*** Saddos 2008 Boxing Awards ***

[rjj tszyu]

1. Fighter of the year- Joe Calzaghe (I can't believe I'm saying this )
2. Fight of the year- Cotto-Margarito
3. Round of the year-Holt-Torres round 1
4. Knockout of the year Hayes KO of Maccarinelli
5. Upset of the year- Hopkins win over pavlik. Not the result as much as the manner in which B-Hop administered the beating.
6. Comeback fighter of the year- A lot will disagree but I say Hatton. He got KTFO off Floyd but has come back with two wins over a decent fighter and another world champion and has shown he is far from shot as some have said.
7. Event of the year (It could be the Dream Match or an event like Ahmet Oner ringing the bell during the Williams fight or JMM-Pac II) Maybe tonights event. Anything with Oscar is quite a big event.
8. Worst fight of the year-Valuev-Ruiz II
9. Prospect of the year- Daniel Jacobs
10. Robbery of the year- off the top of my head i'd say Spinks-Phillips

Ive changed my mind. I want my vote for fighter of the year to be changed to Pacquiao. I was not expecting that at all.

[bzkfn]

Sorry I haven't been around much this year guys. Working overtime just kills me atm.

1. Fighter of the year: Manny Pacquiao
2. Fight of the Year: Pac vs. JMM II - I was on the edge of my seat.
3. Round of the year: Holt vs. Torres II Round 1
4. Knockout of the Year: Martin Lindsay KO'ing Derry Matthews
5. Upset of the year: Pac over Oscar...I just didn't think it possible
6. Comeback fighter of the year: Has to be Vic Darchinyan!
7. Event of the year: Haye-Maccarinelli (They made a big deal on Setanta and I went to the fight)
8. Worst fight of the year: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Sultan Ibragimov (Piss poor excuse for a unification title fight)
9. Prospect of the year: Kell Brook
10. Robbery of the year: Holt over Torres for me. Unintentional headbutt or not, that is a shitty way to lose a world title.

I'd like to add my own moment of the year. Thank you to Timothy Bradley for snatching Junior Witters dream away. When he knocked him down with that punch, I must confess I was extremely jealous.

[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]

[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