Most Impressive Win of the Year 2013

Johnny Gonzalez KO Abner Mares warrants mention.

I voted for Rigo, though.

 

The question should be what was the second most impressive win of 2013.

 

Rigo over Donaire for sure...

Next up:
Mayweather/Alvarez
Garcia/Matthysse
Bradley/JMM

Stevenson TKO1 Dawson was good but a clear notch below these, in my opinion. Maidana/Broner is not on the level of these above wins at all.

 

You need to remake this.

Pablo Munguia UD10 Samuel Vargas definitely belongs on the poll.

It was a very late candidate, literally within ten days of the year's end, and most probably didn't see it - but when you factor in all the circumstances it was a massive result for Munguia. A journeyman on the Mexican domestic scene, he fought well above his perceived level and beat the living tar out of Vargas, a young undefeated prospect once hailed as maybe the pound-for-pound best of the upcoming crop in Canada (including fellow Colombian-born Canadian-based Eleider Alvarez). Munguia bossed every round and was on the cusp of knocking Vargas clean out from the opening bell until the last.


The gap between Munguia's class and Vargas' was far wider than between any pair included in the poll. Those were all examples of a world class guy beating another world class guy, hardly a massive gulf separating them. This was a humongous upset, and it was a punch-perfect ass-kicking that wasn't even remotely close. Vargas got taken out behind the woodshed.

 

You must be boxings biggest fan IB.

 

That was your thread too, right? Both great threads. I said in the other one that I thought that Rigo would never win fighter of the year because voters want their guy to have star power, and Rigo has very little compared to the other names. I still believe that.

 

Mundine delivering a beat down on Mosley and being the only man to stop him warrants a mention.

 

It really doesn't.

 

Thus far yes somebody has.

I hope someone uploads it. Everybody needs to see it.

 

Off the provided list, Rigondeaux.

...but let's remember that plenty of people were skeptical of Donaire over the years (some going as far as calling him a B-grade counter-puncher and one-hit wonder feasting after Darchinyan I on nothing but older and smaller men...which is harsh, I feel, but closer to reality than his fans placing him as high as #3 or even #2 p4p at his peak), that Rigondeaux was highly touted by insiders from long before his pro debut, and that it was hardly a Tyson vs. Douglas type of upset.