fighter of 2008 so far

[HattonTheHammer]

Have to go with My man Margarito.He kicked in the front door and demanded over due respect.

Suprise or one on the rise of the year I'd say Timothy Bradley.Rewatched His fights with Witter and Cherry last night.Hell of a refreshing story,attitude and has nice hand speed.Needs some refining but definatly not a flash in the pan Imo,think he will be around awhile.

completely agree

the guys just come completely under the radar and surprised us all.

I make no qualms about not having a clue who timothy bradley was before the witter fight but having seen that contest, the cherry fight and several others id definitely put money on him being around for a while and possibly dominating the 140pound division once hatton calls it a day (pending berto doesnt move down to 140 as its been suggested)

[CFH]

Have to go with My man Margarito.He kicked in the front door and demanded over due respect.

Suprise or one on the rise of the year I'd say Timothy Bradley.Rewatched His fights with Witter and Cherry last night.Hell of a refreshing story,attitude and has nice hand speed.Needs some refining but definatly not a flash in the pan Imo,think he will be around awhile.

completely agree

the guys just come completely under the radar and surprised us all.

I make no qualms about not having a clue who timothy bradley was before the witter fight but having seen that contest, the cherry fight and several others id definitely put money on him being around for a while and possibly dominating the 140pound division once hatton calls it a day (pending berto doesnt move down to 140 as its been suggested)

Margarito has been hyped since the whole Mayweather fiasco, I don't see how he flew under the radar at all. A fair number of people (not me) were picking him to upset Cotto as well, not that that diminishes his victory in any way.

[CutMeMick]

Fighter of the Year is still up for grabs depending on the outcome of these fights:
Calzaghe vs. RJJ
Pac vs. ODLH
Mijares vs. Vic
Margarito


I'd like to say that for me Hopkins would fall more under "Comeback Fighter of year" then "Fighter of the year"... Just my opinion.
So far I have:
Nate Campbell
Guillermo Jones
Hopkins
Daniel Santos
*If Vic defeats Mijares I would give him the award if he loses I'd give it to Nate.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Fighter of the Year is still up for grabs depending on the outcome of these fights:
Calzaghe vs. RJJ
Pac vs. ODLH
Mijares vs. Vic
Margarito


I'd like to say that for me Hopkins would fall more under "Comeback Fighter of year" then "Fighter of the year"... Just my opinion.
So far I have:
Nate Campbell
Guillermo Jones
Hopkins
Daniel Santos
*If Vic defeats Mijares I would give him the award if he loses I'd give it to Nate.

Nate beat Diaz who was an amazing fighter but not a Cotto

[killersheep]

This is going to sound crazy but I think Roman Gonzalez deserves a mention because of his jumping into the international scene over Niida.

Joan Guzman deserves a mention because he is on so many p4p lists and he hasn't even fought this year.

If Mijares beats Vic he will have picked up 2 extra straps in the puzzle, and that's against pretty good competition in his weight class (If he beats Vic he needs to go after Montiel next)

JuanMa if he looks good against Medina should be mentioned as well.

My final pick from your list is BCD though.

[antimoron]

This is going to sound crazy but I think Roman Gonzalez deserves a mention because of his jumping into the international scene over Niida.

Joan Guzman deserves a mention because he is on so many p4p lists and he hasn't even fought this year.

If Mijares beats Vic he will have picked up 2 extra straps in the puzzle, and that's against pretty good competition in his weight class (If he beats Vic he needs to go after Montiel next)

JuanMa if he looks good against Medina should be mentioned as well.

My final pick from your list is BCD though.

Guzman who?
NO WAY he is to be considered.. He doesn't deserved it.. He better clean his act first and then we may consider him. No freebies here..

[killersheep]

This is going to sound crazy but I think Roman Gonzalez deserves a mention because of his jumping into the international scene over Niida.

Joan Guzman deserves a mention because he is on so many p4p lists and he hasn't even fought this year.

If Mijares beats Vic he will have picked up 2 extra straps in the puzzle, and that's against pretty good competition in his weight class (If he beats Vic he needs to go after Montiel next)

JuanMa if he looks good against Medina should be mentioned as well.

My final pick from your list is BCD though.

Guzman who?
NO WAY he is to be considered.. He doesn't deserved it.. He better clean his act first and then we may consider him. No freebies here..

Hmm I didn't think I would have to mention the sarcasm on that......

[CutMeMick]

Fighter of the Year is still up for grabs depending on the outcome of these fights:
Calzaghe vs. RJJ
Pac vs. ODLH
Mijares vs. Vic
Margarito


I'd like to say that for me Hopkins would fall more under "Comeback Fighter of year" than "Fighter of the year"... Just my opinion.
So far I have:
Nate Campbell
Guillermo Jones
Hopkins
Daniel Santos
*If Vic defeats Mijares I would give him the award if he loses I'd give it to Nate.

Nate beat Diaz who was an amazing fighter but not a Cotto

I said Nate as "Comeback Fighter of the year"....

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Fighter of the Year is still up for grabs depending on the outcome of these fights:
Calzaghe vs. RJJ
Pac vs. ODLH
Mijares vs. Vic
Margarito


I'd like to say that for me Hopkins would fall more under "Comeback Fighter of year" than "Fighter of the year"... Just my opinion.
So far I have:
Nate Campbell
Guillermo Jones
Hopkins
Daniel Santos
*If Vic defeats Mijares I would give him the award if he loses I'd give it to Nate.

Nate beat Diaz who was an amazing fighter but not a Cotto

I said Nate as "Comeback Fighter of the year"....

Ahhh, yes... Sorry, I misread.

Agreed