Fighters of the year for the past decade

2011: Donaire (so far)
2010: Martinez
2009: Pacquiao
2008: Pacquiao or Darchinyan. I had Marquez winning by a point against Manny, so he's a contender too (also beat Casamayor for the Ring LW title). Pacquiao moved up and dominated Diaz and DLH.
2007: Pavlik
2006: I don't know. I have a tough time giving it to Pacquiao given that all his fights came against guys coming off of defeats, including Larios who went up 2 divisions. On the other hand, it wasn't a strong year for other candidates. Wlad? Floyd?
2005: Hatton. Not too educated on Lorenzo Parra's fights, but I know he had a hell of a year too.
2004: Not sure, maybe Tarver or Barrera. Just like for 2008, It's kind of tough when you take into account official winners and your personal scorecards on close fights. I had Tarver beating Johnson 115-113.
2003: Pacquiao
2002: Forrest
2001: B-Hop

 

2011: bhop so far
2010: martinez
2009: pacman
2008: pacman*
2007: Mayweather
2006: Pacman
2005: Hatton
2004: Barrera
2003: Pacman*
2002: Forrest
2001:Hopkins

Pacquiao definitely deserved 2008, jumping from 130-135-147 in one year, winning one lineal championship, 2 alphabet belts, then jumping up 2 divisions to defy the odds and retire Oscar.
2003, im being biased could also have went to toney

 

fixed it.

 

04- Johnson
05- Tarver or Hatton
06- Mayweather
07- Mayweather
08- Pacquiao
09- Pacquiao
10- Martinez

I think Tarvers' W Johnson II and W Jones Jr. III in 2005 is def no worse than Hatton's year (he won The Ring FOTY).

2006 is a very tough one. I do think Pacquiao got a gift of an award for this one (before you quote me and start a firestorm, I give him 08 and 09 so no hatred here...)

2004, 2007, 2008, and 2010 are the easiest to pick. Bolded because an argument for anyone else is... difficult to make.

 

2011 to this point- Donaire

Question, how could you say Hopkins? Is a close UD over Pascal better than an early KO of Montiel?

 

lol you gave 06 to Floyd... comon dawg.

y u mad?

 

yup donaire looks unbeatable.
2011 was donaires year.

 

I don't know but I know what the future holds
2012 - Broner
2013 - Broner
2014 - Broner
2015 - Broner
2016 - Some other guy cuz Broner stars in a feature length film.
2017 - Broner
2018 - Broner
2019 - Broner
2020 - President?

 

2011 - Brandon Rios

 

2001: Bernard Hopkins
2002: Vernon Forrest
2003: Manny Pacquiao
2004: Marco Antonio Barrera
2005: Ricky Hatton
2006: Manny Pacquiao
2007: Floyd Mayweather Jr
2008: Manny Pacquiao
2009: Manny Pacquiao
2010: Sergio Martinez
2011: Nonito Donaire

Hopkins can grab the 2011 spot if he beats Chad Dawson impressively, which would be amazing considering he won the FOTY award 10 years ago at the age of 36.

 

Well heres the list from Ring Mag

2000s

2000 – Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad
2001 – United States Bernard Hopkins
2002 – United States Vernon Forrest
2003 – United States James Toney (2)
2004 – Jamaica Glen Johnson
2005 – United Kingdom Ricky Hatton
2006 – Philippines Manny Pacquiao
2007 – United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)
2008 – Philippines Manny Pacquiao (2)
2009 – Philippines Manny Pacquiao (3)

2010s

2010 – Argentina Sergio Martínez

 

I don't think beating Pascal is more impressive than Montiel, so I guess Donaire would be favored at this point. However, I think Pascal-Dawson would be a more impressive pair of victories than Montiel-Naravez. Even if Donaire manages to get in one more fight at 122 before the end of the year, I think it would still be difficult to put him ahead of Hopkins assuming both win out.

 

:rofl, for what, entertainment alone?