What's also fact is that Team Rosado could have chosen not to continue with fighting until they found an agreeable solution to the glove situation. They chose to fight, which equates to them accepting the situation as resolved. Bottom line is they accepted the gloves and the fight that night so Rosado needs to close his mouth about it. Be a man and accept your defeat and move on.
"I feel my power." Only GGG can say something like that and make it sound cool. Since I live in Stuttgart, I'm gonna try and find GGG and become his English tutor, but while retaining his unique cool phrases.
I feel quite strongly that Timmeh would take down Khan. If Timmeh dazed JMM in their last exchange, imagine what that would have done to Khan? Chicken dance time with the goofy looking facial gestures included, then lights out.
Martinez was lucky to get a win over Martin Murray. A lot of people feel he didn't win that fight. It's not some massive robbery (it was still a close fight) but the same could be said about Bradley's win over Pacquiao, and Pacquiao is a much better fighter to be seen as having robbed than Martin Murray is.
Rigondeaux has one name on his pro record worth mentioning. That puts him above Bradley in your eyes?
I agree that Martinez has lost some luster in the last few fights (Murray throughout, and Chavez in the last round), but he's still shown to be the top man in the MW division. I still think he can give opponents hell at 154 or 168 (not saying he'll win them all).
For Rigo, it's how he dismantled Nonaire that catapulted him up the list for me.
Timmeh beat JMM in my opinion, in a close fight, but it wasn't in convincing fashion, nor did he beat Pac, and he really 'survived' Provo.
At the end of the day, I think positions 3-5 are super close, and it's all subjective.
Here are the guys I think have strong arguments for Fighter of the Year so far:
Tim Bradley: Fought a Fight of the Year type fight against Ruslan Provodnikov, showing incredible heart to fight through a concussion and come out victorious. Then when a lot of people thought he might be damaged goods, he cleanly and clearly outboxed a top-3 pound for pound fighter in Juan Manuel Marquez. I've been big on Tim for a while now and his win over Marquez has earned him my vote.
Danny Garcia: Took on Zab Judah in a fight that would set up the opponent for the Matthysse-Peterson winner. The tough veteran gave Garcia a test but Swift came through. Then he took on Matthysse when a lot of people thought he wouldn't and put some great work on him. Danny has cleared out his division and is at least a back-end p4p fighter now.
Mike Alvarado: His year is not yet set in stone, but he already avenged his only loss against Brandon Rios earlier this year in a fight where he was considered the underdog. If he beats Ruslan Provodnikov in a great fight, he'll have as strong of a case as anyone else imo, especially if the Provodnikov fight is another wild war.
Gennady Golovkin: I think his case is a little weaker than the other fighters on here, but he'll also have the distinction of fighting 4 times this year by the time his Stevens fight is over. Rosado, Ishida, Macklin and Stevens may not be world-beaters held in the esteem of a Matthysse or Marquez, but the way Golovkin has dispatched the first three of them deserves consideration.
Guillermo Rigondeaux: He's only fought once this year, but his win was a big one. I think a lot of people expected Donaire-Rigondeaux to be a pick-'em type fight, instead of the one-sided clinic it turned out to be. A win over Agbeko in December would help pad out the Cuban's activity for the year and put him in Fighter of the Year contention.
Adonis Stevenson: Two big knockouts this year over Bad Chad Dawson and Tavoris Cloud have sealed his place as the light heavyweight champion of the world, and he's not done yet, with a fight against Tony Bellew coming up before the end of the year. This accomplishment would have been a lot more impressive a year ago but it's still worthy of consideration.
Did I forget anybody? Please vote and discuss!
Nice summary. With a few months left in the year, I'm leaning towards Danny Garcia. He was such an underdog against Matthyse and won with flying colors. I'll admit I damn sure wasn't betting on him that night.
Lomachenko is great prospect, GREAT!
But the key word is "prospect". He should get a few fights before moving up too much.
Quoted for truth right there.
This is a big gamble for Team Loma. I think it's too soon but I will definitely watch the fight. And to fight Rigo immediately afterwards? Way too early.
Most folks, myself included, don't think he really beat Pac. And even if he did beat Pac, it wasn't convincingly enough to rate him PFP#1. Yes on paper you could say he's beaten JMM and Pac, whereas Floyd only beat JMM. But even still, Timmeh is PFP#5 at best. And that's no disrespect.
Arthur Abraham. It pains me to watch him fight these days in his typical turtle shell, throwing 6 punches per round, and ultimately winning the fight, thanks to hometown cooking.