Boxer of 2018?
Fight of 2018?
Upset of 2018?
Comeback of 2018?
Prospect of 2018?
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Boxer of 2018?
Fight of 2018?
Upset of 2018?
Comeback of 2018?
Prospect of 2018?
Comeback has to be Fury surely.
Poster of the year?
Boxer of 2018 - Usyk
Fight of 2018 - Warrington v Frampton
Upset of 2018 - Alvarez ko Kov
Comeback of 2018 - Fury
Prospect of 2018 - Josh Kelly
Meteoric rise up and burn down fighter of year...Dogboe
Poor mans war...glowaki v Martin
Comeback...Fury. Maybe Donaire
Upset...Harrison and Charlo in every meaning of the word. Maybe HBO going out so lame.
Boxer...Usyk really
Award for just spinning your wheels to call yourself a driver 2018...Gervonta Davis, Jarrell Miller, Saunders or Khan.
Copied and pasted from ring magazine.
Nominees are:
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Canelo Alvarez
Tyson Fury
Naoya Inoue
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Aleksandr Usyk
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Alex Saucedo-Lenny Zappavigna
Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez 2
Jarrett Hurd-Erislandy Lara
Murat Gassiev-Yuniel Dorticos
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai-Juan Francisco Estrada
KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Aleksandr Usyk TKO 8 Tony Bellew
Dillian Whyte KO 6 Lucas Browne
Jermall Charlo KO 2 Hugo Centeno
Naoya Inoue KO 1 Juan Carlos Payano
Teofimo Lopez KO 1 Mason Menard
TRAINER OF THE YEAR
Ben Davison
Robert Garcia
Shingo Inoue
Anatoly Lomachenko
Eddy Reynoso
UPSET OF THE YEAR
Cristopher Rosales TKO 9 Daigo Higa
Josh Warrington SD 12 Lee Selby
Maurice Hooker SD 12 Terry Flanagan
Eleider Alvarez KO 7 Sergey Kovalev
Rob Brant UD 12 Ryota Murata
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
Nonito Donaire
Tyson Fury
Kazuto Ioka
Manny Pacquiao
Cristofer Rosales
EVENT OF THE YEAR
Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin 2
DAZN launch
HBO leaves boxing
World Boxing Super Series
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder
PROSPECT OF THE YEAR
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Joshua Buatsi
Jaron Ennis
Filip Hrgovic
Teofimo Lopez
ROUND OF THE YEAR
Alex Saucedo vs. Leonardo Zappavigna (Round 4)
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Juan Francisco Estrada (Round 12)
Murat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos (Round 12)
Sho Kimura vs. Kosei Tanaka (Round 2)
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder (Round 12)
MOST INSPIRATIONAL
Cecilia Braekhus (first Ring pound-for-pound female champ)
Don Chargin (boxing maven who was a mentor to many)
Tyson Fury (mental health awareness)
Daniel Franco (survived near-fatal head injury and now advocates on behalf of boxer safety)
Brendan Ingle (pioneering British boxing trainer who passed away in 2018).
Winners as well as our next Fighter of the Year cover star will be revealed soon . . .
Poster of the year is Brockton Blockbust. KO of the year is all the Mods who have lied to cover their false tracks. Comeback of the year is obviously Beanz.
In boxing terms I don't see the need for awards. It ends up like the Brit awards where it is any big selling album and you randomly pick one. There are good and bad fights. Interesting knockouts and dodgy decisions. There are comebacks on all kinds of scale. It's boxing and as long as there are good fights that is all that matters. Another is that mythical P4P thing. It doesn't mean anything. At any one time you have a number of fighters across a range of divisions who are good. Doesn't matter really who the best might be as you will never know.
Also in terms of KO of the year it can get a bit sick like with Hatton/Pac or even with Stevenson recently. It is shocking and exciting but let's not forget that they put their lives and health on the line to do it. You give a prize to someone for getting brain damage and that is kind of dark.
As 2018 draws to a close James Toney is healthy and there is a new year with more fights to look forward to. That's enough for me. I just hope we do not see too much damage like with Stevenson.
Brock for comeback of the year.
Donaire comeback of the year? On paper I spose he came back from a loss and 'won' a World title. But he was getting soundly out boxed until Burnett went lame, Nonaire had very little influence on the fight to that point. No offence to Donaire but c'mon.
I feel the same about Fury. Yes technically he came back and had some success, but his hiatus from boxing was entirely self inflicted. To add to matters he retained his lineal title (to sell a fight) so can we call it a come back at all? Don't get me started on the mental health side of things.
They'll be picking up awards left right and center for sure. Doesn't sit right with me though.
