Where does this fight rank on your FOTY bracket?

i must have been watching a different fight. i keep seeing people use the word "brutal" in this thread. what?

Lucas vs molina with TC vs gamoboa a close 2nd

#1 for me. It was a great fight up to the point when Gamboa hurt Crawford one last time. Then all hell broke loose when Crawford came back! That is what champions are made of! Both men! Gamboa is still a straight up OG for getting hurt and knocked down, only to get back up swinging for the fences!

It was a good fight, it's up there. For now, i'd have it behind Matthysse Vs Molina and Coyle Vs Brizuela. I have a copy of Guerrero vs Kamegai but haven't got around to watching it yet.

I could ask for action that is consistently very competitive over more than just a couple rounds. As someone said above, there really wasn't much ebb and flow; it was Gamboa clearly winning the first 3 or so (a few of which were feeling out rounds that weren't particularly exciting), and then it was all Crawford bar like 40 seconds. Did anyone give Gamboa a round after the 4th? He pretty clearly won the 5th or 6th. Can't remember which. It had some terrific exchanges through all the rounds once Crawford settled and started winning. Gamboa was landing plenty, he was just getting hurt.

What more can you ask for? Not only fight of the year so far, but, all things considered, an instant classic. I could ask for action that is consistently very competitive over more than just a couple rounds. As someone said above, there really wasn't much ebb and flow; it was Gamboa clearly winning the first 3 or so (a few of which were feeling out rounds that weren't particularly exciting), and then it was all Crawford bar like 40 seconds. Did anyone give Gamboa a round after the 4th?

Hmmmm...I don't really think this fight should get bonus points because it was higher-profile than the rest. That's giving it a boost for something that had nothing to do with the specifics of the action in the ring. It's a bit like thinking the best movies are the ones with the biggest names and that the best albums have to have been high in the charts isn't it? A lot of the best fights of the past few years have been ignored by the wider boxing media, such as Lorenzo Villanueva Vs Daud Cino Yordan or Taek-Min Kim vs Sonny Manakane

1. Coyle vs. Brizuela 2. Crawford vs. Gamboa 3. Matthysse vs. Molina

What more can you ask for? Not only fight of the year so far, but, all things considered, an instant classic.

Hmmmm...I don't really think this fight should get bonus points because it was higher-profile than the rest. That's giving it a boost for something that had nothing to do with the specifics of the action in the ring. And as for the good skill shown, that's true for about the first four rounds, but after that it was more of a brawl than a technical boxing match, and Gamboa especially was fighting wildly. Still a very good fight though. I thought the clash of styles would make for a rather dull, overly cautious affair.

I get what the posters who don't believe this is fight of the yr are saying..When they are mentioning other much more back and forth fights..Yet this was fought on a major stage,while those other fights were not..There is something to be said for performing on this stage the way Gamboa and Crawford did last night..Which is why it was the foty for me..This was a grand stage and there was a lot on the line..Both fighters left it in the ring,and gave a lot of them self's.. This is why it's FOTY for me as well. The skill level in which this fight was fought at was far more superior than the Guerrero and matthysse fights. IMO both Guerrero and matthysse got sucked into fighting against lesser fighters at a lesser skill level. Still great fights though. Also, I know a crowd doesn't make FOTY but that crowd was electric and added an extra bit of flavor for me.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. At all....? I def think it's up there personally. Right behind matts and molina for me. Great fight. The main difference for me is I never thought Crawford was ever in serious trouble. He was patiently figuring gamboa out in the first 4 rounds. That said it was a great fight and I don't want to get into a childish nsb argument over which was better.

#1 Matthysse/Molina #2 Guerrero/Kamegai #3 Crawford/Gamboa

I get what the posters who don't believe this is fight of the yr are saying..When they are mentioning other much more back and forth fights..Yet this was fought on a major stage,while those other fights were not..There is something to be said for performing on this stage the way Gamboa and Crawford did last night..Which is why it was the foty for me..This was a grand stage and there was a lot on the line..Both fighters left it in the ring,and gave a lot of them self's..

It's been a weak year for the category it was exciting/thrilling but not really what I'd determine a FOTY but a candidate

It was a great fight but after the 4th round Gamboa had very fews moments and it fell short of being a foty candidate to me. And as good as Matthysse Molina was it was too one sided to be foty for me as well. Rodrigo Guerrero vs Daniel Rosas is the best fight Ive seen so far this year. Other foty candidates so far have been Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep vs Takuya Kogawa, and Koki Eto vs Adrin Diale. I still haven't watched Reveco vs Alvarado yet, though I read it was a great fight. I also read Jonathan Taconing vs Vergilio Silvano was epic war, but I yet to see a copy of this fight to surface. IMO most of the best fights in boxing go overlooked due to the fighters being unkown and fighting in weight classes most fans dont care about. Its really a shame. The foty nod usually goes to the bigger names. Thats why the foty in 2011 went to Ortiz vs Berto, when it probably should've gone to Yaegashi vs Porpramook or Porpramook vs Hernandez. Could also add Zappvigna Vs Tsuchiya, Lee Vs Watanabe was pretty fun (low skill level, lots of heart bucketloads of blood) Been hoping for Taconing Vs Silvano to surface myself but don't see it coming out any time soon. As you said most of the FOTY's are ignored by the wider boxing public because more and more fans are being sold what ESPN/HBO/Sho/RING/Boxnation are selling rather than what the sport is selling. It's a shame that so few fight fans know about these fights but hopefully by mentioning them we'll bring attention to them. Likewise I'm completely in love with a Korean chap called Ja Ik Goo (or Goo Ik Ja as a buddy informed me earlier) who is just sensational but theres like 5 people who have actually watched him v_v

Not much ebb and flow, 4 clear rounds for Gamboa early then Crawford dominated the rest of the rounds until he got hurt and came back. I think the 9th could be ROTY candidate but no FOTY for me. Still very good fight and the best fight on HBO this year.

This fight was fought on such a high skill level,and for it to be so brutal..Loved this fight right here..BTW Gamboa badly hurt Crawford in that final rd..Very good and entertaining fight..

Damn some of the other fights posters are mentioning, I never heard of before. Reminds me of rap.. You could say 50 was the **** in 2002-2003 then some people would claim rappers I never heard of.. You know the ones that do that battling rap circuit that probably still live in they mama's basement

I'd need someone to remind me of a better fight. It was the best mix of skill, excitement, and drama that I can think of.