BoxingScene 2008 Year in Review: The Middleweights

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By Cliff Rold - It’s an odd year when not only do the two best Middleweights in the world not fight each other, they pick up their best wins in non-title catchweight rematches of the Middleweight fights that made them. Such was the case as World champion Kelly Pavlik met and defeated Jermain Taylor for a second time while IBF titlist Arthur Abraham stopped rival Edison Miranda. Making matters odder, after a single forgettable defense Pavlik stepped into another catch weight showdown in October against former Middleweight king Bernard Hopkins and, well… [details]

[MANGLER]

The champs are really the only relevant ones at 160. Any unification fights between em should be good.

[Nate126]

I don't care about his punching power, Miranda is a FRAUD. He's beaten no body.

[Bushbaby]

those 160 pounders are alright,i guess,maybe.paul williams would own that division if he decided to go and take control,no better yet, if any one there would want to give him a chance,most feared man from 147-160 period,point blank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oA2o]

I would love to see Paul Williams get his ass kicked at 160!!!:*******:

[Underdog82]

I'd like to stop hearing about Miranda. He has had tons of shots and he loses every time. He is not a champion.

[SickmyDuck]

those 160 pounders are alright,i guess,maybe.paul williams would own that division if he decided to go and take control,no better yet, if any one there would want to give him a chance,most feared man from 147-160 period,point blank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paul would get laid out by Pavlik and Abraham

[crold1]

I'd like to stop hearing about Miranda. He has had tons of shots and he loses every time. He is not a champion.

Miranda's wins over Eastman and Green are still quality. Losing shootouts with Pavlik and Abraham hardly scream "that guy sucks"

[giacomino]

Sturm fighter of the year? You're on crack. Abraham was willing to come to the US and fight a guy who broke his jaw. Abraham kicked his ass. He also defended twice, including easily beating the guy who won the "fight of the year." Sturm continued fighting at home against mediocre opposition. He beat an amateur (Pittman), a C-level "contender" in Griffin and a European-champion-level fighter in Sylvester. Oh yeah, and he continued to call out Abraham with no intention of actually fighting him because Abraham would knock his ass out. Even Pavlik, who beat Taylor and Ko'd Lockett before losing to Hopkins, had a better year than Sturm