It is very likely the winner of the Pacquiao vs Mayweather bout will be fighter of the year?
Could there be any other contenders. with only just about a third of the year gone it may be too early to tell but hard to see if they could topple the winner of the mega bout.
Ring Magazine's Fighter of the Year for the last 24 years
1990: Julio Cesar Chavez
1991: James Toney
1992: Riddick Bowe
1993: Michael Carbajal
1994: Roy Jones Jr.
1995: Oscar De La Hoya
1996: Evander Holyfield (2)
1997: Evander Holyfield (3)
1998: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
1999: Paulie Ayala
2000: Felix Trinidad
2001: Bernard Hopkins
2002: Vernon Forrest
2003: James Toney (2)
2004: Glen Johnson
2005: Ricky Hatton
2006: Manny Pacquiao
2007: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)
2008: Manny Pacquiao (2)
2009: Manny Pacquiao (3)
2010: Sergio Gabriel Martinez
2011: Andre Ward
2012: Juan Manuel Marquez
2013: Adonis Stevenson
2014: Sergey Kovalev
Fighter of the Year 2015
posted on 23/4/15
comment by The Guvnor III V.I.K-Give me a scotch.I'm... (U12889)
posted 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
comment by D4thincarnation (U2520)
posted 9 hours, 57 minutes ago
If Pacquiao wins it, he will be 4 time winner of fighter of the year(Only Ali has done this) and he might bag another Fighter of the Decade as well, (Only SRR has done this)
Mayweather might like to think he is better than both, but Pacquiao would have match their achievements
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Only pactards mention manny in the same breath as ssr and ali.
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When Pacquiao wins, there an argument to be made that Pacquiao is the ATG no 1.
posted on 23/4/15
There's no argument to be made for either of them to be ATG no.1. Too many catchweights, too long to make this fight etc etc.
posted on 23/4/15
if they only fight once this year then i dont think they can win fighter of the year based on one performance ... if they rematch and same person wins then yeah there is an arguement but if someone like Crawford fights twice more this year after moving up in weight i would favour someone like that. Fighter of the year from 1 fight would be a joke IMO
posted on 23/4/15
comment by delboy82 (U7141)
posted 3 minutes ago
if they only fight once this year then i dont think they can win fighter of the year based on one performance ... if they rematch and same person wins then yeah there is an arguement but if someone like Crawford fights twice more this year after moving up in weight i would favour someone like that. Fighter of the year from 1 fight would be a joke IMO
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Crawford, Golovkin, Kovalev, could all be good shouts.
posted on 23/4/15
comment by D4thincarnation (U2520)
posted 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
comment by delboy82 (U7141)
posted 3 minutes ago
if they only fight once this year then i dont think they can win fighter of the year based on one performance ... if they rematch and same person wins then yeah there is an arguement but if someone like Crawford fights twice more this year after moving up in weight i would favour someone like that. Fighter of the year from 1 fight would be a joke IMO
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Crawford, Golovkin, Kovalev, could all be good shouts.
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hey would be early favourites so far in my eyes also. It all depends on who else they fight now tho. I dont see any big names goin in with GGG, and Kovalev needs to be in with Stevenson or Beterbiev this year to be a winner .... would love to see crawford show up Broner then a proper top ranked fighter, that would make him hard to beat for the award
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For me its got to be GGG,look at his record ,and he HAS been in with decent fighters . Also holds the record for highest KO rate in Middleweight history !
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