Andre Berto had a decent year. He defended his NABF title. Won Floyds vacant WBC and defended it and won.
Fighters who had a good year in 2008
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Andre Berto picked up the WBC strap, and gave it a defense. 3 wins overall in 2008. A good year considering that he was looked at as a prospect in '07, and is now pretty much set to fight the top guys at Welterweight.Comment
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Billy Dib...
Oh and Juanma 4 fights, won his title, defended it 2 times and got 4 W in 6 rounds this yearComment
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SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Mikkel Kessler - two wins, defeated a tough opponent Sartisan for the vacant title, and then was forced to fight a mediocre opponent Haussler as a mandatory
Carl Froch - two wins, including the WBC title fight
Denis Inkin - two wins, including the WBO world title fight
Lucian Bute - two wins, both successful title defenses
Andre Dirrell - four wins, three over decent opponents
Sakio Bika - two wins, ready to fight a top contender/titleholder again
Karoly Balszay - two wins
Jean Pascal - one win and a loss, but performed well in losing an exciting world title fight
Librado Andrade - one win and a loss, but performed well in a controversial world title loss
Andre Ward - three wins, will now step up his competition in 2009Comment
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