Ok, let's get it right this time around...
What do you think deserves to be proclaimed
the 2004 Fight of the Year?

Pacman vs Dinamita is the leading contender.....

Pacman vs Dinamita is the leading contender.....

A lot of potential fights of the year could emerge before the
year ends...Exciting upcoming potential fights of the year:

Barrera-Morales III
Tszyu-Mitchell
Wright-Mosley II


Would be interesting to know if Pacman-Marquez is able to hold up until year-end :)

It's a close one for me so far between Tito-Mayorga and Pacquiao-Marquez but i agree that the year isn't finished yet and there could be another great fight waiting to present itself. Althought these two will take some beating in my opinion.

So far, I think it's Trinidad-Mayorga...Pacquiao-Marquez is very close.

Aside from those mentioned by Asian Storm, Castillo-Casamayor is a strong possiblity.

Corrales vs Frietas

Corrales vs Frietas

Could be, but the "no mas" leaves a lot of questions lingering....

I am still rooting for PAC-JMM but I hope these match-ups will provide us good entertaining fights....

Barrera-Morales III
Tszyu-Mitchell
Wright-Mosley II
Castillo-Casamayor

I am still rooting for PAC-JMM but I hope these match-ups will provide us good entertaining fights....

Barrera-Morales III
Tszyu-Mitchell
Wright-Mosley II
Castillo-Casamayor


Barrera-Morales will surely be a slambang affair !

So far, I think it's Trinidad-Mayorga...Pacquiao-Marquez is very close.

Aside from those mentioned by Asian Storm, Castillo-Casamayor is a strong possiblity.


Trinidad/Mayorga was an exciting, one sided beating. Paquiao/Marquez was a heart stopping war. Pac/Marquez is fight of the year, and i highly doubt that any of the VERY promising fights ending this year will top it. It was classic.

Trinidad/Mayorga was an exciting, one sided beating. Paquiao/Marquez was a heart stopping war. Pac/Marquez is fight of the year, and i highly doubt that any of the VERY promising fights ending this year will top it. It was classic.

I agree. Trinidad-Mayorga was exciting but the competition IMO lasted only 2 rounds, the other rounds was 1-sided. Pacquiao-Marquez was very close all through out except the 1st 2 rounds. Unless the upcoming Morales-Barrera 3 turns out to be similar in excitement and action as the 1st, it should be Pac-JMM for FOY.

I agree. Trinidad-Mayorga was exciting but the competition IMO lasted only 2 rounds, the other rounds was 1-sided. Pacquiao-Marquez was very close all through out except the 1st 2 rounds. Unless the upcoming Morales-Barrera 3 turns out to be similar in excitement and action as the 1st, it should be Pac-JMM for FOY.


Morales-Barrera III might not be as explosive as their 1st two encounters. I think Morales will KO Barrera into retirement....

Could be, but the "no mas" leaves a lot of questions lingering....

I never liked Corrales much so the "no mas" made it even better for me. But I think Corrales-Freitas is the fight of the year because Freitas dominated the early rounds but Corrales didnt give up and kept walking him down and got it done. Pacquio-Marquez is a close second though.

baserocks, its only my opinion but I don't think a "NO MAS" fight can be fight of the year, and I still think Pac-JMM is the leading fight of the year candidate, and Trinidad-Mayorga second, I also have to wait what fight EM-MAB III & Castillo-Casamayor will produce...

asian storm, my opinion on the EM-MAB III, I think it will be a barn burner of a fight and the underdog MAB will show us some surprises, hope it will be a good fight....

All fights have been great (except Tarver vs. Jones II, too short), but Pacquiao vs. Marquez is my favourite. Fantastic comeback by Marquez after that devatating first round :) .

I will say it as many times as it takes.....Sheika-Pemberton was the fight of the year.

Hopkins vs. De La Hoya was my favourite one so far..
I also liked Mayweather vs. Corley.

Hopkins vs. De La Hoya was my favourite one so far..
I also liked Mayweather vs. Corley.


Do you drink heavily while you watch fights ?

Pac-Marquez. Regardless of whether you think JMM won, his fortitude was amazing, and Manny also displayed his trademark power and fighting spirit. Trinidad-Mayorga was entertaning but minus the 1st round and it was a pretty one-sided beatdown, not the Hearns-Hagler people have been saying it is . . . .

I don't see your point, alcohol is a depressant.

I don't see your point, alcohol is a depressant.


Nah....a few drinks can heighten an experience....& those two fights, especially Hop-Oscar, needed some serious heightening.

Actually...

I enjoyed Floyd-Chop Chop....

Floyd stood & fought more than ever. He was stunned a few times, but generally laid a BEATING on Corley.

Hopkins vs. De La Hoya was a pretty good fight. Look at it again, you'll really enjoy it. You'll see, just as I saw..

Hopkins vs. De La Hoya was a pretty good fight. Look at it again, you'll really enjoy it. You'll see, just as I saw..



You're mistaking TENTATIVENESS for tactical fighting.

