Terence Crawford Feels He Deserves ‘Fighter of the Year’ Awards

Most deserved Fighter of the year in history Who are the fighters that won fighter of the year in most impressive fashion?

http://www.boxingscene.com/terence-crawford-sentenced-50-days-jail-body-shop-case--111788 PERIOD! In June of 1961, Muhammad Ali -- then known as Cassius Clay -- met Gorgeous George in Las Vegas... Ali, who passed away on June 3 at age 74, was already an Olympic gold medal-winning boxer with the talent and confidence to become the greatest to ever grace the ring. But he wanted more. He wanted to fill arenas and earn big money. He wanted to captivate people with more than just his fists and his footwork. From the oft-derided world of pro wrestling, Ali found his missing ingredient. He needed to be arrogant, loud and clever. He needed to be mouthy, to be a compelling character. Any fan he could not infuriate with his arrogance, he wanted to amuse with his wordplay and charisma. The idea started when Ali watched an aging, golden-era TV wrestling star work the room. " from seeing Gorgeous George wrestle in Las Vegas," Ali told the Associated Press' Hubert Mizel in a 1969 interview. "I saw his aides spraying deodorant in the opponents' corner to contain the smell. I also saw 13,000 full seats. I talked with Gorgeous for five minutes after the match and started being a big-mouth and a bragger. "He told me people would come to see me get beat. Others would come to see me win. I'd get 'em coming and going." From that point on, it wasn't just fight night. It was showtime. Especially during interviews, where Ali drew massive attention for reciting poems about his own greatness and launching into insulting tirades about his opponents. How ugly they were. How stupid they were. That was how Ali sold fights. It was just like Gorgeous George told him it would be in 1961. Some people hated Ali and some loved him, but when Ali was on the marquee, everyone showed up. To use wrestling jargon, he talked them into the building. Muhammad Ali's interviews were straight out of the pro wrestling playbook. Thanks to Ali's incredible success and influence, it also became the blueprint for fight hype across all genres of combat sports, including boxing and mixed martial arts. Although he got the idea from wrestling, it was up to Ali to execute on it. Not every fighter has the charisma or the charm to pull off Ali's act. Make no mistake about it: What wrestling might have innovated, Ali perfected... Muhammad Ali was wise enough to borrow a good idea from Gorgeous George in 1961. From there, he used his powerful personality to innovate the art of fight hype, all while dominating the game of boxing. In entertainment and in sports alike, he leaves a void his successors will be hard-pressed to fill. http://www.cbssports.com/general/news/how-muhammad-alis-fascination-with-pro-wrestling-fueled-his-career-inspired-mma/

http://www.boxingscene.com/terence-crawford-sentenced-50-days-jail-body-shop-case--111788 PERIOD! Fury is tabloid manna from heaven. He was chastened by the British Boxing Board of Control in March after railing against arch-enemy David Price and light-heavyweight Tony Bellew during a live telecast. He regularly offends via infantile social networking rants and can trash talk for Ireland. Oddly his self-aggrandising spiel has developed a number of American affectations of late. A poor mimic rather than an original, he punts a provocative shtick that, ultimately, leads back to Jack Johnson via Gorgeous George and Muhammad Ali. It is this appeal – that of the shock jock, WWE and lowbrow chat shows – that seems to be driving demand. Fans are licking their lips in anticipation of a protracted media typhoon that tramples convention and wallops taboo. The ability of both men appears secondary here; Haye and Fury will milk outrage dry while lining their pockets. Controversy is not for everyone, though. Super middleweight king Andre Ward is one of the top men in his field but makes less noise than his peers – almost certainly to his detriment. The latest darling of American broadcaster HBO, Ward is a calculating ring mechanic whose method has been pilloried. Criticised for marring and grappling, he is effective rather than an exciting. That, however, has rarely held back welterweight Floyd Mayweather – currently boxing's biggest draw – or light-heavyweight veteran Bernard Hopkins, who earns well these days in spite of his insipid displays. So what exactly is Ward lacking? The answer is character. God-fearing and courteous, Ward has it in spades. His personality, though, is a dead duck with consumers. Nowadays being a character rather than possessing the trait is a less arduous trek to prosperity. Mayweather and Hopkins have both bases covered. Variations of the American Dream, they've created personas that belie them as artists. Floyd is the ultimate urban ******* – all thug life and dollar rolls – who threatens to annihilate opponents before handing out more muted boxing lessons. Hopkins plays up to his image as a former convict yet fights more Al Weiwei than "Tookie" Williams. Fury, like Ward, is a devout Christian, yet unlike the Oakland maven, Fury will compromise principles for publicity. In acting like a champion – a role model, in fact – Ward somehow loses out... Mike Tyson perfected this idea of a bankable alter-ego. In 1997, once his second career had begun to unravel, "Iron Mike", a one-time ring terror left trading on reputation, adapted accordingly. He unleashed a grotesque caricature of himself that titillated sufficiently in order to buy him some time. In enabling a culture that craves controversy, maybe the only thing these fighters are guilty of is ingenuity? That there is an appetite for such material reveals more about society than it does boxing. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/queensberry-rules-boxing-blog/2013/jun/19/is-trash-talking-ruining-boxing

Not above the year Frampton had, for example. or Ward or Kovalev based on who you think won that fight. I think Loma had a better year as well. Crawford should be in the running, but he isn't FOTY in my opinion.

your missing roman gonzalez beat arroyo and then moved up in weight and defeated the best guy in the division cuadras. Thankyou. Yeah Chocolatito should be up there too. Still Frampton in the lead for me though.