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Aleksandr Usyk
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai-Juan Francisco Estrada
KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Naoya Inoue KO 1 Juan Carlos Payano
UPSET OF THE YEAR
Eleider Alvarez KO 7 Sergey Kovalev
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
Tyson Fury
EVENT OF THE YEAR
World Boxing Super Series
PROSPECT OF THE YEAR
Joshua Buatsi
ROUND OF THE YEAR
Alex Saucedo vs. Leonardo Zappavigna (Round 4)
MOST INSPIRATIONAL
Brendan Ingle
Fighter: Usyk
Fight of 2018: Tanaka vs Kimura
Upset of 2018: Rosales/Higa
Comeback of 2018: Ioka
Prospect of 2018: Teofimo Lopez
KO: Inoue/ Payano
Round: Wilder/Fury RD12
2019 Awards:
Fighter: Josh Taylor
Fight of 2019: Inoue vs Donaire
Upset of 2019: Ruiz vs Joshua 1
Comeback of 2019: Jean Pascal
Prospect of 2019: Vergil Ortiz
KO: Wilder vs Ortiz 2
Round: Ruiz vs Joshua 1 RD3
Referee of 2019 Award: Michael Griffin
Ring Card Girl of the Year 2019: A ring girl is a woman who enters the ring between rounds of a combat sport, carrying a sign that displays the number of the upcoming round. Ring girls are often seen in boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
A good ring card girl will make you not notice what round they're in. A great ring card girl will make you momentarily forget what sporting event you're watching.
Fighter of the Year: Naoya Inoue
FOTY: Inoue vs Donaire
Upset of the Year: Ruiz vs Joshua 1
Prospect of the Year: Vergil Ortiz (with a shout out to local boy Joseph Adorno)
Most Enjoyable KO (by far): Sam Maxwell vs Sabri Sediri
Shittiest Performance of the Year: Andy Ruiz Jr. , Ruiz vs Joshua II
fighter: canelo
fight of 2019: spence v porter
upset of 2019: williams v hurd
comeback of 2019: alfredo angulo
prospect of 2019: daniel dubois
ko: haney v moran
round: spence v porter, eleventh
Fight of the Year
It was late January and Xu Can and Jesus Rojas fought for a featherweight title that didn’t receive a lot of attention. It turned out it deserved plenty, because it was an unbelievable match with almost nonstop punching and back-and-forth action.
It instantly became a Fight of the Year candidate.
In March, Sergey Lipinets and Lamont Peterson met in yet another bout that wasn’t heralded all that much before the opening bell. It turned into one of those jaw-dropping matches that makes boxing so compelling.
Just three months into the year, having a pair of fights of that quality was a signal of what 2019 was about to become. For all of the dirt heaped upon boxing’s supposed grave by fans and media who don’t pay enough attention, this was a year in which there was a new candidate on an almost weekly basis.
Culling through my list, I whittled it down to five finalists:
Jarrett Hurd vs. Julian Williams
Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. I
Adam Kownacki vs. Chris Arreola
Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire
I was tempted to pick the Kownacki-Arreola fight because it was as my friend, the longtime pro wrestling announcer Jim “JR” Ross, would say, a slobber-knocker. But there were too many fights with too much skill involved to pick that, as much as I enjoyed it and as much as I shouted at the television while watching it.
Golovkin was under the weather when he fought Derevyanchenko, but it did not stop him from putting on a Herculean effort. What made it a great fight, though, is that Derevyanchenko fought with as much passion and intensity and was never out of the bout.
Williams upset Hurd in a dramatic back-and-forth battle in which there was nonstop action and constant momentum shifts. And Joshua and Ruiz both hit the deck in a slugfest that became the talk of the boxing world when Ruiz stopped Joshua to become the first man of Mexican descent to win a piece of the heavyweight title.
But the 2019 Yahoo Sports Fight of the Year goes to Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire for their pitched battle in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series’ bantamweight tournament.
Donaire had been given up for dead several years ago, but revived his career after signing with promoter Richard Schaefer. He earned a spot in the WBSS and proved he was worthy of it by making his way to the final opposite Inoue.
https://s.yimg.com/it/api/res/1.2/qb...d-9b059d51c128
Inoue is one of the most exciting stars in the sport, reminiscent in many ways of a young Manny Pacquiao. He’s one of the best body punchers in the sport and he pushes a pace few can handle.
The veteran Donaire showed why many believe he’ll secure a spot in the International Boxing Hall of Fame when he’s finally done, as he managed to stand in there with “The Monster,” and gave as good as he got throughout a compelling battle.
The drama unfolding before a huge crowd was remarkable, as the momentum shifted and neither man backed down.
It was a match that had everything, and it’s the choice as the 2019 Yahoo Sports Fight of the Year.
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/201...174254486.html
I remember when The Ring and Ko had some year end 'unofficial' awards so going to try that too
Fighter...actually a tough one because I'm not voting for a diva. Josh Taylor
Fight of year...Donaire v Inoue or Hooker v Ramirez for me
Upset...Ruiz v Joshua or Williams v Hurd
Comeback career...Pascal
Prospect...tempted to sat Haney or Stevenson although both have technical belts just doesn't feel they've been tested. Josh Kelly
Trends that need to end award...franchise champions
Trends that need improvement...Dazn. Hey I like my fights 'live' not lagging
Blatant mismatch of the year award...Khan v Dib, Caleb Plant v Mike "I was the Subway guy" Lee and Erislandy Lara v Ramon Alvarez
The Pampered Champ award...Jaime Munguia
The pampered prospect award...Esquiva Falcao
Non event Event award...Spence v Garcia. You have to admit the hype and build was deep
The I just love to defend my belt award...Emanuel Navarrete
Comebacks that shouldn't have been awards...Chad Dawson, Robert Guerrero, Hector Camacho Jr or Peter Manfredo Jr
Most improved on the Mic...Sergio Mora
Please shut that guy up on the mic award...Mauro Renallo. Multi year winner he's on a roll.
