~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.

[ICB]

Carl Froch vs Andre Dirrell as robbery of the year ? come on fellas i admit i thought Andre Dirrell won, but only by 2 rounds at the most, it was mostly an ugly fight and Andre Dirrell should of pressed more, especially when he had Carl Froch gone at one point in the later rounds.

Joan Guzman vs Ali Funeka is a pure robbery, it was no worse than 8-4 for Ali Funeka, and Mike Arnaoutis vs Tim Coleman deserves a mention aswell.

[Dizaster]

Awesome! Considering i'm such a bum I havn't been able to fork out the dough to make the previous awards.. But shit yeah, this year just one hour away i'll be there!

Nice choice of Venue Mick..

I'll be back here with my votes after a think

[Howlin Mad Missy]

what happened to GAY of the year, Mod of the year? etc.

[TheBranMan]

Carl Froch vs Andre Dirrell as robbery of the year ? come on fellas i admit i thought Andre Dirrell won, but only by 2 rounds at the most, it was mostly an ugly fight and Andre Dirrell should of pressed more, especially when he had Carl Froch gone at one point in the later rounds.

Joan Guzman vs Ali Funeka is a pure robbery, it was no worse than 8-4 for Ali Funeka, and Mike Arnaoutis vs Tim Coleman deserves a mention aswell.

When I voted for Froch vs Dirrell as Robbery of the Year, it wasn't that it was the fight with the score disparities farthest from the truth, there were OBVIOUSLY much worse robberies in that respect. It was, however, at a very high level of the sport. It was also in round 1 of the Super Six, a very prestigious tournament; thus it sets the bar low for judging in the remainder of the tournament. IMO, Dirrell obviously won that fight. I don't have any idea how Froch fans can defend that win.
I thought we were just voting here. Not having to defend every one of our nominations
EDIT: While I stand by the fact that the Dirrell/Froch fight was an absolute robbery, due to the reminder of Martinez/Cintron (where Martinez was actually robbed TWICE in that fight), I'll have to go with that.