Saddo Boxing Awards 2013

THE 2013 SADDO BOXING AWARDS FROM MACAU, CHINA

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Ok guys it's that time of year again so I thought I'd pick up the baton and make this thread as everyone knows that the opinions of the posters here at Saddo are more important than any other award that any boxing publication could doll out. In other words, what we say is the truth. I've kept it the same as in previous years as hosted by @CutMeMick. So, please start casting your votes for the following categories:

1. Fighter of the year
2. Fight of the year
3. Round of the year
4. Knockout of the year
5. Upset of the year
6. Comeback fighter of the year (This means a fighter who cameback from having previous bad years, not being behind in a fight)
7. Event of the year (As in either a PPV Event or an event that had an adverse effect on the sport)
8. Worst fight of the year
9. Prospect of the year
10. Robbery of the year

If there are any you're unsure of, just leave them blank and edit your post at a later date. I won't be counting up the final tally until the end of the year. If a Mod can make this a sticky that'd be much appreciated.

1. Fighter of the year Adonis Superman Stevenson

My Picks:

1. Fighter of the year

Guillermo Rigondeux. For me knocking Donaire off his perch and making a fighter like Agbeko look so awful justify this guy's vote. He may bore some but he's a special fighter and considering how easily he has transitioned into a pro fighter I think you have to give him credit.

2. Fight of the year

Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado II

3. Round of the year

Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov Round 12

4. Knockout of the year


Sergei Kovalev KO2 Sillakh was pretty brutal. Special Mention for Stephen Smith's KO of Gary Buckland though.

5. Upset of the year

Jhonny Gonzalez KO1 Abener Mares. Didn't see that one coming.

6. Comeback fighter of the year

Kiko Martinez. Got stopped by Frampton and then shocks everyone by going on to win a World Title.


7. Event of the year

Froch-Groves for me. It's the most pumped I've been for a fight all year. Sky rammed it down our throats and to be fair to them, it lived up to the billing. Just a shame Foster ruined it.

8. Worst fight of the year

Dereck Chisora-Hector Avila. Just awful.

9. Prospect of the year

Vasyl Lomachenko. He's only had 1 pro fight and is fighting for a title next year. Doesn't get much better than that.

10. Robbery of the year

Close call this year as I've seen some awful bullshit but I'm going to have to go with Burns-Beltran ahead of Chavez-Vera & Froch-Groves. With Froch & Groves, the fans were robbed of a definative ending but there is no way of knowing for sure how that was going to turn out, and Vera should have seen that Robbery coming, it's his own fault for trying to win. I'd like to think that in the UK we'd have a little more integrity than what happened to Beltran who clearly beat Ricky Burns on all fronts. Poor showing.

1. Fighter of the year
Sergey Kovalev. Easily dismantled 4 solid opponents.

2. Fight of the year
Figueroa vs Arakawa. This is the best fight of the year hands down. This is the best fight I've ever seen other than Corrales vs Castillo.

3. Round of the year
Bradley vs Provodnikov round 12

4. Knockout of the year
Matthysse KO Peterson

5. Upset of the year
Gonzales KO1 Mares

6. Comeback fighter of the year
Jhonny Gonzales

7. Event of the year
Mayweather/Canelo Tour and PPV

8. Worst fight of the year
W. Klitschko vs. Povetkin

9. Prospect of the year
Lomachenko

10. Robbery of the year
Chavez Jr. vs. Vera

1. Fighter of the year

George Groves

2. Fight of the year

George Groves vs. Carl Froch

3. Round of the year

ROUND 1 - George Groves vs. Carl Froch


4. Knockout of the year




5. Upset of the year

George Groves vs. Carl Froch

6. Comeback fighter of the year


7. Event of the year

George Groves vs. Carl Froch

8. Worst fight of the year



9. Prospect of the year

George Groves

10. Robbery of the year

George Groves vs. Carl Froch


;D

Actually I may have to rethink this.:bounce:

Fighter of the year Lolenga mock.

