~Saddos 2009 Boxing Awards~

[superheavyrhun]

1. Fighter of the year - Manny Pacquiao
2. Fight of the year -
3. Round of the year - Round 2 Cello Renda v Paul Samuels
4. Knockout of the year - Manny Pacquiao v Ricky Hatton
5. Upset of the year - Ryan Rhodes beating Jamie Moore
6. Comeback fighter of the year - Jean Pascal
7. Event of the year - Manny Pacquiao v Ricky Hatton
8. Worst fight of the year - David Haye v Nikolay Valuev
9. Prospect of the year - Nathan Cleverly
10. Robbery of the year - Carl Dilks v Charles Adamu (most recent, I have a terrible memory for these things.)

[ryanman]

Picks subject to change, but as it stands -

Fighter of the Year - Manny Pacquaio * This WON'T be changing*

Fight of the Year - Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz *Beats domestic tear-up between Rhodes and Moore*

Round of the Year - Maidana vs Ortiz RD1 *Other contenders include Samuels vs Renda RD2 and Rhodes vs Moore RD7 *

Knockout of the Year - Carl Froch TKO12 Jermain Taylor *Honourable mentions to Abraham - Taylor, Green - Jones and Pacquaio - Hatton *

Upset of the Year - Ward vs Kessler * can't really choose between that and Mosley - Margarito though *

Comeback Fighter of the Year - A question before i answer this, should Mayweather actually count? Obviously he made a comeback but he hadn't had 'bad years' before it. Isn't it about someone that looks finished or 'shot' but then suprises us by not being.

Event of the Year - The birth of the Super Six * Narrowly beats Mayweather's return *

Worst Fight of the Year - Froch vs Dirrell * It stunk so very bad. For me very little came close. It made Haye - Valuev look like Hearns - Hagler *

Prospect of the Year - Kell Brook * I might get told off for being a naughty boy for this but he had a good year and a really feel he is going to go a long long way.

Robbery of the Year - Cintron vs Martinez * Dishonorable mentions to Fury - Mcdermott and Funeka - Guzman *

[CutMeMick]

Comeback Fighter of the Year - A question before i answer this, should Mayweather actually count? Obviously he made a comeback but he hadn't had 'bad years' before it. Isn't it about someone that looks finished or 'shot' but then suprises us by not being.

You are correct...

[JazMerkin]

Fighter of the Year - Manny Pacquaio

Fight of the Year - Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz

Round of the Year - Maidana vs Ortiz RD1

Knockout of the Year - Randall Bailey's 1 Punch KO of Frankie Figueroa

Upset of the Year - Juan Carlos Salgado over Jorge Linares

Comeback Fighter of the Year - Amir Khan

Event of the Year - The return of Floyd Mayweather Jr

Worst Fight of the Year - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs Troy Rowland

Prospect of the Year - Daniel Jacobs

Robbery of the Year - Alejandro Valdez having his shock win over Fernando Montiel stolen away by Top Rank & corrupt Mexican officials

[C-Lo]

1. Fighter of the year: Manny Pacquiao
2. Fight of the year: Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz
3. Round of the year: Victor Ortiz vs Marcos Maidana Round 1
4. Knockout of the year: Manny Pacquiao KO Ricky Hatton
5. Upset of the year: Andre Ward TKO Mikkel Kessler
6. Comeback fighter of the year: Pending...
7. Event of the year: De La Hoya retiring
8. Worst fight of the year: Pending...
9. Prospect of the year: Pending...
10. Robbery of the year: Sergio Martinez Draw Kermit Cintron

[zbolt]

Fighter of the year: Pacquiao
Fight of the year: JuanMa vs. Mtagwa
Round of the year: Ortiz vs Maidana Round 1
Knockout of the year: Pacquiao KO2 Hatton
Upset of the year: Salgado TKO1 Linares
Comeback fighter of the year: Vitali Klitschko
Event of the year: Pacquiao vs. Cotto
Worst fight of the year: Mayweather vs. Marquez
Prospect of the year: Yonnhy Perez
Robbery of the year: Guzman MD Funeka

[ICB]

I can't really make my mind up about comeback of the year. Can you guys help me out here i got a few names in my head but i can't decide.

Jean Pascal = didn't have a great 2008 he was unimpressive against Omar Pittman, and lost to Carl Froch. But in 2009 he's had a great year winning the Light Heavyweight title, and now recently winning with a dislocated shoulder amazing.

Lucian Bute = Got alot of stick for the 1st Librado Andrade fight, comeback in 2009 and stopped Librado Andrade in great fashion, and had another impressive early stoppage against Fulgencio Zuniga.

Vitali Klitschko = Been out of the ring for 4 years, but did comeback officially in 2008 so im not sure if that effects the comeback of the year ? because didn't he win it last year ?

Amir Khan = Knocked out embarrassingly in 2008, has since comeback and won a world title, and seems to be rated even higher than he was before.

Floyd Mayweather Jr = Been out of the ring for almost 2 years, comesback and scores a great win over a P4P fighter winning 12-0.


1. Manny Pacquiao
2. JMM vs Juan Diaz although JML vs Rogers Mtagwa and Paul Williams vs Sergio Martinez were cracking fights aswell.
3. Marcos Rene Maidana vs Victor Ortiz Round 1
4. Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton
5. Juan Carlos Salgado vs Jorge Linares
6.
7. The Super Six
8.
9. Andre Ward
10. Joan Guzman vs Ali Funeka nothing can beat that surely

[CutMeMick]

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