SPOTY 2017: Shock Results As Anthony Joshua Fails To Make Top 3

https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article11713234.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/BBC-Sports-Personality-of-the-Year-2017-Arrivals.jpg In a stunning upset, Mo Farah beat odds-on favourite Anthony Joshua to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Farah said. “We have amazing superstars in Joshua and Lewis Hamilton. I didn’t imagine this was ever going to happen.” For a measure of the shock, Gary Lough, Paula Radcliffe’s husband, and the man coaching Farah on his transition from track to road, was caught by amateur lip readers apparently mouthing the words “that’s a fkin joke”.

Absolute shambles at the end of #spoty. Congrats anyway to @Mo_Farah on winning (assuming he ever got his well-deserved award) but how on earth did @anthonyfjoshua & @LewisHamilton not make the Top3? The British public’s glittering record of voting insanity continues...
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 17 December 2017

Anthony Joshua vs Klitschko is widely considered the fight of the year, he is easily the most recognisable sportsperson in the UK and was heavy favourite to win.

Mo Farah was 33/1 to win, Anthony Joshua 1/100 to finish in top 3.
One of the biggest betting market fails of all time #SPOTY
— Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) 17 December 2017

Despite putting on one of the greatest Heavyweight World Title fights in the last 20 years which also broke all attendance records in the UK, he failed to be placed top 3.

Trying to work out how Anthony Joshua didn't make the final three... �� #SPOTY pic.twitter.com/JqSdbokTL8
— Ladbrokes (@Ladbrokes) 17 December 2017

Comments (20)

SthPaw

I think in a way this shows the difference between boxings fans and the casuals that flock around AJ. Surely if he had that many adoring fans he would have crushed something like this that is vote based? Just shows in my opinion that the vast bulk of U.K fans following AJ aren’t actual boxing fans in a sense, just guys tuning in on fight week to see some big guy punch someone and that’s all they really know - no ideas on the opponent or the relevances of results etc

8y ago

soul_survivor

Farah is our greatest track athletes and a previous winner if i'm not mistaken but to win it in 2017 was odd, however not entirely surprising. He is immensely likable, massive popular and more well known well liked than aj and Lewis. I was expecting them all to be top three. I think it goes to show the disparity between someone readily available on national TV and someone hidden behind a pay subscription network.

8y ago

Oh the humanity!!! We should get Colin Kaepernick on the case. This was an injustice. You are funny guy, buddy. Nice one, friend. Good one pal. :afro:

8y ago

HarvardBlue

Oh the humanity!!! We should get Colin Kaepernick on the case. This was an injustice.

8y ago

W1LL

Does anyone care, really? Celebrity bashes. This award meant something when Joe Calzaghe won it in 2007. Now it's all about the LGBQT, Diversity, BLM community. With celebrity journalists like Piers Morgan fawning over it.

8y ago

HAHAHAHA that fraud Femi got f*cked. Nice to see the roided freak didn't get rewarded for going life and death with a 40 year old man. *41 year old man :D

8y ago

Vadrigar

Farah practically was exposed as a drug cheat and he still won it Ridiculous Femi is a walking drug cheat. :rofl:

8y ago

Vadrigar

HAHAHAHA that fraud Femi got f*cked. Nice to see the roided freak didn't get rewarded for going life and death with a 40 year old man.

8y ago

MoneyKing

illuminati manipulating the results was the first thing I thought. Anthony 'AJ' 'Femi' Joshua got PEAC*CKED, hehehe LOL.

8y ago

jas

Farah practically was exposed as a drug cheat and he still won it Ridiculous

8y ago

alexguiness

AJ is too humble to accept the award. He also has no personality anyway. (unless you count the one Matchroom have spent millions creating for him).

8y ago

PensionKiller

Haven't watched this show for years but TBH Mo Farah is a multiple Olympic and World Championship Gold medallist at 5k and 10k. He is also actually a better personality than AJ who is very bland. AJ did well but if he beats Parker, Wilder and Fury or any of those 2 next year, he should get it IMO. 41 year old Wald and Takam don't cut it. Lewis Hamilton did a good job being the World Champion F1 driver but he seems to be disliked probably due to the tax issue and some don't like his aggressive driving style and moaning to his team during games. However I love his aggressive style since he first came onto the scene and nearly won it in his 1st season

8y ago

denium

Why should Joshua win SPOTY for beating Fury's leftovers? The UK public know the score. Fury is the #1 HW in Britain.

8y ago

Quiksilva

You know why AJ didn't win? The comment he made to Eddie Chambers "Black superior race." - made him lose.

8y ago

iamboxing

The BBC is a business just like any other business and doesn't want to pi$$ off license payers. This was the same organisation that shielded a known paedophile, Jimmy Saville, and allowed him to continue hosting a children's show, where he was allowed to sexually abuse them in their dressing rooms. BBC executives knew, but were silent for years because the show was so popular. EVEN AFTER HE DIED, they still tried to conceal evidence until the government had to intervene and and investigate. So, fuvk the BBC!!!

8y ago

DeadLikeMe

With a stunning 23 billion votes from click farms in Indonesia and Pakistan, Mo Farah has won Sports Personality of the Year again!

8y ago

TheWaterBoy

To be fair, AJ is a boring fvcker

8y ago

ShoulderRoll

Tyson Fury ruined Wlad. The people behind the SPOTY obviously didn't want to reward a guy just for mopping up what was left of Tyson's sloppy seconds.

8y ago

NahMean

Isnt Mo the guy Joshua beat in a race? Yea lol he's a distant runner.. He had chance at the sprint.

8y ago

NahMean

He got almost double the percentage that Tyson Fury got in 2015, and Tyson's win was more impressive (undefeated for a decade, reigning champ, in Germany) and he picked up more belts. There were calls to remove him because of his 'homophobic' and 'sexist' comments. Crickets when it came to Joshua's "superior black race" comments. I think he did pretty well all things considered They actually got around the same amount of votes. Tyson Fury achieved greatness but that wasn't a night to remember.. It was a absolute stinker.. Put the viewing public to sleep.. Surprised the public gave him as many votes as AJ got.. despite his homophobic and sexiest comments being news headlines at the time.

8y ago