1. Fighter of the year - Adonis Stevenson
2. Fight of the year - Denis Lebedev v Guillermo Jones
3. Round of the year - Froch v Groves Rd1
4. Knockout of the year - GGG v Macklin
5. Upset of the year - Gonzalez beating Mares
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Felix Sturm, after bad results agaisnt Geale and Solimon, looked better then ever against Barker. If Karass beats Thurman at the weekend I swap to him
7. Event of the year - Berto v Soto Karass card. Most enjoyable boxing event I seen this year
8. Worst fight of the year - Wlad v Povetkin
9. Prospect of the year - (never sure how to define a prospect) Ive been very impressed with Ogogo and think he has a big future
10. Robbery of the year - Burns draw with Beltran

Fighter of the year. Bradley.
FOTY. Segura-Marquez.
Will fill in the rest later.

KO of the year. Matthysse KO the guy he fought before Peterson. Dallas?


1. Fighter of the year
2. Fight of the year
3. Round of the year Bradley Provodnikov round 12.
4. Knockout of the year
5. Upset of the year Gonzalez KO1 Mares.
6. Comeback fighter of the year (This means a fighter who cameback from having previous bad years, not being behind in a fight) Jhonny Gonzalez.
7. Event of the year (As in either a PPV Event or an event that had an adverse effect on the sport) Floyd Canelo.
8. Worst fight of the year Klitschko Junior Povetkin.
9. Prospect of the year Lomachenko.
10. Robbery of the year Burns Beltran.

@bzkfn good stuff fella... It's great to see someone keepin the tradition going.

1. Floyd
2. Bradley-Provo
3. Bradley-Provo rd. 12
4. Stevenson over BCD
5. Maidana over Broner
6. Jhonny Gonzalez
7. Floyd-Canelo PP
8. Klitschko-Povetkin
9. Oscar Valdez
10. Burns-Beltran

Will comeback to it...

[QUOTE=CutMeMick;1210110]@bzkfn good stuff fella... It's great to see someone keepin the tradition going.

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2. Bradley-Provo
3. Bradley-Provo rd. 12
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7. Floyd-


10. Burns-Beltran
Do you think Mock is fighter of the year also?

I think that saddo Boxing Awards is very exciting.

1. Fighter of the year - Adonis Stevenson
2. Fight of the year - Bradley vs Provodnikov
3. Round of the year - Bradley vs Provodnikov Rd 12
4. Knockout of the year - Adonis Stevenson vs Darnell Boone
5. Upset of the year - Marcos Maidana vs Adrien Broner
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Ruslan Provodnikov. Loses to Bradley at the beginning of the year to comeback and win a title at the end of the year.
7. Event of the year - 2013 the year of the SD/MD that shouldn't have been (Mayweather vs Canelo, Bradley vs Marquez, Beltran vs Burns, Cano vs Theophane...)
8. Worst fight of the year - Klitschko vs Povetkin
9. Prospect of the year - Keith Thurman
10. Robbery of the year - Julio Cesar Chaves Jr vs Bryan Vera

Special Award of the Year - Best Mouthpiece Knockout of the Year - Lucas Matthysse vs Danny Garcia
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1. Fighter of the year - Mikey Garcia
2. Fight of the year - Giovani Segura vs Hernan Marquez
3. Round of the year - John Molina vs. Mickey Bey RD 10
4. Knockout of the year - Luis Concepcion KO 10 Carlos Ruiz
5. Upset of the year - Adonis Stevenson KO 1 Chad Dawson
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Felix Sturm
7. Event of the year - Floyd Mayweather-Saul Alvarez
8. Worst fight of the year - Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Joseph Agbeko (saw one round and didn't miss anything worthwhile)
9. Prospect of the year - Jessie Magdaleno
10. Robbery of the year - Roman Martinez-Juan Carlos Burgos & Roman Martinez-Diego Magdaleno

