OK so PAC is easily Fighter of the year.

[Fenster]

Lucian Bute has been impressive this year, stopping two very tough opponents in Fulgencio Zuniga, Librado Andrade.

Chad Dawson beat Glen Johnson convincingly which i wanted him to do, and another good win over a still good Antonio Tarver.

Tomasz Adamek good wins over Jonathan Banks, Andrew Golota.

Vitali Klitschko some decent wins over Juan Carlos Gomez, Chris Arreola, and now is probably gonna add Kevin Johnson to that list.

Paul Williams sorry Diana i have to disagree, whether or not some people thought he lost to Sergio Martinez. It was still a great fight, and a fight that could of gone either way, and it was still a good win for Paul Williams, plus a good dominant win over Winky Wright, which hasn't been done since 1994.

Juan Manuel Lopez showed heart in winning in a thriller against Rogers Mtagwa, had a dominating win over Gerry Penalosa, and is the only one to ever stop him, plus a decent win against an upcoming contender.

Arthur Abraham defended his Middleweight title twice, then stops Jermain Taylor at Super Middleweight not bad at all.

Andre Ward two good wins over Mikkel Kessler, Edison Miranda.

Jean Pascal two good wins over Silvio Branco, Adrian Diaconu, and could possibly have another win over Adrian Diaconu before this year is up.

Timothy Bradley solid wins over Nate Campbell, Kendall Holt, then could possibly have a win over Lamont Peterson tomorrow night, could be a very impressive 2009 for Timothy Bradley.

You forgot Froch. If you think the other supermiddles deserve a mention then Froch definitely does. He arguably has the best 2009 form - Taylor and Dirrell.

difference is none of the ones already mentioned have a gift decision on their 2009 record, Froch/Dirrell basically discards Carl "hands of molasses" Froch cause he didn't win that fight

Record books don't care about personal fan opinion.

[ElTerribleMorales]

You forgot Froch. If you think the other supermiddles deserve a mention then Froch definitely does. He arguably has the best 2009 form - Taylor and Dirrell.

difference is none of the ones already mentioned have a gift decision on their 2009 record, Froch/Dirrell basically discards Carl "hands of molasses" Froch cause he didn't win that fight

Record books don't care about personal fan opinion.

fighter of the year isn't selected by whats seen on the record books, if not Sven Ottke would have won ten times over

[Fenster]

difference is none of the ones already mentioned have a gift decision on their 2009 record, Froch/Dirrell basically discards Carl "hands of molasses" Froch cause he didn't win that fight

Record books don't care about personal fan opinion.

fighter of the year isn't selected by whats seen on the record books, if not Sven Ottke would have won ten times over

The official result is very important. Can you name a "fighter of the year" who lost during the year?

Also regarding Froch-Dirrell, most influential boxing journalists had the fight very close either way, not a robbery

Dan Rafael - ESPN
Doug Fischer - The Ring
Graham Huston - Boxing Monthly
Thomas Hauser - Seconds Out
Steve Bunce - Bunce Boxing

All said it was NO robbery

[ElTerribleMorales]

Record books don't care about personal fan opinion.

fighter of the year isn't selected by whats seen on the record books, if not Sven Ottke would have won ten times over

The official result is very important. Can you name a "fighter of the year" who lost during the year?

Also regarding Froch-Dirrell, most influential boxing journalists had the fight very close either way, not a robbery

Dan Rafael - ESPN
Doug Fischer - The Ring
Graham Huston - Boxing Monthly
Thomas Hauser - Seconds Out
Steve Bunce - Bunce Boxing

All said it was NO robbery

can you name a fighter of the year who's biggest win was a controversial decision in his own hometown?

[killersheep]

Lucian Bute has been impressive this year, stopping two very tough opponents in Fulgencio Zuniga, Librado Andrade.

Chad Dawson beat Glen Johnson convincingly which i wanted him to do, and another good win over a still good Antonio Tarver.

Tomasz Adamek good wins over Jonathan Banks, Andrew Golota.

Vitali Klitschko some decent wins over Juan Carlos Gomez, Chris Arreola, and now is probably gonna add Kevin Johnson to that list.

Paul Williams sorry Diana i have to disagree, whether or not some people thought he lost to Sergio Martinez. It was still a great fight, and a fight that could of gone either way, and it was still a good win for Paul Williams, plus a good dominant win over Winky Wright, which hasn't been done since 1994.

Juan Manuel Lopez showed heart in winning in a thriller against Rogers Mtagwa, had a dominating win over Gerry Penalosa, and is the only one to ever stop him, plus a decent win against an upcoming contender.

Arthur Abraham defended his Middleweight title twice, then stops Jermain Taylor at Super Middleweight not bad at all.

Andre Ward two good wins over Mikkel Kessler, Edison Miranda.

Jean Pascal two good wins over Silvio Branco, Adrian Diaconu, and could possibly have another win over Adrian Diaconu before this year is up.

Timothy Bradley solid wins over Nate Campbell, Kendall Holt, then could possibly have a win over Lamont Peterson tomorrow night, could be a very impressive 2009 for Timothy Bradley.

So which one is your choice?

[Fenster]

fighter of the year isn't selected by whats seen on the record books, if not Sven Ottke would have won ten times over

The official result is very important. Can you name a "fighter of the year" who lost during the year?

Also regarding Froch-Dirrell, most influential boxing journalists had the fight very close either way, not a robbery

Dan Rafael - ESPN
Doug Fischer - The Ring
Graham Huston - Boxing Monthly
Thomas Hauser - Seconds Out
Steve Bunce - Bunce Boxing

All said it was NO robbery

can you name a fighter of the year who's biggest win was a controversial decision in his own hometown?

Nope. As far as Froch is concerned, he was in Taylor's backyard when he scored his biggest win. I don't think anyone thinks Froch is "fighter of the year" though.

[killersheep]

The official result is very important. Can you name a "fighter of the year" who lost during the year?

Also regarding Froch-Dirrell, most influential boxing journalists had the fight very close either way, not a robbery

Dan Rafael - ESPN
Doug Fischer - The Ring
Graham Huston - Boxing Monthly
Thomas Hauser - Seconds Out
Steve Bunce - Bunce Boxing

All said it was NO robbery

can you name a fighter of the year who's biggest win was a controversial decision in his own hometown?

Nope. As far as Froch is concerned, he was in Taylor's backyard when he scored his biggest win. I don't think anyone thinks Froch is "fighter of the year" though.

I'm thinking Tam may disagree

[The Congressman]

I would like to make a list of honorable mentions.

The rules of this game

1. You cannot name someone that has already been named

2. The fighter must have fought at least twice in 2009

3. Only events of 2009 can be used to justify them.

I'll start

Yonnhy Perez deserves a mention for two huge upsets firstly he had a come from behind stoppage against Silence Mabuza in Mabuza's backyard. Perez was getting outboxed early on and kept pressing and pressing and dialing in his shots until a worn out Mabuza finally gave in to the punishment. More recently he came in as a widely unknown name against Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko. Perez again gave constant pressure and continued to outland Agbeko throughout the night.

No Mighty Mike?