fighter of the year poll

Tight call between Hatton and Taylor! After all, Hopkins was old and you can't take that away.. Him Beating a 40 year old Hopkins, was like Byrd beating Holyfield... and looked at what happened, it was not Byrd who beat the 'injured' Holy.. Evender was just done! :( I'm not trying to take the credit away from Taylor... but who knows what Hopkins condition really is... Hatton gets my vote. Corrales should not even be on this list

Gotta go with Hatton.

its not luck.... its either because a judge fucked up the fight or the boxer lands the right punch at the right time as for corrales the 2 times he got knocked out helped him regain his energy and blast castillos face lol hahah but i aint see the second fight tho but i kno castillo was over weight

what exactly does luck have to do with boxing? Do you even watch boxing? I don't think so.

You are crazy, you are telling me Castillo didn't deserve a rematch? I agree with you about the weight issue, but how can you say Corrales shouldn't have gave Castillo a rematch? Castillo nearly had the fight in the bag, and almost had Corrales knocked out and finished, but Corrales was SO lucky to pull it off. To say Castillo didn't deserve a rematch is crazy! what exactly does luck have to do with boxing?

Corrales would of still been paid since he met all the requirements of his contract even if he decide to not fight. but no PPV $$$

He shouldn't have fought because of the weight issue. I felt he shouldn't have fought Castillo at all, but so many fans of Castillo were claiming cheating that Corrales being the warrior he is wanted to prove everyone wrong. That's all fine and dandy, but when the opponent fails to make weight by a huge margin of 2 fucking pounds, you say no fight. Corrales had too much heart and wanted the money too bad to say no. Shame on him. You are crazy, you are telling me Castillo didn't deserve a rematch? I agree with you about the weight issue, but how can you say Corrales shouldn't have gave Castillo a rematch? Castillo nearly had the fight in the bag, and almost had Corrales knocked out and finished, but Corrales was SO lucky to pull it off. To say Castillo didn't deserve a rematch is crazy!

Corrales had too much heart and wanted the money too bad to say no. Shame on him. Corrales would of still been paid since he met all the requirements of his contract even if he decide to not fight.

So are you saying that Corrales never should of fought a rematch or he never should of fought Castillo after the weight issue? He shouldn't have fought because of the weight issue. I felt he shouldn't have fought Castillo at all, but so many fans of Castillo were claiming cheating that Corrales being the warrior he is wanted to prove everyone wrong. That's all fine and dandy, but when the opponent fails to make weight by a huge margin of 2 fucking pounds, you say no fight. Corrales had too much heart and wanted the money too bad to say no. Shame on him.

Records mean nothing, man. Every great fighter had losses on his record(with the exception of Rocky Marciano, Salvador Sanchez, and Ricardo Lopez) Taylor didn't beat Hopkins in impressive fashion, I had Taylor winning by one point, but there are many people that believe he lost. Fighter of the year needs to win convincingly. yea but he still put his record on the line.. he wouldnt want to lose..no one wants to lose.. plus hopkins is a tough opponent and taylor beat him.. the second fight i scored it the same 115-113 for taylor and i belive alot of people scored it the same... the only people who dissagreed were the hopkin fans... i like hopkins and all but he lost the fight and as for the 1st fight i scored it very close also but hey im wasnt judging the fight... as for duane ford who gave taylor the last round of the 1st fight i thought was wrong but i guess thas what he seen and he gave it to taylor and thas what made him win

Hell no. Corrales is the least deserving of fighter of the year out of those choices. Sure, the Castillo loss was controversial, but Corrales fucked up by taking the fight. Corrales got my vote for fighter of the year last year (he beat Casamayor and Freitas), but definitely not this year.

Taylor beat Hopkins twice

I give a slight edge to Taylor over Hatton but really no one has more than one big win this year. Castillo has had a good year as well even though he lost to Corrales the first time. He beat Diaz and won the rematch against Corrales. I would give him the benefit of the doubt, but there was controversy in the rematch. If he had made the weight, I wouldn't mind having him fighter of the year.

i pick taylor he is the man he beat hopkins twice and yet he put his undefeated record on the line and guess what??? his record stays undefeated lol haha Records mean nothing, man. Every great fighter had losses on his record(with the exception of Rocky Marciano, Salvador Sanchez, and Ricardo Lopez) Taylor didn't beat Hopkins in impressive fashion, I had Taylor winning by one point, but there are many people that believe he lost. Fighter of the year needs to win convincingly.

I give a slight edge to Taylor over Hatton but really no one has more than one big win this year. Castillo has had a good year as well even though he lost to Corrales the first time. He beat Diaz and won the rematch against Corrales.

Tszyu was also injured for 22 months & although knocking out Mitchell, looked unimpressive and on his way down. Tough call but Winky has the better names in 2005, Hatton has the better wins. I disagree about Tszyu looking unimpressive, he dismanted Mitchell with ease when he was the underdog. If Winky did become fighter of the year, I wouldn't protest against it.

i pick taylor he is the man he beat hopkins twice and yet he put his undefeated record on the line and guess what??? his record stays undefeated lol haha

I will have to go with Hatton, going into the fight with Tszyu, about 80% of the people thought Tszyu was going to destroy Hatton and humiliate him, but he proves the skeptics wrong and makes Tszyu quit in the final round. I have to go with Hatton.

What about Winky Wright? Yes, he beat overstuffed welterweights but they were huge names on his resume. That's true, but beating Trinidad after a huge layoff, and one good fight against a vastly overrated fighter is not a big deal. Solimon isn't a bad win, really, he was on a 19 win streak, so...

If you picked Corrales to be fighter of the year thats the funniest thing I've ever heard. Taylor beat 40 year old Hopkins twice, if anything it was more of a challange for Hopkins than Taylor. Hatton beat 2 seperate title holders including ackward fighter Carlos Maussa and the legendary Kostya Tszyu. It's an easy call for Hatton. To be honest, there hasn't really been a "fighter" this year that you can really vote for, but I'd say Hatton gets it. He's been out for a long time fighting and put his perfect record on the line twice against dangerous opponents. Since when was Maussa dangerous? All he did was prove how overrated and stupid Harris was, nothing more. He's far from a good fighter. Hatton was unimpressive in both fights, simply doing what he had to win. I agree with the rest of your post, though. Nobody sticks out this year as a fighter of the year. Floyd didn't fight anyone worhtwhile this year, so you can't pick him. No one in the Light-heavy division did much, minus Tarver beating an overrated Johnson, and a shot Jones. Hatton's the best choice that I see, but I don't feel too good in picking him. Including Corralles is a joke.