FIGHTS OF THE YEAR, so far

[drez24]

1) Gatti v Leija
2) Mayweather v Bruselles
3) Julio Ceasar Chavez Jr. v Maraldo


for real:
castillo v corrales
arce v hussien
morales v pac

[TRUEVisionDC]

Uhhmmm... I reckon

No.1 - Morales vs Pacquiao
No.2 - Corrales vs Castillo
No.3 - Cotto vs Corley
No.4 - Arce vs Hussien
No.5 - Witter vs Ndou

martin, ive been lurking around here for about 10 months and signed up in Dec. You are one of those guys that I kinda respected the opinion of until you put No.3. WHY?? Chop Chop is slop slop. cmon...

[ELPacman]

I'd like to explain my choices even though they are similar to others.
1.) Manny-Morales. The fight was very intense since you were basically waiting for Manny to unleash the straight left which never happened. Then in the 5th rd things got heated with the headbutt. The 12th rd made you love boxing so much more and the fight took place all over the ring with many exchanges from 2 true warriors who as Tarver and Johnson did, put belts aside and fought each other to find out who the best in the sport is.
2.) Arce-Hussein. This fight caught me and probably everyone by surprise. It looked like it would be over in the first 20 seconds when Arce exploded on Hussein and nearly took him out. What happened over the next rounds did nearly steal the main even show. A bloody battle with Arce cut over the bridge of the nose and both exchanging wild crazy shots in every round.
3.) Corrales-Castillo. No doubt about it, a great fight. I'm not much a fan of phone booth fighting, I like to see them fight in and out more so, though this one was great. The 10th rd had to be seen to be believed although I'm sure it left a lot of people besides myself feeling cheated with what Corrales did. It's almost like he used an exploit in boxing just to save himself. Of course it worked and it was smart though that seemed to create a hole in boxing that there are tricks you can do that are wrong, yet you can get away with. Then he pulled out the win although I never felt really happy for him since the mouthpiece issue and the referee stopping it very fast for Castillo. Of course Castillo had his hands low and took some clean shots, though so did Gatti and Ward in their first fight and ref let it go.
Yeah well, that's my thoughts.

[dangerousity]

1) Pac vs Morales - I think when there was action it was great. The 1st one was great, Pac getting to morales and then morales coming back to punch Pac's head off the ropes. The 12th when they traded was beutiful to watch. Dissapointment with the fight is that there wasnt enough action, just Morales outboxing Pac.

2 - Corrales vs Castillo - The 10th rnd was great. Plenty of big shots and action. Downside to the fight, too much in-fighting, looks like a clinch and although they fought with power shots, I couldnt really call it a "war".

3 - Acre vs Hussein - This fight had lots of action, cuts to ****e things up and the fact that no one expected much of the fight. Dissapointment with the fight is that they seemed to be too sluggish/slow and the punches didnt seem strong.

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

martin, ive been lurking around here for about 10 months and signed up in Dec. You are one of those guys that I kinda respected the opinion of until you put No.3. WHY?? Chop Chop is slop slop. cmon...

I liked this fight A LOT because I think watching Cotto fight is like watching poetry. (For boxing fans)

As a fighter he is totally complete. The most rounded fighter out there at the moment, (And this is coming from a Ricky Hatton fan!.. LOL!).

OK... He's still a little wet behind the ears but this was his graduation fight... He got hurt badly and the way he dealt with adversity leads me to believe he will go on to be a great... He will only get stronger from this experience.

I believe the mark of a true fighter is how they deal with adversity, how they cope when they're hurt... That's why I love the sport of boxing... Coz' of the courage displayed when everything's against you, like Corrales the other night... I always knew Diego Corrales had that in him.

I saw future glimpses of greatness in the performance that night from Cotto.

I might be talking bollox though... LOL!...

[Zab Super Judah]

1.Castillo vs Corrales
2.ARce vs Hussy
3.Ndou vs Witter
4.lario vs mcullough

[Dio2]

Finally a thread where everyone doesn't put the Castillo-Corrales fight as number one. It was a good fight but there were much better fights this year.

[NiGe2011]

(1) Castillo/Corrales
(2) Arce/Hussein
(3) Pacquiao/Morales

-- I was really hoping that Cintron and Margarito would be on such a list as this, but alas, it was not meant to be.


PS-- about Coto, he got his chin checked by Corley and passed, but I am still not sold on that boy...