Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
I don't get it.. Mayweather fought as good of competition as anytone this year, and he beat them both in the two biggest fights of the year. I think Pavlik is the biggest up and comer, but he doesn't deserve the fighter of the year because its clearly Mayweather who did more for the sport than anyone else, and like I said he won both his fihgts. While Pavlik was almost ko'ed in the second round, Mayweather was never in serious trouble of losing either of his fights let alone getting ko'ed
Pavlik was pretty much unknown at the start of this year, he was the underdog against Miranda and Taylor, to start off the year he KO a good hard hitting fighter who had never been stopped aka Jose Luis Zertuche. Next he takes on Miranda who was supposed to be the future of Middleweight division, and Pavlik just totally destroys Miranda in a one sided fight, lets remember how many people were picking Miranda in this fight. Then he fights Taylor, yet again Pavlik was the underdog, Taylor had beaten names like Hopkins x2, Spinks, and yes Pavlik was hurt in the 2nd round but so what ?? that actually added more drama to the fight, because Pavlik come back and totally destroyed Taylor in one of the Fights Of The Year. Mayweather was the favorite in Oscar De La Hoya fight plus the Ricky Hatton fight.

You have to look at this from different angle, no one expected Pavlik to be future of Middleweight division. And just look what he has achieved in a year ?? beat 2 of the best Middleweights at that time. And now everyone can't stop talking about him.