Fighter of the year..........so far.........

**Bombardier** · 07-18-2005, 12:56 PM

PBF will win it guaranteed if he beats a high-profile opponent on Nov. 12. He will be the only guy with three wins. Actually, if Corrales wins the rematch he might get a lot of votes as well. I guess it depends on exactly how big Floyd's opposition is going to be.

**enadeus** · 07-18-2005, 12:56 PM

How can you say that the fight of the year was Hopkins vs Taylor? It was mad boring until the last 4 rounds when Taylor seemed to be stunned by a few of Hopkins punches. Other than that it was mad boring. The anticipation made it a bit excited cause most people thought that Hopkins would explode, but he never really did.

EDIT: WOOPS! I thought you said fight of the year. Yea still Taylor won a close decesion and I don't think he is the fighter of the year. I'd have to go with either Mayweather or Wright. Both dominated their opponents.

**Super_Lightweight** · 07-18-2005, 12:57 PM

hmm

ESPN should never have a say on anything boxing related again. They gave the ESPY to Bernard Hopkins over Corrales, Tarver, etc. That's just IDIOTIC.

**sisforshaq** · 07-18-2005, 12:59 PM

Floyd or Winky. Will have to wait till end of the year to see how it plays out

**tri4ben2** · 07-18-2005, 12:59 PM

If you think that Taylor is the 2005 fighter of the year, you need to get your head examined. Winning a decision over a retired Raul Marquez and fading badly against hopkins is not what makes a fighter of the year.

A fighter that has two or three big wins is the Fighter of the year.

**King Jaffe Joffer** · 07-18-2005, 12:59 PM

Originally posted by Bombardier

PBF will win it guaranteed if he beats a high-profile opponent on Nov. 12. He will be the only guy with three wins. Actually, if Corrales wins the rematch he might get a lot of votes as well. I guess it depends on exactly how big Floyd's opposition is going to be.

Too bad Chico aint gonna win, he was done in the last fight but went deep down in his soul to somehow win. It wont happen again. Castillo hits harder on a consistant basis and has a chin of stone.

**Eman** · 07-18-2005, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by Bombardier

PBF will win it guaranteed if he beats a high-profile opponent on Nov. 12. He will be the only guy with three wins. Actually, if Corrales wins the rematch he might get a lot of votes as well. I guess it depends on exactly how big Floyd's opposition is going to be.

If Taylor fights and wins in Dec he will also have 3 wins

**Bombardier** · 07-18-2005, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by King Jaffe Joffer

Too bad Chico aint gonna win, he was done in the last fight but went deep down in his soul to somehow win. It wont happen again. Castillo hits harder on a consistant basis and has a chin of stone.

Yeah, you're probably right. Chico hasn't sounded the same since that war. I don't think he has it in him to win a second one. But it's hard to ever count that guy out, you know?

**Bombardier** · 07-18-2005, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by Eman

If Taylor fights and wins in Dec he will also have 3 wins

hmm...yeah, for some reason I was thinking the Joppy fight was in '04. Could be a real tough one to pick this year.

Let's assume Corrales loses and Taylor and PBF both win. If you rate their opposition from 1 to 10 you might get something like this:

Taylor:
Joppy - 5
Hopkins - 8
Hopkins - 8
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TOTAL - 21

PBF
Bruseles - 3
Gatti - 6
TBA - ??
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TOTAL - 9 + ??

Even if Floyd fights a 10/10 opponent he couldn't catch Taylor. Of course my scores are debatable.

Fighter of the year..........so far.........