Best and worst of 2008

very solid list

 

nice list

 

Bute doesn't have a glass jaw.

 

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:
MANNY PACQUIAO

FIGHT OF THE YEAR:
VASQUEZ VS. MARQUEZ 3

ROUND OF THE YEAR:
HOLT VS. TORRES 2 round 1

KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR:
MATTHEWS-LINDSAY

UPSET OF THE YEAR:
DARCHINYAN-MIJARES

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR:
VITALI KLITSCHKO

 

i agree with most of it well compiled list

 

Fighter of the year: Vic Darchinyan - controversial draw vs. Z Gorrez, KO5 Dimitri Kirilov KO9 Cristian Mijares, WBC, WBA, IBF SFlyW titles (honourable mention: Manny Pacquiao, Antonio Margarito)

Fight of the year: Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez III (honourable mention: Mtagwa-Villa)

Round of the year: Vazquez-Marquez III R4 (honourable mention: Ricardo Torres-Kendall Holt II R1)

Knockout of the year: Yuriorkis Gamboa KO1 Al Seeger (Honourable mention: Sebastian Sylvester KO12 Javier Castillejo)

Performance of the year: Benard Hopkins UD12 Kelly Pavlik (honourable mention: Vic Darchinyan KO9 Cristian Mijares)

Comeback of the year: Vic Darchinyan (honourable mention: Vitali Klitschko)

Upset of the year: Nate Campbell UD12 Juan Diaz (honourable mention: Breidis Prescott KO1 Amir Khan)

Prospect of the year: Beibut Shumenov (honourable mention: Yuriorkis Gamboa)

Best new champ: Juan Manuel Lopez (honourable mention: Roman Gonzalez)

Most memorable moment (not fight action related): Vitali Klitschko's ring entrance (honourable mention: the Paulie Malignaggi haircut)

Worst scandal of the year: Nicolay Valuev UD12 Evander Holyfield (honourable mention: Ahmet Öner in Spain)

Worst fight of the year: Valuev MD12 Holyfield (honourable mention: Zsolt Erdei UD12 DeAndrey Abron)

Worst fighter of the year: Nicolay Valuev (honourable mention: Paulie Malignaggi)

Deserved better: Glen Johnson L12 Chad Dawson (honourable mention: Juan Manuel Marquez L12 Manny Pacquiao)

Deserved worse: Nicolay Valuev (honourable mention: James Toney)

Trainer of the year: Enzo Calzaghe (honourable mention: Floyd Mayweather Sr.)

Trainer should go: Jack Loew (honourable mention: Buddy McGirt in ANY corner)

Fans in Heaven: Manny Pacquiao (honourable mention: Antonio Margarito)

Fans in Hell: Kelly Pavlik (honourable mention: Cristian Mijares)

 

Bute dont have a glass jaw you dumb ****.

 

good list but paulie is not overrated...he has 2 losses to top level fighters,,,and how is BUTE a glass jaw he got up in that fight and it was 12thrd of a tuf fight...he is hardly the glass jaw of the year

 

Fighter of the Year
Manny Pacquiao

Fight of the Year
Margarito vs Cotto

Round of the Year
Holt vs Torres II

Knockout of the Year
Urango vs Vilches

Upset Of The Year
Manny Pacquiao vs De La Hoya

Comeback of the Year
Vitali Klitschko

Robbery Of The Year
Valuev vs Holyfield

Worst Fight of the Year
Ibragimov vs Klitschko

Prospect to Contender
Daniel Jacobs

Exposed Prospect
Amir Khan

Shock of The Year
Manny Pacquiao stopping De La Hoya

I told you so of the Year
Hopkins would school Pavlik

Hello!
Juan Manuel Lopez

Good bye
Oscar De La Hoya

Best Division of the Year
Lightweight

Worst Division of the Year
Heavyweight

Underrated
Bernard Hopkins.

Overrated
Kelly Pavlik "Where did he come from?"
Bredis Prescott

"Where did he go?"
Mikkel Kessler

Bloody Mug of the Year
Miguel Cotto

Chin of the Year
Antonio Margarito
Glass Jaw of the Year
Amir Khan

Best News of the Year
Margarito vs Cotto getting signed

Worst News
Riddick Bowe making a comeback

Best Jab
Wladimir Klitschko

Best Cross
Manny Pacquiao

Best Hook
Juan Manuel Lopez

Best Uppercut
Antonio Margarito

PPV Rip off of the Year
Valuev vs Holyfield

This should have been on PPV
Vasquez vs Marquez III

**** or get off the Pot?
Yori Foreman

DREAM FIGHTS FOR 2009

Darchinyan vs Arce
Marquez vs Pacquiao III
Margarito vs Williams II
Margarito vs Cotto II
Klitschko vs Haye
Taylor vs Kessler
Mijares vs Darchinyan II
JuanMa Lopez vs Vasquez
Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton

 

good list :good

 

Fighter of the year:
Manny pacquiao

fight of the year:
Margarito vs cotto

knockout of the year:
Prescott ko1 khan

upset of the year:
Prescott vs khan (90-1 for 1st rd ko)

comeback of the year:
Vitali klitschko

robbery of the year:
Valuev w12 holyfield

worst fight of the year:
Harrison vs rogan

exposed prospect:
Amir khan

shock of the year:
Mayweather still retired

"i told you so" of the year:
Hopkins dominating pavlik

hello:
David haye

good bye:
Oscar de la hoya

worst news:
Fraudley still thinks he can do it


p.p.v rip off of the year:
Valuev vs. Holyfield

**** or get off the pot:
Fraudley harrison

 

for me the fact that mario santiago wasnt giving an automatic rematch with steven luevano was one of the biggest dissapointments of the year