2014 Individual Performance of the Year

I just watched it on ondemand the other day and found it more impressive the 3rd time I watched it than the first 2, my sister was in the hospital when I saw it initially and I wasn't mentally focused as I should be.
My reasoning is Bundu wasn't necessarily pouring on the pressure against Thurman, whereas Porter while not as skilled as Bundu was literally a bull in a china shop against Brook and the fact that he played matador against him as well as he did and slipped as many punches at close range, I find it too be a more impressive performance. Porter fought a stupid fight but it was a very physically demanding one, the amount of wrestling and rabbit punches happening, yet Brook kept his composure the entire time and managed to tame Shawn better than anyone before and hurt him a few times as well. So by a smidge I think it was the better overall performance.

Thurman did a great job but Bundu didn't push the pace nearly as much as Porter did. Brook had far more physicality to deal with than Keith and handled it very well.

 

The perception people have is Keith is a KO artist but in reality, Thurman is a counter puncher as well.
He fought that way against Soto Karass, he fought that way going all the way back to the Hoskins and Lora fights when I first saw him. He just happens to have far more pop than you're average counter puncher and that makes most fans who are constantly anticipating the KO not notice the route he takes to deliver the KO with.

So as good as Bundu is his best win was against Gavin, which Bradley Skeete made look less impressive, because Bradley beat him by a slightly larger margin IMO, even though he got robbed.

And with public perception taken into account Porter has wins over Diazx2:blood Alexander and Paulie which carries far more weight with the public than Gavin and Purdy who of all people Alexander made quit in one of Devon's best performances. Also the perception of Porter being the next big thing(even though I knew he wasn't) and how easily he bossed Devon who is a counter puncher as well, yet Porter was constantly able to land the cleaner more effective shots against Devon, Porter was made to look that bad because Kell neutralized and discombobulated him and completely overwhelmed him and throwing him off his game the same way he did Devon. So personally I think its the better win...by a slight margin, and far more enjoyable to watch.

 

Even though I'm not as thrilled with that performance as you are, I think it deserves more credit than Walters Donaire, Donaire has been shot since Rigo, he wasn't lookin' to hot against Mathebula or Vasquez either and Walters size was just too much for him, I won't be truly impressed with Walters until he fights someone his own size and not a blown up midget Bantamweight like Nonito and a wartorn Vic.

And in many ways it was a better performance than Crawford Gamboa, Gamboa won a few of the early rounds and if he'd have kept him cool and not gone all out and lost his **** after Terence had adjusted to him, and not given Crawford countless chances to counter and knock him out, Gamboa may have been able to go the distance, Gamboa aided Crawford immensely in his complete performance, like you said about Porter and Brook.