*** Saddos 2008 Boxing Awards ***

[Galaxy]

1. Fighter of the year: Pacquiao
2. Fight of the year: Vazquez vs Marquez
3. Round of the year: Torres - Holt
4. Knockout of the year: Miranda/ Banks
5. Upset of the year: Darchinyan/ Mijares
6. Comeback fighter of the year: Vitali Klitschko
7. Event of the year: De La Hoya/ Pacquiao
8. Worst fight of the year: Wlad/ Ibragimov
9. Prospect of the year: Tavoris Cloud
10. Robbery of the year: Soto/ Lorenzo

[Mikkel_K]

1. Pac. And it is not even close.
2. Tony - Cotto
3. Vazquez - Marquez III, round 12.
4. Miranda - Banks
5. Manny TKO'ing Oscar.
6. Riddick Bowe (just kidding: Answer is Vitali).
7. Evander Holyfield finally retires (one can hope - if not I'll say Tony-Cotto)
8. I hate mismatches in the ring more than chess matches in the ring so, inspired by a poster above, I'll go with Pongsashit (thanks Mick) - Sutton.
9. Juan Manuel Lopez
10. Does 'just about every single match in the olympics' count as an answer in this award show? If not, I'll go with Bute-Andrade.

[liz]

1.Manny Pacquiao
2.margarito vs cotto
3.
4.Breidis Prescott KO's Amir Khan (coz it was funny to watch)
5.Pavlik vs Hopkins
6.
7.margarito vs cotto
8.
9.
10.

[Onix]

1. Fighter of the year: Pacquiao
Hands down this guy probably has figter in the year in his cards for the next 2 years with all the potential fights in front of him

2. Fight of the year: Cotto V Margarito
I think my own excitement over this fight made more exciting than it may have been.

3. Round of the year: Torres V Holt
I hate how Holt got so much credit over a headbutt

4. Knockout of the year: Casa V Kats
This was also on my list of fight of the year, I thought it was an exciting fight


5. Upset of the year: Hopkins V Pavlik
I agree with a previous poster, it was the manner in which Hopkins did it.

6. Comeback fighter of the year: Hopkins
Although he looked pretty good against Calzaghe, he did a 180 degree flip on Pavlik

7. Event of the year: Cotto V Margarito
Although for the general public I know ODLH V Pac was the bigger "event" I think more true boxing fans were very very excited about this fight.

8. Worst fight of the year: Wlad/ Rahman
Further cementing the crappiness of this division

9. Prospect of the year: Victor Ortiz
I dont know why I like this guy but good power, good speed, and good boxing ability and he is very marketable.

10. Robbery of the year: Andrade V Bute
Even my girlfriend was upset at this.

[C-Lo]

I'm assuming this thread will have a lot of changed answers when it comes to robbery of the year after the Holyfield/Valuev backlash.

[ICB]

1.Manny Pacquiao
2.margarito vs cotto
3.
4.Breidis Prescott KO's Amir Khan (coz it was funny to watch)
5.Pavlik vs Hopkins
6.
7.margarito vs cotto
8.
9.
10.

Welcome to the forum its good to see a fellow londoner on here, especially an attractive one

[Tam Seddon]

1) Manny Pacquiao
2) Antonio Margartio - Miguel Cotto
3) Ricardo Torres - Kendall Holt
4) Arthur Abraham - Elvin Ayala
5) Amir Khan - Brediss Prescott
6) Vitali Klitschko
7) Oscar De La Hoya - Manny Pacquiao
John Ruiz - Nicolay Valuev 2
9) Juan Manuel Lopez
10) Evander Holyfield - Nicolay Valuev

[SteamBoat]

1.Manny Pacquiao
2.Joe vs Hopkins
3.Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres
4.Prescott banging Kahn
5.Margarito beating Cotto
6.Vitali Klitschko
7.Vitali Klitschko vs Samuel Peter
8.Audley Harrison vs George Arias
9.Paul Appleby
10.Danny Williams vs John McDermott

[TitoFan]

Although my fighter came out on the short end of the stick, I'd have to say I consider Margarito-Cotto to be the Fight of the Year 2008.

[SaltyBacon]

1. Fighter of the year- Manny Pacquio

2. Fight of the year- Casamayor vs. Katsidis

3. Round of the year- Cotto vs. Margo rd 2

4. Knockout of the year-

5. Upset of the year- Hopkins vs. Pavlik

6. Comeback fighter of the year- Vitali KLitschko

7. Event of the year- Dream fight

8. Worst fight of the year- Diaz vs. Katsidis a let down cuz diaz control the whole fight and also the decision afterwards sd

9. Prospect of the year- Alfredo Angulo

10. Robbery of the year- Soto vs. Lorenzo

[iwng100]

[*Starlet*]

manny pacquiao
israel vasquez vs rafael marquez 3
israel vasquez vs rafael marquez 3 round 12
edison miranda vs david banks
sergio mora vs vernon forrest 1
vitali klitschko
the dream match
wladimir klitschko vs sultan ibragimov
mike alvarado
humberto soto vs francisco lorenzo 1

[LucaDiCaro]

1. Fighter of the year - Pacman
2. Fight of the year - Cunningham vs Adamek
3. Round of the year - 4th round Cunningham vs Adamek
4. Knockout of the year - Khan by Prescott
5. Upset of the year - De La Hoya clone turning up for Pacquioa fight instead of the real article
6. Comeback fighter of the year Bernard Hopkins
7. Event of the year - If we are talking best show then it has to be 11th Dec at Newark. The best card this year
8. Worst fight of the year - So many candidates for this!!!
9. Prospect of the year Devon Alexander
10. Robbery of the year - the burglary of Paris Hilton (-; otherwise it has to be us the fans getting robbed by all the poor fights on HBO ppv this year

[C-Lo]

1.Manny Pacquiao
2.Joe vs Hopkins
3.Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres
4.Prescott banging Kahn
5.Margarito beating Cotto
6.Vitali Klitschko
7.Vitali Klitschko vs Samuel Peter
8.Audley Harrison vs George Arias
9.Paul Appleby
10.Danny Williams vs John McDermott

Vitali vs Peter as event of the year?! I am curious to know why this was the event of the year?

C-Lo's pick as of 12/1/2008

1. Fighter of the year: Manny Pacquiao Three weight divisions, three wins

2. Fight of the year: Pacquiao vs Marquez II for it's significance, rivalry, and changes in momentum.

3. Round of the year: Arreola vs Walker (I'll go with a longshot)

4. Knockout of the year: Miranda KO Banks. Has anyone checked if Banks is alive from that?

5. Upset of the year: Hopkins over Pavlik. No one had Bernard winning that fight.

6. Comeback fighter of the year: Vitali Klitschko. He's hasn't fought in years and destroyed the second best heavyweight in the world.

7. Event of the year: "The Dream Match": De La Hoya vs Pacquiao

8. Worst fight of the year: Klitschko vs Ibragimov

9. Prospect of the year: TBD

10. Robbery of the year: Lorenzo DQ win over Soto

I think I'll put Chris Arreola as my prospect of the year. Don't ask, I really couldn't decide so I settled.

[Fenster]

1. Fighter of the year - Haye
2. Fight of the year - Pac-Marquez 2
3. Round of the year - Calzaghe-Jones 3rd
4. Knockout of the year - Prescott-Khan.. 80/1!!!
5. Upset of the year - Pac-Oscar
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Ricky Hatton
7. Event of the year - Haye-Enzo
8. Worst fight of the year - Pavlik-Lockett.. pointless mismatch
9. Prospect of the year - Jamie Cox
10. Robbery of the year - Soto- Lorenzo