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FIGHTER OF THE MID-YEAR: FLOYD MAYWEATHER
-Obviously. He won the biggest fight of the last decade or so in very convincing fashion. Whoever calls the decision controversial is a moron.
TRAINER OF THE MID-YEAR: FREDDIE ROACH
-Even thought De La Hoya didn't beat Mayweather, and Bobby Pacquiao wasn't able to pull of the miraculous upset against Soto, he was able to present a much better version of both fighters then was expected.
FIGHT OF THE MID-YEAR: MORMECK vs BELL II
-I had to go with this one. Its just to good a slugfest for the first 8 rounds to resist. And as great a year as its been so far, every great fight has been marred by a poor ending or unsettling controversy. VAZQUEZ-MARQUEZ ended with a displeasing quit from VAZQUEZ. MARQUEZ-BARRERA had to much margin on the scorecards. PAVLIK-MIRANDA and FREITAS-DIAZ were both turned into onesided beatdowns towards the end. And even this fight, MORMECK-BELL II, involved a track meet for the final 4 rounds.
WORST FIGHT OF THE MID-YEAR: TAYLOR vs SPINKS
-Easily the worst major fight I've seen in a while. No offense to either fighter, but the style clash was among the worst all year. Or any year for that matter. It ****** all the air out of the entertaining PAVLIK-MIRANDA fight, and out of a PAVLIK-TAYLOR bout later this year.
BEST HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT OF THE MID-YEAR: SMITH vs DAVIS
-Maybe I'm just blanking on some great Heavyweight fight this year. I think Peter-Toney was in January, but that wasn't as good as this one. And this isnt even that great a fight. Point is, the Heavyweight division lacks any entertainment outsite of Samuel Peter, Lamon Brewster, and the occasion Sultan Ibragimov bout.
PUNCH OF THE MID-YEAR: Take you pick
HATTO-CASTILLO (Obviously, the left hook to the body)
SOTO-TOLEDO (LAST right hand on the LAST knockdown)
MESI-LINDBERGER (LAST right hand of the fight)
-Obviously. He won the biggest fight of the last decade or so in very convincing fashion. Whoever calls the decision controversial is a moron.
TRAINER OF THE MID-YEAR: FREDDIE ROACH
-Even thought De La Hoya didn't beat Mayweather, and Bobby Pacquiao wasn't able to pull of the miraculous upset against Soto, he was able to present a much better version of both fighters then was expected.
FIGHT OF THE MID-YEAR: MORMECK vs BELL II
-I had to go with this one. Its just to good a slugfest for the first 8 rounds to resist. And as great a year as its been so far, every great fight has been marred by a poor ending or unsettling controversy. VAZQUEZ-MARQUEZ ended with a displeasing quit from VAZQUEZ. MARQUEZ-BARRERA had to much margin on the scorecards. PAVLIK-MIRANDA and FREITAS-DIAZ were both turned into onesided beatdowns towards the end. And even this fight, MORMECK-BELL II, involved a track meet for the final 4 rounds.
WORST FIGHT OF THE MID-YEAR: TAYLOR vs SPINKS
-Easily the worst major fight I've seen in a while. No offense to either fighter, but the style clash was among the worst all year. Or any year for that matter. It ****** all the air out of the entertaining PAVLIK-MIRANDA fight, and out of a PAVLIK-TAYLOR bout later this year.
BEST HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT OF THE MID-YEAR: SMITH vs DAVIS
-Maybe I'm just blanking on some great Heavyweight fight this year. I think Peter-Toney was in January, but that wasn't as good as this one. And this isnt even that great a fight. Point is, the Heavyweight division lacks any entertainment outsite of Samuel Peter, Lamon Brewster, and the occasion Sultan Ibragimov bout.
PUNCH OF THE MID-YEAR: Take you pick
HATTO-CASTILLO (Obviously, the left hook to the body)
SOTO-TOLEDO (LAST right hand on the LAST knockdown)
MESI-LINDBERGER (LAST right hand of the fight)
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