so who's 2013's fighter of the year?

^^Against scrizzubs.

 

i seriously think stevenson will win KO of the year...add that to all he has accomplished this year and i think he gets fighter of the year......but only if the fight this saturday against bellew is a spectacular KO win...

on the other hand if he does not KO bellew in a very "highlight reel" way, then i think he may not get this award

 

Floyd will win based on popularity but I think Danny Garcia deserves it most. Nobody including myself gave him a chance against Mattyse. Floyd's win over Canelo was very impressive but he was still favored over Alvarez when they fought. GGG and Stevenson deserve consideration as does Rigondeauiox but Garcia just keeps racking up wins over guys that are supposed to beat him. I will never bet against Garcia again against anyone not named Mayweather....or Thurman.

 

Bradley definitely proved a lot this year, and the Ruslan win is a lot bigger in retrospect after the Alvarado fight. No question. But Provodnikov was not a top weletweight. He was a 140 lber and wasn't even top 5 there (although he is now). JMM is an ATG but realistically he's over 40 and at the end of his rope. The only reason he can still hang with Pacquiao is because Pac's aggression plays well with this counterpunching style. Any quick boxer with a jab and good movement can probably beat him at this point.

Compare that to Stevenson. Stevenson avenged his only loss via KO. Then annihilated the lineal champ of the division in 1 round. Then dominated a very solid top 5 fighter in Cloud en route to mid-rounds stoppage. And barring upset, will probably stop another solid top 10 guy in Bellew.

That's the equivalent of Bradley walking threw Mayweather or Pacquiao in a round, then stopping a fighter like JMM or Alexander in dominating fashion, then finishing by beating a guy like Malignaggi. That's a spectacular year.

Bradley has come along way this year, and deserves mention, but Stevenson has gone from upcoming contender at 168 to undisputed king of 175 in 12 months. If he beats Bellew, he takes it.

 

Manny Pacquiao, his performance against Rios was almost perfect.

 

:think :huh atsch

 

Bradley or Garcia. Stevenson perhaps.

 

Tim Bradley or Danny Garcia, Bradley most likely wins it.

 

I pick GGG based on activity 4-0 (KO 4) in title defenses

If its easy, then I want to see it more often

Like Bernard Hopkins says, those unknown Contenders are the ones who get you. Some guys toke the advise & chose to avoid them all together :deal

 

Rigondeaux, IMO. Great performance against a top 5 p4p fighter to unify titles in his 12th pro fight.
Go ahead and pencil me in for George Groves KD Of The Year vs Carl Froch.

 

GGG had a good year, but against subpar competition.

 

End of doscussion... Floyd.

 

Floyd mayweather,Stevenson, Danny Garcia, and ggg are my top choices. Comeback fighter of the year should be Ruslan provadicov. He lost to Bradley and came back strong against Alvarado and became a champ

 

because Floyd won the ring title in different divisions this year.

Bradley had a good year, but the Povo fight was too shaky for my liking

why the **** would GGG get it with his weakass resume this year. If you want to give it to somebody for having 4 KO's, give it to Kovalev or Stevenson if they both win this weekend. They would have both done the same thing against real competition

 

If Stevenson wins by KO this weekend or dishes out a beating I think he definitely deserves to win this.

Otherwise my next choices in order would be:

Rigo (he'll beat Agbeko easy)
Bradley
Garcia
Kovalev (assuming he takes care of the tricky Silakh)