You're mistaking TENTATIVENESS for tactical fighting.

could have been both no? Oscar stood his ground and through off Nard's plan in the beginning. Nard lured him in more and more into a knockout. that's pretty tactical imo.

i hated DLH Vs. B-Hop, but it might of been because of all the hype that its was more of a dissapointment than a bad fight

I enjoy tactical boxing as much as anybody else but I watch boxing for entertainment. Hopkins-DLH was pretty dull. Pac-JMM was pretty good but I'm suprised so many people consider it fight of the year. It might just be because I haven't seen the fight since it happened but after the 1st round all I remember is JMM countering Pac. I thought Tito-Mayorga was by far the most entertaining. I was yelling and throwing things all over my living room.

I enjoy tactical boxing as much as anybody else but I watch boxing for entertainment. Hopkins-DLH was pretty dull. Pac-JMM was pretty good but I'm suprised so many people consider it fight of the year. It might just be because I haven't seen the fight since it happened but after the 1st round all I remember is JMM countering Pac. I thought Tito-Mayorga was by far the most entertaining. I was yelling and throwing things all over my living room.


Yup Pac-JMM was a humdinger of a fight. If you get to watch it am sure you'd be doing some good yelling as well... :D

trinidad vs mayorga was action throughout. pacman vs marquez was a first round blowout then i thought marquez won most of the rounds after that, but it was a good action fight. slight favor for mayorga-tito.

Yup Pac-JMM was a humdinger of a fight. If you get to watch it am sure you'd be doing some good yelling as well... :D
I saw the fight but I didn't record it so I only saw it the one time. The first round was awesome and the rest of it was filled with action but I don't remember it being as good as Tito Mayorga. I probably need to see it again as its been a long while.

I saw the fight but I didn't record it so I only saw it the one time. The first round was awesome and the rest of it was filled with action but I don't remember it being as good as Tito Mayorga. I probably need to see it again as its been a long while.


Well, all things taken into consideration, the 2 would probably slug it out for the FOY honors..as of now at least :)

Asian Strom I have to agree with you on this, Pac-JMM & Trinidad-Mayorga for now will slug it out for FOY honors, pending outcome of MAB-EM III, Castillo-Casamayor and few more fights of note this coming Nov & Dec....

But for anything its worth, for me Pac-JMM still have my vote....

Asian Strom I have to agree with you on this, Pac-JMM & Trinidad-Mayorga for now will slug it out for FOY honors, pending outcome of MAB-EM III, Castillo-Casamayor and few more fights of note this coming Nov & Dec....

But for anything its worth, for me Pac-JMM still have my vote....

I think the best fight that can possibly become a contender for FOY is the upcoming slambang affair MAB-EM III. who's your pick to win it?

I think the best fight that can possibly become a contender for FOY is the upcoming slambang affair MAB-EM III. who's your pick to win it?

I know EM is the younger, stronger & faster fighter between the two but I like the underdog to win, I think MAB have a good chance to win if he can make the fight close like the two first fights....

jmm and pac man fight of the year tito and mayo close second but the year is not over mab and morales 3 could be number 1

I shall come to this top after one month or two.:)

I know EM is the younger, stronger & faster fighter between the two but I like the underdog to win, I think MAB have a good chance to win if he can make the fight close like the two first fights....

But wouldn't it be nice if Morales wins so he can probably face Manny in his next fight ?

But wouldn't it be nice if Morales wins so he can probably face Manny in his next fight ?

I think win, loose or draw, somewhere down the road EM & Pac will face each other more so if EM loose or draw for reason EM has to stay longer at 130 to try to prove something after the loss or draw, but if EM wins the 3rd fight with MAB he just have one more fight in 130 and he goes up to 135, only one chance for Pac to face him.....

And I am not really sure whom Pac will fight February 2005, is it JMM or EM...

Pacquiao VS. Marquez

i go for marquez and pacquiao...

I guess we can count the recent Tszyu-Mitchell as another strong candidate for FOY honors .....

I guess we can count the recent Tszyu-Mitchell as another strong candidate for FOY honors .....

why? It was a beating

Let's see what the final flurries for the year brings.

20-Nov : Wright-Mosley 2

27-Nov : Morales-Barrera 3

4-Dec : Casamayor-Castillo

18-Dec : Tarver-Johnson

Pacquiao-Marquez.......great fight

Apart from rd1, pacquaio vs marquez was the bloodfest that ppl make it out to be. For me, the foy was mayorga vs trinidad coz it was non-stop action for 9 rounds albeit slightly one-sided.

The year ain't over and we still got a number of possible candidates.

Let's see what the final flurries for the year brings.

20-Nov : Wright-Mosley 2

27-Nov : Morales-Barrera 3

4-Dec : Casamayor-Castillo

18-Dec : Tarver-Johnson


Muay Thai, for now the leading FOY candidates are still PacMan-JMM & Trinidad-Mayorga, the fights that you mentioned are FOY possibilities, hope they give us a good fights....

but PacMan-JMM still has my vote up to now....

Trinidad-Mayorga. The best!

Paquiao-Marquez, Morales-Chavez

Pacman vs. JMM - overall combination of closely contested, skilled and lots of action = great fight.

