*** Saddos 2008 Boxing Awards ***

[hitmanhatton]

1. Fighter of the year - Pacquiao (if he wins on sat) if not Hopkins

2. Fight of the year - vasqeuz/marquez 3
3. Round of the year - Torres/Holt round 1

4. Knockout of the year - Urango KTFO vilches (if it was in 2008 i dont remember)
5. Upset of the year - Darchinyan TKO 9 Mijares

6. Comeback fighter of the year - JMM - lost a controversial decision to pac-man but came back by stepping up to 135 and being the first man to stop a boxing legend in casamayor

7. Event of the year - Cotto/Margarito - cant remember the last time so many people seemed to be so excited about a fight

8. Worst fight of the year - Klitschko/Ibragimov
9. Prospect of the year - JML - does he still count as a prospect ? i dont care he HAS to be in this awards somewere

10. Robbery of the year - Soto/Lorenzo

[BoxingGorilla]

A vote for two people is a vote for nobody. Just choose one, even if you flip a coin to do it.

[hitmanhatton]

what do u mean, my vote for best fighter, it just depends on saturday im not voting for both

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

1. Fighter of the year - Joe Calzaghe
2. Fight of the year - Miguel Cotto Vs. Antonio Margarito

3. Round of the year - Torres Vs. Holt Round 1(bombs away!)

4. Knockout of the year - Casa over Kats
5. Upset of the year - Brian Vera TKO7 Andy Lee(I was at this fight... stunning)
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Bernard Hopkins in the Pavlik fight(he looked like it was about time to pack it in after Joe C)
7. Event of the year - I'm sure it will be PAC vs Delahoya
8. Worst fight of the year - Grady Brewer vs K9

9. Prospect of the year - Yoriokis Gamboa
10. Robbery of the year - Bute vs Andrade(screw all the nay sayers... Andrade was in his friggin corner!!!)

[C-Lo]

I've seen Gamboa listed as prospect of the year a bunch of times. Am I the only one who thinks once he fights someone with decent power he's going to get floored? I'm thinking the same thing with Kirkland. He got hit with a bunch of slow motion punches from Vera. These guys will be in deep trouble when they fight the wrong person.

They're exciting and I hope they can fix their defense up a little bit, they'd both be good for boxing.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

I've seen Gamboa listed as prospect of the year a bunch of times. Am I the only one who thinks once he fights someone with decent power he's going to get floored? I'm thinking the same thing with Kirkland. He got hit with a bunch of slow motion punches from Vera. These guys will be in deep trouble when they fight the wrong person.

They're exciting and I hope they can fix their defense up a little bit, they'd both be good for boxing.

Gamboa has been floored a few times... It's cuz he fights like an arogant asshole. Kind of like Vic. But I like him. Your analysis is on point though. He's still young and will be moved slowly. luckily he has the skill to turn the amatuer mistakes around.

Kirkland is a fireplug. He fought Vera well. The punches Vera landed were pretty few and far between. Most guys(even close to elite) would have been floored by some of the great shots James was putting on him. Vera is just a rugged dude. With a little more pollishing and exp he'll be something special.

[Phil]

1. Joe Calzaghe
2. Cotto-Margarito
3. Mosley-Mayorga rd12
4. Prescot-khan
5. Andy Lee losing
6. B Hop
7. De La Hoya - Pac
8. Klitschko-Ibragimov
9. Gamboa
10. Bute - Andrade, probably the most blatent cheating ive seen from a ref since Reid - Ottke

[JonnyFolds]

1. Joe Calzaghe
2. Izzy vs Rafa III
3. Izzy vs Rafa 12
4. Urango vs Vilches
5. Quintana vs Williams 1
6. Vic Darchinyan
7. Pac vs De la hoya
8. Klitschko vs Ibragimov
9. Bernabe Concepcion
10. Andrade vs Bute

[JonnyFolds]

I've seen Gamboa listed as prospect of the year a bunch of times. Am I the only one who thinks once he fights someone with decent power he's going to get floored? I'm thinking the same thing with Kirkland. He got hit with a bunch of slow motion punches from Vera. These guys will be in deep trouble when they fight the wrong person.

They're exciting and I hope they can fix their defense up a little bit, they'd both be good for boxing.

Gamboa has been floored a few times... It's cuz he fights like an arogant asshole. Kind of like Vic. But I like him. Your analysis is on point though. He's still young and will be moved slowly. luckily he has the skill to turn the amatuer mistakes around.

