There was no other choice I think
Meet the Fighter of the Year - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports
There was no other choice I think
Meet the Fighter of the Year - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports
The key is Self-discipline.
It is almost a no brainer,,,,Almost impossible to make a case for anyone else TBH...
He beats JMM in March for the WBC SFW title, Jumps up a division and KO's Diaz for the WBC LW title...then jumps up and destroys DLH.....
It would be a crime to give it to anyone else IMO
Hidden Content IN CASE THEY ALL FORGOT WHAT REAL HEAVYWEIGHT POWER WAS!!!
Good, he was, right decision. makes a change
HIs astonishing and convincing win over DLH sealed it.
Ikariam
...."duh"
Guys, can somebody make a list of fighters of the years for the last 10-15 years?
I dont keep track and it would be nice to look back at each year.
This is the Ring Magazines since 1928:
1928: Gene Tunney
1929: Tommy Loughran
1930: Max Schmeling
1931: Tommy Loughran (2)
1932: Jack Sharkey
1933: NO AWARD
1934: Tony Canzoneri / Barney Ross
1935: Barney Ross (2)
1936: Joe Louis
1937: Henry Armstrong
1938: Joe Louis (2)
1939: Joe Louis (3)
1940: Billy Conn
1941: Joe Louis (4)
1942: Sugar Ray Robinson
1943: Fred Apostoli
1944: Beau Jack
1945: Willie Pep
1946: Tony Zale
1947: Gus Lesnevich
1948: Ike Williams
1949: Ezzard Charles
1950s 1960s 1970s
1950: Ezzard Charles (2)
1951: Sugar Ray Robinson (2)
1952: Rocky Marciano
1953: Carl (Bobo) Olson
1954: Rocky Marciano (2)
1955: Rocky Marciano (3)
1956: Floyd Patterson
1957: Carmen Basilio
1958: Ingemar Johansson
1959: Ingemar Johansson (2)
1960: Floyd Patterson (2)
1961: Joe Brown
1962: Dick Tiger
1963: Cassius Clay
1964: Emile Griffith
1965: Dick Tiger (2)
1966: NO AWARD
1967: Joe Frazier
1968: Nino Benvenuti
1969: Jose Angel Napoles
1970: Joe Frazier (2)
1971: Joe Frazier (3)
1972: Muhammad Ali (2)/ Carlos Monzon
1973: George Foreman
1974: Muhammad Ali (3)
1975: Muhammad Ali (4)
1976: George Foreman (2)
1977: Carlos Zarate
1978: Muhammad Ali (5)
1979: Sugar Ray Leonard
1980s 1990s 2000s
1980: Thomas Hearns
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard (2)/ Salvador Sanchez
1982: Larry Holmes
1983: Marvin Hagler
1984: Thomas Hearns (2)
1985: Marvin Hagler (2)/ Donald Curry
1986: Mike Tyson
1987: Evander Holyfield
1988: Mike Tyson (2)
1989: Pernell Whitaker
1990: Julio Cesar Chavez
1991: James Toney
1992: Riddick Bowe
1993: Michael Carbajal
1994: Roy Jones Jr.
1995: Oscar De La Hoya
1996: Evander Holyfield (2)
1997: Evander Holyfield (3)
1998: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
1999: Paulie Ayala
2000: Felix Trinidad
2001: Bernard Hopkins
2002: Vernon Forrest
2003: James Toney (2)
2004: Glen Johnson
2005: Ricky Hatton
2006: Manny Pacquiao
2007: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)
What is astonishing is Roberto Duran was never fighter of the year?
What was he...fighter of the month?
Ali fighter of the year in 1978? WTF?
Congratulation for pacman on getting the award and also on his new arrival of his new born daughter!!
i see ali won ring magazine fighter 5 times, now thats pretty impressive
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