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

1. Fighter of the year - Mikey Garcia
2. Fight of the year - Giovani Segura vs Hernan Marquez
3. Round of the year - John Molina vs. Mickey Bey RD 10
4. Knockout of the year - Luis Concepcion KO 10 Carlos Ruiz
5. Upset of the year - Adonis Stevenson KO 1 Chad Dawson
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Felix Sturm
7. Event of the year - Floyd Mayweather-Saul Alvarez
8. Worst fight of the year - Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Joseph Agbeko (saw one round and didn't miss anything worthwhile)
9. Prospect of the year - Jessie Magdaleno
10. Robbery of the year - Roman Martinez-Juan Carlos Burgos & Roman Martinez-Diego Magdaleno

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1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Bradley- Provodnikov
3. Bradley-Provodnikov rd 12
4. Stevenson-Dawson
5. Maidana-Broner
6. Maidana
7. PBF-Canelo / Froch-Groves
8. Klitscko-Povetkin
9. Callum Smith
10. Froch-Groves / Burns-Beltran

1. Fighter of the year -- Adonis Stevenson
2. Fight of the year -- Provodnikov vs Bradley
3. Round of the year -- Provodnikov vs Bradley rd 12
4. Knockout of the year -- Stevenson vs Dawson
5. Upset of the year -- Mares vs Gonzalez
6. Comeback fighter -- Simpiwe Vetyeka ( ko'd Yordan and John after losing against a no name last year)
7. Event of the year -- Mayweather vs Canelo
8. Worst fight of the year -- Rigo vs Agbeko ( terrible fight although I'm a big Rigo fan + this was Agbeko's fight)
9. Prospect of the year -- Lomachenko
10. Robbery of the year -- Orucuta vs Narvaez ( not many watched it, but terrible decision )

1. Fighter of the year
Gennady Golovkin
2. Fight of the year
Froch vs. Groves (GB) , Maidana vs. Broner (US)
3. Round of the year
Kirkland Vs. Tapia 3
4. Knockout of the year
Kovalev vs Sillakh, Matthyse vs Mike Dallas
5. Upset of the year
Price vs Thompson 1&2
6. Comeback fighter of the year (This means a fighter who cameback from having previous bad years, not being behind in a fight)
Maidana
7. Event of the year (As in either a PPV Event or an event that had an adverse effect on the sport)
Mayweather vs. Canelo (US), Froch Vs Groves (GB)
8. Worst fight of the year
It wasn't the worse fight of the year but I didn't like Klitschko vs Povetkin and all that wrestling.
Rigondeaux vs. Agbeko (great technician but... yawn... sorry..)
9. Prospect of the year
Keith "One Time" Thurman (US), Sergey Kovalev (potential superstar?) (Rus), Anthony Joshua (GB) (future superstar?), Next years stars: Kell Brook!, Carl Frampton
10. Robbery of the year
Martinez vs. Murray

1. Fighter of the year - Adonis Stevenson
2. Fight of the year - Floyd v Saul
3. Round of the year - Froch v Groves round 6
4. Knockout of the year - Mattysse Ko Peterson
5. Upset of the year - Gonzales v Mares
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Maidana
7. Event of the year Donaire v Rigo
8. Worst fight of the year - Klitschko vs Povetkin
9. Prospect of the year Anthony Joshua
10. Robbery of the year Junior vs. vera

Can't believe I'm posting again! For the end of the year awards, I'm in.

1. Fighter of the year - Tim Bradley
2. Fight of the year - Bradley vs Provodnikov
3. Round of the year - Bradley vs Provodnikov Round 12
4. Knockout of the year - Stevenson KO Dawson
5. Upset of the year - Maidana UD Broner
6. Comeback fighter of the year - TBD
7. Event of the year - Mayweather vs Alvarez
8. Worst fight of the year - Rigo vs Agbeko
9. Prospect of the year - TBD
10. Robbery of the year - Chavez Jr. over Vera

Fighter of the year - Adonis Stevenson

He didn't just Koed all his four opponents :
- Adonis Stevenson vs. Darnell Boone - KO 6
- Adonis Stevenson vs. Chad Dawson - KO 1
- Adonis Stevenson vs. Tavoris Cloud - TKO 7
- Adonis Stevenson vs. Tony Bellew - TKO 6
but he won every round of these fights !!!