Kirkland is a fireplug. He fought Vera well. The punches Vera landed were pretty few and far between. Most guys(even close to elite) would have been floored by some of the great shots James was putting on him. Vera is just a rugged dude. With a little more pollishing and exp he'll be something special.

Vera is tough as nails. He was getting schooled by Kirkland no doubt. I thought fro a second there we might see a flash knockdown, but by no means could he knock him out. Kirkland is a solid prospect. I had to go with Bernabe Concepcion, though. He is so fast and is gonna be amazing.

It may take Concepcion another year or two to get to the world class level, but I was very impressed with his performance on HBO fro the under card to.... (*******) someone please fill in that blank.

[JonnyFolds]

1. Fighter of the year - Joe Calzaghe
2. Fight of the year - Miguel Cotto Vs. Antonio Margarito

3. Round of the year - Torres Vs. Holt Round 1(bombs away!)

4. Knockout of the year - Casa over Kats
5. Upset of the year - Brian Vera TKO7 Andy Lee(I was at this fight... stunning)
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Bernard Hopkins in the Pavlik fight(he looked like it was about time to pack it in after Joe C)
7. Event of the year - I'm sure it will be PAC vs Delahoya
8. Worst fight of the year - Grady Brewer vs K9

9. Prospect of the year - Yoriokis Gamboa
10. Robbery of the year - Bute vs Andrade(screw all the nay sayers... Andrade was in his friggin corner!!!)

Gosh, I can't agree with the Holt Torres, just because Holt hit him with the headbutt from all hell. It was just going to be "boxer getting schooled by puncher of the year" if it continued the way it was supposed to.

[CutMeMick]

So far we've got for locations:

Paris, France
Okinawa, Japan
Dublin, Ireland

[CGM]

1. Fighter of the year - Joe Calzaghe
2. Fight of the year - Miguel Cotto Vs. Antonio Margarito

3. Round of the year - Torres Vs. Holt Round 1(bombs away!)

4. Knockout of the year - Casa over Kats
5. Upset of the year - Brian Vera TKO7 Andy Lee(I was at this fight... stunning)
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Bernard Hopkins in the Pavlik fight(he looked like it was about time to pack it in after Joe C)
7. Event of the year - I'm sure it will be PAC vs Delahoya
8. Worst fight of the year - Grady Brewer vs K9

9. Prospect of the year - Yoriokis Gamboa
10. Robbery of the year - Bute vs Andrade(screw all the nay sayers... Andrade was in his friggin corner!!!)

Gosh, I can't agree with the Holt Torres, just because Holt hit him with the headbutt from all hell. It was just going to be "boxer getting schooled by puncher of the year" if it continued the way it was supposed to.

After seeing this, I went back and did a little research, and yeah I got to agree. It looks like Holt's head coming up makes contact with Torres jaw and it is over, Bang, Torres is out on his feet. Good Call. I'm changin my pick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKJ5sQVBvJc

[Phil]

So far we've got for locations:

Paris, France
Okinawa, Japan
Dublin, Ireland

Dublin sounds real good

[superheavyrhun]

1. Fighter of the year :- Manny Pacquiao
2. Fight of the year :- Carl Froch v Jean Pascal
3. Round of the year :- Holt v Torres
4. Knockout of the year :- David Haye v Enzo Maccarinelli
5. Upset of the year :- Breidis Prescott v Amir Khan
6. Comeback fighter of the year :- Vitali Klitschko
7. Event of the year :- Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins
8. Worst fight of the year :- Nikolai Valuev v Evander Holyfield
9. Prospect of the year :- James DeGale (the next Amir Khan?....we'll have to look at his chin to find out.)
10. Robbery of the year :- Gianluca Branco v Colin Lynes

Rest will be updated as I think of them.

[iwng100]

1. Fighter of the year - Pacquiao : won the title fights with JMM (no. 2 p4p) and after moving up at 135
2. Fight of the year - Margarito vs Cotto : a classic fight between two top p4p opponents
3. Round of the year - Vasqeuz vs Marquez III : round12
4. Knockout of the year - Miranda vs Banks
5. Upset of the year - Nate Campbell vs Juan Diaz
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Vitali Klitschko : undoubtedly
7. Event of the year - Pacquiao vs De La Hoya : undeniably
8. Worst fight of the year - Valuev vs Bergeron : IMO
9. Prospect of the year - Gamboa : he fought better opposition than Kirkland
10. Robbery of the year - Soto vs Lorenzo : Soto KOed Lorenzo after a total domination