Muay Thai, for now the leading FOY candidates are still PacMan-JMM & Trinidad-Mayorga, the fights that you mentioned are FOY possibilities, hope they give us a good fights....

but PacMan-JMM still has my vote up to now....


Same here. But I have a feeling MAB-Morales 3 is going to be the tough contender for the honors ....

As it stands - Trinidad V. Mayorga. But Morales V. Barrera III is yet to come before the year closes. I'm crossing my fingers for a replay of the first fight.

It have to be Pac-JMM war. The other fights are not even close since this honor is given fights where either fighter could have won...

It have to be Pac-JMM war. The other fights are not even close since this honor is given fights where either fighter could have won...
definetly the best fight.what more could you ask for.

straight up. only the decision took something away from it

de la hoya ns hopkins

Daniel Edouard vs. Willie Gibbs is a FOTY aspirant, too.
That was fight was an big Slugfest and much better then Hopkins vs. De La Hoya.

I still think its PAC-JMM fight, but have to wait little longer what will happen tonight with MAB-EM 3, I am sure it will be a war...

how about em-mab 3?????????? :)

Pac-JMM and MAB-EM 3 are in a toe-to-toe battle for FOY. :)

Let's see if Casa-Castillo could upstage these.

Pac-JMM and MAB-EM 3 are in a toe-to-toe battle for FOY. :)

Let's see if Casa-Castillo could upstage these.


Definitely agree with you on this one buddy :)

Pac-JMM and MAB-EM 3 are in a toe-to-toe battle for FOY. :)

Let's see if Casa-Castillo could upstage these.

I did not yet see the fight yet, I can only imagine how it went, and I have to agree with you on this one bro...

but I am hearing that the fight was onesided for MAB, is there any truth on this????

either trinidad vs mayorga or pacman vs marquez.........remember that knockdowns make fights interesting.

No way Paq-JMM is winning fight of the year anymore. They'll probably give it to Barrera-Morales, though if they don't then Trinidad-Mayorga will win easily.

Paq-JMM was too long ago and was a draw. I know there were knockdowns but Barrera-Morales, IMO, still was the more exciting fight.

staurday's fight was better than all of the above.

Yeah, Barrera Vs Morales III is this years Fight of the Year.

No way Paq-JMM is winning fight of the year anymore. They'll probably give it to Barrera-Morales, though if they don't then Trinidad-Mayorga will win easily.

Paq-JMM was too long ago and was a draw. I know there were knockdowns but Barrera-Morales, IMO, still was the more exciting fight.


i am not too sure of that, i have not personally seen the fight MAB-EM 3 but i heard somewhere in this forum that its one sided, is there any truth about this guys???

my guess if its not MAB-EM 3 for FOY it will surely be PAC-JMM, Trinidad fight was to lopsided...

The scoring of the rounds was probably 8-4. I thought 7-5. Each round though was close. Many were hard to score as evidenced by the judges. The action was FURIOUS in each round though. The last 2 rounds when Barrera was clearly completely exhausted were high drama.

Everything a FOTY candidate should have.

It's kinda funny, but the prime candidates for " Fight of the Year" like JMM-PAC, TITO-MAYORGA,& MAB-ERIK were in my opinion entertaining but lopsided bouts, but I'd definitely give my vote to Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera.

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So finally, which fight is the FIGHT OF THE YEAR for 2004?

The winner of this poll, Pac-JMMarquez?

or

Barrera-Morales 3 ?

no news yet, who got the fight of the year for 2004??? i am still going for PAC-JMM...

This is a BoxingScene poll jomapac:) BS members' opinions.

I vote for Vitali Klitschko vs. Danny Williams. That was action-packed.

Klitschko-Williams, and Raxman-Meexan

JMM vs. Pacquiao
Trinidad vs. Mayorga
Morales vs. MAB

After all the fights this year,
I have it narrowed down to two:

Barrera-Morales III
Pacquiao-JMM

What about you guys ??

it has to be barrera and morales

its all rumble from the 1st round til the last

Barrera and Morales, 2004 fight of the year, beginning to end.

Pacquiao vs JMM...cant get better than that

I agree, Barrera-Morrales has gotta be fight of the year hand down. My second favorite fight was Elders-Burton a few weeks back. That fight was a war and it was violent. 12 brutal rounds of back and forth action with a brutal KO in the end.

This topic should be retired or updated. Fight of the year was Barrera-Morales III. NOthing else comes close.

Trinidad vs. Mayorga was the fight of the year, constant action for 8 rounds.

Trinidad vs. Mayorga was the fight of the year, constant action for 8 rounds.

I watched that the other day and i have to agree. That has definatly been the most exciting amazing fight this year.

You think it was better than Barrera-Morales III?

You think it was better than Barrera-Morales III?

Hmmmmm now you got me thinking, that was a amazing fight too. I guess the reason why i prefer Tito-Mayorga more is because i have never seen such a couragous effort in a fight in a long time and Mayorga showed he had a heart of a true warrior even in defeat.