@Greenbeanz, @CutMeMick & @Kirkland Laing if you fill in your choices I'll hand out the oh so prestigious awards.

I finished my list... :p

Me too.

Welcome to the Saddo Boxing Awards 2013!!!

Every year we hold these ever so prestigious awards in a nice, exotic location. This year, we were due to hold the awards in Macau, China. However, due to unforeseen circumstances ( @Saddo being too cheap to put his hand in his pocket and pay for it), we've had to switch location to:

A grotty coucil estate in Peckham, England


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Now it's time for the results. First up:

1. Fighter of The Year

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Stevenson takes home Fighter of the Year by a landslide vote of 6. Joint Runners up were Timothy Bradley & Gennedy Golovkin with 2 votes each.

2. Fight of The Year

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With 5 votes, the March Welterweight Contest between Timothy Bradley & Ruslan Provodnikov is declared Fight of The Year. Giovani Segura vs. Hernan Marquez & Carl Froch vs. George Groves came in joint Runners up with 2 votes each.

3. Round of the Year

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Almost unanimously, Timothy Bradley & Ruslan Provodnikov take home a 2nd award for their cracking last round of their war with a huge 8 votes. 2nd place with only 2 votes was Froch vs. Groves Round 1.

4. Knockout of The Year


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Adonis Stevenson takes home is 2nd award of the night for his stunning 1st Round 1 punch finish of 'Bad' Chad Dawson in a close run vote with just 4. Joint runners up were Sergey Kovalev's KO of Sillakh, Lucas Matthysse's first round KO of Mike Dallas and Lucas Matthysse's KO of Lamont Peterson all of which received 2 votes.

5. Upset of the Year

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2 Fights stood out in this category but Jhonny Gonzalez shockingly stopping undefeated Abner Mares pipped Marcos Maidana's win over previously unbeaten Adrien Broner to the post. Gonzalez-Mares took the award with 6 votes oppose to Maidana-Broner scooping 4 votes.

6. Comeback of The Year

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The only tied vote in the awards goes to Jhonny Gonzalez & Marcos Maidana, both of whom resurrected their careers in a big way in 2013. They share the award with 3 votes each, Felix Sturm comes in runner up with 2 votes.

7. Event of The Year


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Event of the Year goes to the highest grossing boxing event ever, 'The One' with 8 votes beating Froch vs. Groves with 4 votes.

8. Worst Fight of The Year

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Klitschko-Povetkin serves up a stinker to take home the Worst Fight of the Year award with 6 votes beating Guillermo Rigondeaux's fight with Joseph Agbeko which took the runner up spot with 4 votes.

Note: Most appropriate image for what happened in the fight or what?

9. Prospect of The Year

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Vasyl Lomachenko takes home the Prospect of the Year award in a category with no fewer than 9 nominees! Lomachenko took the award with 4 votes beating runners up Keith Thurman & Anthony Joshua who took home just 2 votes.

10. Robbery of The Year

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Final Award time as Robbery of The Year goes to the shocking judging in the UK for gifting Ricky Burns a draw in his fight with Raymundo Beltran. In a close run vote, Burns-Beltran took 5 votes, narrowly edging out Julio Cesar Chavez Jr's gift over Brian Vera with 4 votes.

Thanks for voting everyone, from the shitty council estate in Peckham, we bid you a good night and see you all next year when hopefully our leader will spring for a venue with a bit of class! ;D

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Originally Posted by bzkfn

Thanks for voting everyone, from the shitty council estate in Peckham, we bid you a good night and see you all next year when hopefully our leader will spring for a venue with a bit of class! ;D

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No special award for Mock ?

Agree with every single one I think, but how did Rigo-Agbeko come anywhere near Wlad-Povetkin for worst fight, are people that silly? That was just a slow paced clinic,Wlad-Povetkin was a nightmare that didn't even resemble boxing.