Snoozer fight award...Andrade v Akavov or Bivol v Castillo. Joshua v Ruiz if we're honest
Time to hang em up award...Mike Alvarado Jr, Samuel Peter Ray Austin and Brandon Rios
Fighting through the pain award...Carl Frampton with two busted hands or Gamboa on one wheel. Joe Smith Jr with Bivol too.
Underappreciated and most overlooked someone fight this guy award...Miguel Berchelt
Simply impressive boxing award...Juan F Estrada v Wangek and Beterbiev v Gvozdyk
Most declined: Kovalev
Fighter of 2019: Naoya Inoue
Fight of 2019: Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire
Upset of 2019: Andrew Cancio vs. Alberto Machado
Comeback of 2019: Jhunriel Ramonal
Prospect of 2019: Ginjiro Shigeoka
KO of 2019: Yunier Dorticos KO10 Andrew Tabiti
Round of 2019: Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire Round Eleven
:D That's for mere mortals. I get heavily discounted PPV. Still... once DAZN get their kinks worked out... I might consider joining who knows.
Fighter OTY: Inoue. This was a close race this year but I think he edged it with 3 fights and two destructions of good fighters.
Fight OTY: Donaire vs Inoue. Another close one. A few different fights to pick from but I think it edged it.
Comeback OTY: Pascal very easily to me. After his second loss to Kovalev a couple years back, I thought he was damaged goods. He beat two solid LHWs this year.
Upset OTY: Ruiz over AJ is the obvious choice but Baal mentioned the Cancio over Machado which is also a good choice since Cancio was a part time fighter and Machado was a top guy at the weight with a couple of solid wins. Ruiz over AJ was just a lot bigger deal in the boxing world. So my pick would probably be Cancio over Machado.
Prospect OTY: Virgil Ortiz pretty easily. Most of the other good prospects have progressed past prospect status.
Knockout OTY: Haney KO Moran
Round OTY: Ruiz AJ round 3
What a great year for excellent fights:
Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire
Errol Spence vs Shawn Porter
Daniel Roman vs TJ Doheny
Jarrett Hurd vs Julian Williams
Josh Taylor vs Regis Prograis
Jamal James vs Antonio De Marco
Sergey Lipinets vs Lamont Peterson
Brandon Figueroa vs Julio Ceja
Artur Beterbiev vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Gennady Golovkin v Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Hiroto Kyoguchi vs Tetsuya Hisada
Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman
Tony Harrison vs Jermell Charlo II
Angel Acosta vs Elwin Soto
Nordine Oubaali vs Rau'shee Warren
Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr I
Josh Taylor vs Ivan Baranchyk
Gabriel Rosado vs Maciej Sulecki
Julio Cesar Martinez vs Cristofer Rosales
Jesus Rojas vs Xu Can
Ronny Rios vs Diego De La Hoya
Juan Francisco Estrada vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai II
Jean Pascal vs Badou Jack
Robert Talarek vs P. Syzmanski
Ilunga Makabu vs D. Kudryashov
Adam Lopez vs Jean Rivera
Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi
Joshua Franco vs Oscar Negrete II
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Julio Ceja
Tevin Farmer vs Jono Carroll
Well that may change if Hearn has any say in it. ;)
https://www.boxingnews24.com/2020/01...to-50-a-month/
So from 10 to 20 to 50 a month. I think Eddies takin the piss with this as it's just near strong arming subscribers to the $100 annual commitment and would steer casuals away. I don't think Dazn has the open ended drawing and crossover power in the States to sustain it and we're not even talking production quality and consistency. Espn+ is 5 bucks a month with multi platforms app and cable.
Stop using clickbait sites for your boxing news (believe it or not we used to ban this troll site but i'm tired of swapping the original source material).
Surely you guys can recognise they steal quotes from other interviews then build their narrative around it? These people are not journalists. Why not just post the interview they stole from so people can understand the context?
Yeah.... you're "right" as usual, Fenster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TKcWjVNXRM
Fucking clickbait sites........ :D
Here's another "clickbait site"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianma.../#3b7983ca6f9c
...and another...
https://thebodylockmma.com/boxing/ed...y-price-to-50/
...and another...
https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/eddie-hearn-dazn
Not to mention the recording of Hearn himself saying it.
Oh well...... hope this helps. ;)
:vd:
(please someone explain what clickbait is to him as he's now posting racebaiter channels too. And have a go at explaining "context." I give up.)