Definately Vazquez-Marquez 3 without a doubt. Marg-cotto was good in terms of significance, but in terms of all out action in a two-sided fight its Vasquez-Marquez hands down.
Shit Juarez-barrios could be FOTY too if the exciting Juarez shows.
fuck juarez. that guy gets more chances than zab judah when he has showd NOTHING at the elite level. he doesnt even have a 'cory spinks' fight. just a laundry list of missed opportunities and lackluster title shots. i hope barrios whoops his ass and then him and lacy (who will get destroyed by taylor!!!) can hold each other, cry in each other's arms, and most importantly, stay the fuck off of my tv screen!!!!!
Shit Juarez-barrios could be FOTY too if the exciting Juarez shows.
I haven't seen him since Barrera handled that ass the 1st time. He didn't even try to fight Marquez, he just tried not to get knocked out and took 0 chances. That shit made me mad, especially how boxing writers were saying that Marquez was trying to duck him with the hand injury stunt so that he could secure his pacquiao fight without any risk. That made me mad..
I'd give it to Raf/Izzy III. It's close, it's been an amazing year in boxing.
katsidis-diaz will be fight of the year
it will be huge
That fight does have serious potential to be an all out war and may take the limelight for foty. Given their styles I can't see how it couldn't be very esxciting to say the least.
The best fights I've seen thus far this year would be marg-cotto and marquez-pac. People speak really highly of the marquez-vazquez 3 fight. I really need to see it. It's time for a trip to the video trading block.
i see your point. it was the most dramatic in terms of 'oh shit!' moments. i was literally doing laps around the house when he knocked out katsidis and while the fight was on i was jumping over the coffe table and running around. plus i love casa (save the armando santa cruz fight) because he box game is soooo tight, and i don't mind his b-hopesque veteran tactics...
cant argue with izzy-raf- a fucking classic! hope these two can fight again and make the millions they deserve!
my foty rankings.
1) casa-katsidis
2) izzy-raf tres
3) cotto-margs
4) pac-marquez ii
Casamayor-Katsidis was really exciting, but there was to much holding in it to make it FOTY imo. I thought Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson was better then Pacquiao Marquez 2, but that's not saying much since Marquez-Pacquiao 2 was a great fight.
I dont think Cotto vs Margarito was so great or a classic aside from the fact that Margo was a big underdog to many, it wasnt an on the edge of your seat fight because Margo was never hurt. So I go with Marquez vs Vaz 3