison that you're making, IMO.

 

u really know nothing about boxing-wowatsch

 

Marquez deserves it the most. :good

 

i think YES because he fought with the best from his division , well ..... almost all ( Bute & Dirrel, missing fights ) , but yes, he deserves to be called "Fighter of the year".

 

no mayweather...? :shock:

 

People underrate Narvaez so much it's disgusting.

To think that Wards' 10-2/9-3 type decision over Abraham is held in higher regard than Donaires' 12-0/11-1 type decision over Narvaez disgusts me.


Looking over this thread, neutrally I'd say there are tiers and the tiers go:

-Ward and Donaire

-JMM

-Viloria, Salido, Rios, and H. Marquez


It seems like a lot of people are giving the award to Ward for a "lifetime achievement" reasoning. What he did to Kessler, Green, and Bika holds no significance to the 2011 calendar year.

To the poster who disregarded Donaire due to inactivity and chose Ward, I'd love for you to answer this one question:
Did Ward fight more times in 2011 than Donaire?
A: No. They both fought twice.