~Saddos 2009 Boxing Awards~

[TheBranMan]

Good. Sydney, Australia. No plane ticket required here.
These are mine (thus far):

1. Fighter of the year- Timothy Bradley. I won't vote Pac while he's refusing more conclusive blood testing (I previously had him as my FOTY). While I would like to believe he's done everything clean, I have always wondered about PEDs and this saga just reinforces my worries. Back on topic, Bradley has proven he belongs in the elite few.

2. Fight of the year- Diaz vs Marquez. Very exciting fight, at a very high level of the sport.

3. Round of the year- Round 1, Victor Ortiz vs Marcos Maidana. Both fighters down. Both are ferocious punchers. Need I say more?

4. Knockout of the year- Marquez knocks out Diaz. Great uppercut and great ending to a great fight.

5. Upset of the year- Antonio Margarito vs Shane Mosley. Dominating performance by Shane. Margacheato just couldn't get off.

6. Comeback fighter of the year - Floyd Mayweather. Assuming this counts. He did come... back... and in dominating form.

7. Event of the year - Plaster found in Margarito's hand wraps. This ended his cheating-spree (one assumes) and let the sport progress (albeit, maybe a little late for Cotto).

8. Worst fight of the year - Timothy Bradley vs Nate Campbell. Don't only end the fight early and take away Bradley's probable KO, change his win to a NC because of Don King's influence.

9. Prospect of the year - Anthony Peterson. A great prospect, who seems to have the similar tools to his brother.

10. Robbery of the year- Kermit Cintron vs Sergio Martinez. Poor Martinez was robbed twice in this fight.