Fighters who had a good year in 2008

[The Hammer]

HEAVYWEIGHTS:

Wladimir Klitschko - 3 wins, including two successful world title defenses plus a successful unification fight

Chris Arreola - 4 wins, including two good wins on TV over other up-and-comers, and two wins over clubfighters

David Haye - knockout victory in his first fight against a heavyweight contender

Vitali Klitschko - amazing performance to win the WBC title after nearly four years of inactivity

Alexander Dimitrenko - two KO wins over decent opponents

Taras *****ko - two wins over decent opponents

Ray Austin - two wins in his comeback

Denis Boytsov - four wins, over an improving quality of journeymen

Juan Carlos Gomez - one win in the WBC eliminator

Michael Grant - two wins and he moved back into the rankings

[The Hammer]

CRUISERWEIGHTS:

Tomasz Adamek - three wins: an eliminator, a warm-up, and a world title fight

Guillermo Jones - one win: after a long period of inactivity, returned to win the WBA title

Alexander Alexeev - three wins, he's looked great in his fights with fringe contenders/journeymen, and now he's ready to fight at the top level

Giacobbe Fragomeni - two wins, including the WBC world title fight

[Gopgop]

floyd mayweather...lol

[stickandmove12]

Manny Pacquiao-Won the WBC and vacant Ring super featherweight titles, Moved up in weight to beat Juan Manuel Marquez for the WBC lightweight title, Moved up in weight again to 147 to face Oscar De La Hoya and beat him when nobody thought he had a shot. I give it to him.

[The Hammer]

Manny Pacquiao-Won the WBC and vacant Ring super featherweight titles, Moved up in weight to beat Juan Manuel Marquez for the WBC lightweight title, Moved up in weight again to 147 to face Oscar De La Hoya and beat him when nobody thought he had a shot. I give it to him.

Yes, he's definitely fighter of the year.

But who else had good years?

[Derranged]

Margarito....................................

[-MAKAVELLI-]

margarito, pacquiao, darchinyan (back from the dead)

[stickandmove12]

Evander Holyfield should have had a good year. BASTARDS

[TheGreatAli]

Good post, Greek K

[The Hammer]

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Joe Calzaghe - two wins, came to the US and defeated two future HOFers.

Bernard Hopkins - one win and one loss: the win was a dominant one over the prime universally recognized middleweight champion, an amazing performance by a 43 year old

Adrian Diaconu - one win, but it was in a world title fight

Chad Dawson - two wins over veteran contenders

Beibut Shumenov - six wins (now 7-0) the last three being over amazingly good opponents considering his lack of experience

Shaun George - one big win on TV over Chris Byrd

Hugo Garay - two wins, a world title fight and a successful defense

Nathan Cleverley - three wins, the third being a step up in competition