If Pavlik wins. Fighter of the Year?

Fighter of the year is going to be either Cotto Mayweather or Hatton

I think winner of Hatton-Mayweather gets fighter of the year.

Has to be Mayweather or Hatton, without a doubt. Pavlik has a great chance any other year than 2007, but if Hatton beats Mayweather he gets it hands down, if Mayweather beats Hatton he also gets it.

IMO the winner of Mayweather/Hatton will gain FOTY honors. However Pavlik is a close second.

he'd at the least be a decent candidate

When Mayweather beats Hatton I would say he would have to be Fighter of the year since he beat DLH also. But, I would say Taylor-Pavlik could be a contender for fight of the year if Taylor can take his shots.

Only if he knocks him out impressively and basically destroys Taylor, but I don't think it's gonna happen like that. Hmmm, I don't even know if he gets it if he kills Taylor in the ring if Hatton wins. Hatton beating Mayweather is far beyond anything that anyone else could accomplish. Beating the #1 P4P is pretty big. The other P4P elites that are still fighting this year are: #2 Pacquiao - but Barrera lost his first fight this year, he's out. #3 Marquez - Rocky Juarez who? #8 Calzaghe - Kessler has had a good year, but I don't think it is enough to be better than a win over Mayweather. #10 Cotto - Collazo and then Cotto for Mosley isn't better than Hatton I don't think.

I say the winner of Hatton/Mayweather. They both already have big wins. If Pavlik beats Taylor he'll be a close second though. If Cotto could knock out Mosley I think he'd be in contention

He gets it more than Hatton would if he beats Mayweather? Only if he knocks him out impressively and basically destroys Taylor, but I don't think it's gonna happen like that.

Pavlik will have to beat taylor 1st and i dont think he can!!!

If he can KNOCK OUT the undisputed middleweight champion of the world in impressive fashion....the guy who took the belts from a previous champ with 21 straight title defenses, then yes, he definitely deserves fighter of the years honors, especially after having put a guy no one wanted to face (Miranda) through a meat-grinder. He gets it more than Hatton would if he beats Mayweather?

If he can KNOCK OUT the undisputed middleweight champion of the world in impressive fashion....the guy who took the belts from a previous champ with 21 straight title defenses, then yes, he definitely deserves fighter of the years honors, especially after having put a guy no one wanted to face (Miranda) through a meat-grinder.

man how can mayweather be fighter of the year he hasnt knocked anyone pavlik already got 2 kos but taylor is gonna be a tough test lol yeah too bad foty has nothing to do with knockouts. If mayweather wins hands down he gets it. He went up in weight and won the biggest fight in recent history picked up another belt and would have beaten someone that suppossably he is scared of and gives him his toughest fight of his career. Of course when mayweather out boxes him and schools him in the ring they will downplay it.

man how can mayweather be fighter of the year he hasnt knocked anyone pavlik already got 2 kos but taylor is gonna be a tough test Because fighter of the year is a separate award from knockout of the year. I thought the titles of those awards explained that pretty clearly.

Fight hasnt even begun and we're talking about fight of the year? haha. Dont jinx it.It could be one of the most boring fights this year.

If he were to win Saturday do you think he'll be the FOTY. I can't think of many fighters this year who have achieved as much as him assuming he wins Sat which isn't a done deal. His knock out over Zertuche will be a candidate for knockout of the year(probably won't win but still a good ko) And his Fight with Miranda will be a candidate for Fight of the Year and if he wins the Middleweight Crown Saturday I think he's a lock for the award. If JT wins Saturday the only other person I could see win the award would be Miguel Cotto. Cotto has had a good year Urkal-KO11, Judah-KO11 and assuming he beats Mosley. I think he'll be FOTY. Those 2 are my frontrunners for the award. What do you think? It'll be Hatton or Mayweather I think... December 8th is for the 147 pound Ring belt, the 147 pound WBC belt, and fighter of the year in my estimation.