Did The Ring name the wrong Fighter of the Year in 2001?

I'd say Hopkins out of the two because of his owning of Tito. Close though.

 

How are either better than Whitaker's 1993?

 

damn it's tough for me to choose. Hopkin's win made him p4p number one, so from that standpoint, you can say him.
But Floyd also has 2 very solid wins over guys who would go on to win titles and his best win over Corrales.

 

Your answer is Mayweather, btw.

I got distracted by the since 1992. It makes no sense... Whitaker took out the Lineal WW Champ and P4P #4 McGirt and P4P #1 Chavez. The latter is obviously the best win out of any amongst the fighters and years brought up here while I'd say McGirt is certainly on the same level if not higher than 01 Corrales or MW Trinidad.

 

I think Mayweather edges it, but Johnson's 03 wasn't that good. Knockout over a shot Roy Jones and a gift against Tarver.

 

""Shot" Roy Jones? Maybe. But he had only just left unbeatable superhuman stature the fight before. "Gift against Tarver?" I disagree."

I disagree

 

Becoming undisputed is such a rarity in the sport that I think giving it to Hopkins is acceptable.

 

Trinidad sealed that for Bernard. Mayweather's opponents were not the caliber of Tito. Not close.

 

I was on ESB back then and remember that Tito was on fire and the Puerto Ricans were the equivalent of what the *******s are today. In all seriousness, Tito was a wrecking machine and is an ATG 147. Diego was a good win, Jesus Chavez and Carlos Hernandez were also good but that was it.

 

No. Trinidad was an undefeated champ. Jones had just been brutally knocked out and did virtually nothing good for the rest of his career. Johnson has no chance against a prime Jones.

And Johnson lost to Tarver the first time. I was there and nobody had it for Johnson. I watched it on TV later and came to the same conclusion. Johnson had a good year, but that's it. Nothing too special, just surprising considering who he was.

 

I agree. Tito was generally rated as the #1 or 2 P4P fighter in the world at that time. Corrales was considered dangerous, but wasn't as accomplished or highly rated as Tito. Hernandez was actually supposed to be an easy fight for Mayweather.