When was the last time boxing had a year like this?

Was worried that there wouldn't be enough people on and it would keep dropping out but in breaking news, Setanta have just announced that they've bought the fight.

 

dont forget hatton-castillo&johannsen-gomez

 

2008 is lining up to be pretty special as well.

 

In terms of great matchups being put together, revenue generated, lack of controversies and black eyes for the sport, and exciting fights, I'd say it's been the most consistently good year in a LONG time. You might have to go back to the 80s to find a year this solid. In the 80s there were tons of them.

 

:yep

i was just about to make a thread exactly like this

 

haye Mormeck will be on MSG.

 

we had some huge fights this year

de la hoya - mayweather
jmm - mab
mab - pacquaio
vasquez - marquez
cotto - judah
klitschko - brewster
hopkins - wright
margarito -williams
hatton - castillo
taylor - pavlik
calzaghe - kessler
diaz - diaz
diaz - morales

what else have i missed out?

 

Ibragimov-Holyfield was interesting, in that it was yet another sequel to Holyfield's "How to Sell Snow to an Eskimo" video series. I can't believe how many people (myself included) felt Holyfield had a chance.

 

Although this was a great year, there were still some fights that didn't happen that could of made this year even better.

Dawson-Diaconu
Peters-Maskaev

Those fights should of happened.

 

2003 was better imo, but 2007 is a close second :good

 

True, but neither was a fight I was particularly excited about, although Dawson is always a pleasure to watch and Maskaev-Peter had some potential. However, given a choice between these two fights and yet more of "stars" deciding that they don't need to fight each other ("Money... Risk... He's a bum... Waste of time... Now I'll face an outmatched opponent" etc. etc.) which plagued boxing in recent years.

The thing is, now elite boxers have worked out that it's worth taking on risky opponents for less than stellar purses, because they've seen what it can do for other elite boxers.

Note: I'm sure it's not a coincidence that the best year of boxing in ages has been the year in which Don King has had very little influence.