Fighter of the year will be Andre Dirrell or Andre Ward.

[V.WEBB]

I would love to see either one of them win this award at this part in their respective careers.

[street bully]

Andre Ward deserves it. If Bradly decided to quit avoiding Alexander, Alexander would have been the fighter of the year.

[street bully]

If Wladimir Klitschko KOs Sam Peter in September, and then stops Tomasz Adamek in December, he should be Fighter of the Year (he put Eddie Chambers to sleep in March).

But he won't be, because he's not an American and because his skin is the wrong color. They'll discredit him like they always do by saying his opponents were no good.

A load of rubbish Pavlik was runner up for fighter of the year in 2007, and Pacquiao an asian has won two in a row. However, Wlad deserves it IF he does fight Adamek by the end of the year.

[street bully]

Sergio Martinez....

He only had one fight this year, against a Pavlik who was decimated and turned to alcohol two years ago.

[Biolink]

I'd say so far Fernando Montiel is leading, he destroyed the filipino Ciso Morales in the first with a bodyshot, then knocked out the highly regarded Hosumi Hasegawa in April and destroyed Concepcion last month unlike anyone has ever before.

I agree with this.

If he and Donaire fight and he can take out Donaire that would be the cherry on top.

Montiel has had a phenomenal year. Too bad the lower weight classes don't get as much attention

[JBell11]

I agree with this.

If he and Donaire fight and he can take out Donaire that would be the cherry on top.

Montiel has had a phenomenal year. Too bad the lower weight classes don't get as much attention

Good Point, I forgot about Montiel, he has been putting in work.

He's been very busy, and winning impressively. That Montiel/Donaire fight will be something special.

[Heru]

Solid candidates that should win the award over the Ward-Dirrell winner. Assuming everything goes according to plan:

Montiel should definitely be the front runner because the man knocked out a top 10 P4P fighter and if he beats Donaire clearly and cleanly that's a top 5 P4P fighter (even though he doesn't belong there, he has the talent of 1 and should be in everyone's top 20).

Lopez if he beats Luevano, Concepcion, Marquez, and John, is definitely one of the front runners, no matter what happens with anyone else because if he does win, I assume it'll be by knockout in a good fight also.

Martinez if he can get his hands on Paul Williams and beat him decisively again, then he should definitely be a front runner for FOY.

Wladimir Klitschko if he knocks out Chambers, Peter, and beats Adamek decisively, Wlad should definitely get some consideration, especially since Adamek should be at least close to everyone's top 10 P4P right now.

[Hi-Dro]

I think it depends on who sergio fights next

the dude is on a roll

[Dick Buffman]

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If Montiel gets a fight with Donaire and wins, he should get it.

Beating the consensus #1 in a deep division and a fighter of Donaire's quality would seal it for me.

JuanMa would get a shout too.