Which are you voting for Fight of the Year between the Pavlik - Jermaine Taylor fight and the Calzaghe - Mikkel Kessler fight?
I'm picking the Pavlik/Taylor fight because of the drama associated with Pavlik's knockdown and subsequent KO of Taylor. But, the Cal/Kess fight holds some historical impact, so it really is a toss up.
None of the above because the frontrunner in the race for fight of the year is the rafa-vasquez rematch while still waiting for the results of mosley- cotto and hatton- mayweather fights.
mosley vs cotto will be fight of the year, i dont see how it couldnt
DAMN! who is that in your avatar?
..as for the thread it's too early to call, I gotta wait until December 31st to make that call.. out of those 2 fights I would say Pavlik-Taylor because of the elements we saw in play, we saw cockiness work against a man (Pavlik), we saw too much too soon (Taylor punching himself out in 2nd round) we saw a courageous comeback and we basically saw 2 undefeated guys let it ALL out, there was skill, will and thrill throughout the whole 7 rounds.. there was more displayed in terms of perseverance in the Pavlik-Taylor fight over the Kessler-Calzaghe fight because for the most part Calzaghe schooled Kessler, he staked his claim and imposed his skills, he hit Kessler in angles that Kessler couldn't deal with and despite a courageous effort from Mikkel it was Joe who won a clear decision.. not as many eye opening things going on as oppose to Taylor-Pavlik which was a complete topsy turvy brawl yet it was VERY skillful on both parts, the 1,2 from Pavlik and the jab from Taylor.. out of those 2 fights I say Taylor-Pavlik but in terms of FOTY holla at me in December on that.. 100
Out of these two? Pavlik-Taylor. The real foty is Vasquez-Marquez II. Pavlik gets the fighter of the year unless Hatton wins or Mosley gets KOd in round 1. Calzaghe gets put in the ATG list - which is reward enough.
I agree that Vazquez-Marquez II is fight of the year, but if I had to pick between those two choices I'd pick Taylor-Pavlik which was a more shocking fight if not as historically important.
Vazquez-Marquez 2 should win....unless theres arobbery like in 1996, when Barrera-McKinney shouldve gotten it but they gave it to Tyson-Holyfield...in that case Pavlik-Taylor would be the robbery winner...
mosley vs cotto will be fight of the year, i dont see how it couldnt
It has a pretty damn good chance. Some of those Puerto Rican fans are crazy mofos, they might riot when Cotto gets knocked out.
Where's Vazquez vs Marquez II, Pavlik vs Miranda, Katsidis vs Amonsot,etc.
Out of those two fights I picked Pavlik vs Taylor, it will probably win FOTY because the Undisputed Middleweight Championship was at stake. Calzaghe/Kessler was a great fight, but it wasn't quite fight of the year.