Fighter of the year 2021

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by TheVet, Nov 10, 2021.


Who is the fighter of the year

  1. Canelo

    48 vote(s)
    29.8%

  2. Josh Tayor

    6 vote(s)
    3.7%

  3. Fury

    6 vote(s)
    3.7%

  4. Usyk

    92 vote(s)
    57.1%

  5. Jake Paul

    7 vote(s)
    4.3%

  6. Other

    2 vote(s)
    1.2%
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  1. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Usyk by a wide margin. Moving up to HW and dominating a fighter who was considered one of the top two HWs, in Joshuas backyard, before 65k screaming drunk British fanboys and girls, was a massive achievement. The fact that Usyk won a decision was surprising, and the manner in which he did it shocking.
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    The best win at 168 of all of the SMW champions Clenelo has beaten to unify this moribund wasteland of a division is by far a past prime one-armed George Groves who was coming back from shoulder surgery and a terrible injury just seven months earlier and shouldn't have been in a ring that night. Allow that sink into your abode.

    BJS 2.0 looked like dog poop at 168 and his only wins at the weight are

    Janitor I aka Shefat Isufi - this is the bum he won the belt off and he was badly hurt by him too

    Janitor II aka Marcelo Esteban Coceres. BJS 2.0 went life and death against this farmer and most had him losing in the RBR prior to the championship rounds stoppage

    And a shot 38 y/o Martin Murray

    Caleb Plant's best wins are

    The bang average Uzecat who got his ass beat by Lionell Thompson later that same year, and a shot 38 y/o Caleb Truax :facepalm:

    And Smith who Clenelo won two of his 168 belts against after Clenelo's fairy godfather decided to gift his ginger goose with yet another freebie WBC belt clearly lost his previous fight to Juan Ryder and therefore should not have been a world champion at the time, let alone making a defence of Juan's belt and contesting the vacant WBC

    Clenelo fights on a deck so stacked in his favour everytime he steps foot in a ring you have to KO him twice to get a draw, whereas, conversely, with Usyk it's the complete antithesis of this and beating the much bigger, heavier, longer, stronger and more powerful three-belt unified king and then top 2 HW AJ in his backyard whose deck is almost as stacked as Clenelo's and who the vast majority picked to KO him where everything was stacked heavily against him easily craps all over Clenelo beating bum ass non-punchers Caleb Plant, Avni Yildirim or whatever his name is and a BJS 2.0 who looked like crap at 168 and Clenelo would still be unable to wobble the shot Angulo's of the world without his PEDs despite hitting him with everything bar the kitchen sink :facepalm:

    Usyk is clearly FOTY
     
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  3. Serge

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  4. IsaL

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    HW division is just as bad.

    You guys have been shitting on Wilder for years. Joshua got KO by a fighter who would be a LHW maybe even a SMW if he was fit.

    Fury's best win was an ancient Wlad.
     
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  5. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
     
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  6. Mitch87

    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Damaged goods? How? Aj venged his loss comfortably out boxing Ruiz and beat a top fighter who had one of best jabs in divison in Pulev. Not forgetting beating the likes of Wlad, Whyte and Parker, AJ clearly had the best resume in the divison at time time Usyk beat him.
     
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  7. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    He was the third best HW.
    Wlad was beyond shot.
    Ruiz didn't train for his fight with Ruiz and came in 15 lbs fatter.
    Whyte and Parker are average.

    After the Wlad fight Joshua was more hesitant to pull he trigger. After the Ruiz fight Joshua was mentally shot, and it showed against Usyk.
     
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  8. Drew101

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    Usyk has the best single win, but it's his only fight...and it was against the divisional number two, not number one.

    Canelo defeated two guys in the division's top five and achieved total unification. That tips things in his direction.
     
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  9. Mitch87

    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Third best behind when and considered by who? Ring? They are the ones that had Wilder 2nd despite not beating anyone of note his career (Whyte, Povetkin and Parker all had much more impressive resumes at the time). Whilst at the time after the first Wilder fight, Fury had only beaten people considered outside the top 40 on boxrec since 2015.

    AJ cleay had the best resume at the time.
     
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  10. Drew101

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    In all honesty, I'm not even certain if you could say Usyk could be rated than higher than Taylor based on their respective wins. Taylor went into what was essentially enemy territory and defeated his primary rival in the division in a fashion that was probably just as impressive as Usyk's performance. Probably would say Taylor has the best single win, but Canelo's two solid to very good wins still give him the edge, imo.
     
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  11. FrankinDallas

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    I am SHOCKED that you have the sole vote for Fury. Absolutely SHOCKED.
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  12. kiwi_boxer

    kiwi_boxer nighty night, ellerbe ☠ ☠ ☠ banned Full Member

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    “Let’s talk about some facts” then proceeds to lie.

    Come to New Zealand or Australia and ask general boxing followers about Canelo and Joshua. EVERYONE knows who Joshua is. Only boxing fans know who Canelo is. Joshua is a boxing superstar, whether you like it or not.

    Just because Canelo is well known in America doesn’t mean he is across the globe - because he’s not. Not to the extent you believe, anyway.

    Typical methodology from a patriotic American. No other country would host a ‘world series’ which only consists of American teams…
     
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  13. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Usyk literally won 3 heavyweight belts when he beat Joshua this year…
     
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  14. Drew101

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    But, not the fourth, so Canelo has complete unification over him. So, does Taylor, for that matter.
     
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  15. ElCyclon

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    This is where you separate the real boxing fans from the haters/groupies.

    On math alone Canelo's accomplishments this year trump Usyk's.
     
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