Thanks for the idea Hulk, basically the opposite of Hulk's question.
Miguel Cotto
Ricky Hatton
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Kelly Pavlik
Bernard Hopkins
Joe Calzaghe
David Haye
Paul Williams
Junior Witter
Steve Molitor
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Thanks for the idea Hulk, basically the opposite of Hulk's question.
Miguel Cotto
Ricky Hatton
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Kelly Pavlik
Bernard Hopkins
Joe Calzaghe
David Haye
Paul Williams
Junior Witter
Steve Molitor
BCD
Calzaghe
J. Moore
Calderon
Williams
Paulie
'Baby Bull' Diaz
Kats
Linares
Pac
Luevano
Kiko
Mijares
Bika's stock went up as far as marketability, and chances of getting a hotter missus....
Penalosa ;)
Ulises Solis
Nonito Donaire
Israel Vazquez
Daniel De Leon
Andre Berto
I'll do mine in order...
I did mine based on respect/popularity growth and what they did in the ring..
1. Pavlik...... 3 career altering T/KO's against 3 highly respected fighters... he hit all 3 of them(miranda, taylor, zertuche) so hard that it was reasonable for any of them to retire after fighting him, and two of them are in their 20's.... he possibly knocked all of them out of their prime in 45 mins or less.. absolutely devastating power for 160....
2. Baby Bull Diaz... won 2 unified championship fights convincingly
3. Calzaghe.... blew out manfredo... broke down kessler... no broke hands
4. Cotto.... solidified his "the next great out of Puerto Rico" status
5. Mayweather.... went from a great from our time to a great of all time
6. Hatton... in his two fights this year against urango and castillo hatton only lost one round combined...and blew out castillo..
7. Klitschko.. hasnt lost a round this year... two blow out KO's against Austin and at the time seemed like one of his biggest threats Brewster.
8. Haye... fulfilled his potential... beat the man of his division
9. Pauli M.... went from just another Cotto victim to a respected, slick boxing champion.. in his two fights of the year (N'dou E. Cherry) he only lost 2 rounds combined
10. P. Williams... he only fought once but won a title and alot of people think he has the best chance matching up to the P4P #1 Floyd May...... he started the year a contender..
Cotto - I never liked him before and I thought he was mostly hype but a definitive win over shane mosely and judah definitely made me stand up and take notice.
CC ICB. I think Juan Diaz's stock went WAY up in my eyes. I used to not like him at all. I thought he was being spoonfed opponents and cosidered him the least of the Lightweight Champions. Now I consider him the absolute best at Lightweight. He's a windmill with breathtaking form on his punches and great heart and stamina. I love to watch the guy.
Pavlik. I never saw him coming.
Cotto & Diaz have done a good job of confirming my belief. Two of my favourite fighters.
All of the above although I disagree with Fire regarding Hatton only losing one round combined in the Urango Castillo fights. For my money Hatton lost a few of the late rounds against Urango as he seemingly gassed out and had to clinch and hold his way through the final third of the fight. The Urango performance was not impressive imo.
As for other guy's not yet mentioned whose stock has risen I'd say Vernon Forrest has done a good job in breathing new life into what looked to be an almost over career.
Alfonso Gomez has taken great strides in defeating credible opponents in Gatti and Tackie and showing he's more than just a journeyman fighter.
He's never mentioned but Tony Thompson has been progressing nicely and has shown signs to the more astute observer that he is possibly the biggest threat out of all the non belt holders in the heavyweight division, hopefully he'll get a major fight next year.
Call me crazy but Sultan Ibragimov has twice shown this year that he can be a smart fighter and a decent boxer in his wins over Briggs and Holyfield.
Still with the heavyweight division Eddie Chambers with wins over Dominic Guinn and Calvin Brock has shown that he is no longer just a prospect but a legitimate contender and Alexander Povetkin has shown that he could well be the future of the division with a win over Chris Bryd in just his 14th pro fight.
Gotta say Pavlik, no one can say they expected him to have the impact that he has had this year.
Jorge Linares
Michael Katsidis
Mikkel Kessler
Kelly Pavlik
Floyd Mayweather
Ricky Hatton
Miguel Cotto
Juan Diaz
Andre Berto
Ibragimov
Chad Dawson
Paul Williams
Edwin Vasquez{ :D}
Librado Andrade?{did for me}
Darnell Wilson
Alfonso Gomez
Pavlik.. double everyone elses
Underdog against Miranda. Greatly impressive, earns/FORCES shot at Taylor. Underdog against Taylor, wins a greatly entertaining fight.
Relative nobody to boxing star in the space of one year.
great jobQuote:
Originally Posted by Fire
andre berto, kelly pavlik, juan diaz, juan guzman.
The biggest jumps in stock in my mind were
Nonito Donaire
Kelly Pavlik
Miguel Cotto
David Haye
tony thompson went up for a solid year
Lucian Bute.
I almost forgot alfonzo gomez on my list.....
kelly pavlik by far. i thought that miranda would beat him, then lose to taylor but he went on to own miranda big time then destroy taylor. great stuff
It would have to be Cotto....there were a lot of unanswered questions about him and exactly how would he fair in the top level on a continuous basis....but in the last yr and a half he beat Malinaggi, Quintana, Judah and Mosley.....He continues to improve his level of comp....and continues to raise his game......he has pretty much turned all questions of "Can he be as good against a fighter of so-and-so's caliber" to the point where he is becomeing the man to beat.....
I go with Doniare second, Pavlik third,
Stellar. CC have number 45 on me. Pavlik all the way. Now Hatton could flirt with it if he beatsQuote:
Originally Posted by Fire
Mayweather by stoppage , and stoppage only.
Pavlik.
Before the Edison Miranda fight, there were still people who didn't know who he was and he was fighting a WBC Middleweight Title Eliminator. You would think by the time someone is one step away from challenging for a title they would be a little more well known.
Word.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle
WTF was that? Dude is shredded to the bone. And wifey is eating her way towards her eighth chin.
Maybe thats his way of staying thin? Cant over eat cos missus has already cleaned out the kitchen cupboards.....Quote:
Originally Posted by DIOS DOMINICANO
;D Yep, that must be it.Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle
First response would be guys like Pavlik and Dawson. Most people had hardly heard of these guys a year ago, now they're mentioned as future stars.
Within the top level, I'd say Cotto has moved the most. We already knew a year ago that he was a top prospect, now he's probably somewhere between 5-7 on the PFP list.
Pavlik by a mile. Most of us had not even heard of him before this year,now we all talk about him non stop. There's probably been more Pavlik threads made this year than in all his previous years as a pro combined.
Honourable mentions to:
Cotto
Diaz
Mayweather
Haye,Guzman,Calzaghe are notable ones too. Oh and Micks boy BCD and my boy Linares!