Most Impressive Performance of the Year?

[bojangles1987]

I know what Hopkins did was very impressive, but there's no way getting knocked down twice and having a draw with Jean Pascal is more impressive than Sergio knocking Paul Williams unconscious in two rounds.

[al-Xander]

Pac-Margarito does not even belong up there!!Martinez's destruction of the Punisher,Froch outclassing Abraham & B-Hop's performance against a younger lineal titlist!!Mares,fighting a huge gash,a referee & Vic to earn a win!!

Yeah right. Speak for yourself, bud. Only when the fight is over.
You're one of those hypocrite idiots who predicted Margarito would
dismantle Pac. Real boxing fans, my a$$. I know you guys are highly
regarded here. Highly regarded morons.

7 Reasons Margarito Will Stop Pacquiao

After analyzing a few of Margarito's (specifically Williams, Santos, and Martinez) and Pacquiao's fights, I have come to the conclusion that Margarito has a great shot at stopping Pacquiao.

1 - Margarito has underrated timing/counterpunching against southpaws, he has this hard counter right uppercut/hook to the body that he lands a lot on southpaws. I don't see Pacquiao getting away from it consistently either.

2 - Margarito has underrated defense against southpaws, he caught/blocked/dodged most of Williams jabs and straight lefts.

3 - Margarito finds a way to consistently get to them offensively, he starts landing that right to the body after that he starts coming with his left hook to the body, straight right up top, etc.

4 - Pacquiao's defense is based almost entirely on his legs, as soon as Margarito is able to consistently close the distance, his legs won't be able to get him out of trouble consistently. Pacquiao has almost no inside game, so all he does is cover up and shoot his counter right hook.

5 - Margarito won't respect Pacquiao's power, he has a great chin to do this, but even when he does get hurt or stunned, he'll still keep coming forward. He got hurt against Santos (who had a 10 pound advantage 160 to 170) and he still came forward.

6 - The pressure he puts on is incredible. Even Paul Williams throwing 1200+ punches had to consistently hold to a point where he was warned in the 7th and kept holding in spots. Paul Williams was taller (easier for taller fighters to hold an opponent) and had good strength to keep Margarito in the clinch, 2 things I feel Pacquiao won't be able to do. When Margarito gets to his body and starts piling it on, he won't be able to stop it, unless he runs.

7 - Pacquiao's aggressiveness will play against him. He will expend energy exploding in, letting his combinations go, and getting out. Only to have Margarito's counter right to the body land in the exchange, if Margarito misses, he'll just come right back and let his shots go.

To me, the most important question that has to be answered in the fight is:

Can Pacquiao take Margarito's body shots and pressure without getting worn down?

Believe it or not, the man you probably feel is too slow to land, will land, and Manny's resistance will have to answer that question.

I had Pacquiao by UD and I thought it would be easy, but it's changed (not because of any rumor or hype either) to Margarito KO10.

[El Chicano]

Ok, so I'm gonna make a poll now, thanks for all the input.. it's gonna go something like this, if you want me to add any others, please advise...

In no particular order...

1. Manny dec Margs
2. Marquez TKO Katsidis
3. Froch dec AA
4. Martinez KO Williams
5. BHop draw Pascal
6. Khan dec Maidana
7. Mares dec Vic
8. Segura TKO Calderon
9. Montiel TKO Hasegawa
10. There's Room For One More

[serv]

1) Mayweather outclassing Mosley was pretty ***in sweet!
2) JMM vs Katsidis was an all out war exciting from start to finish.
3) Pac vs The Cheating Scumbag was very satisfying, although I was hoping Pac would have been a little more relentless and not have taken it easy on that ***in piece of ****!4) Martinez vs Williams 2 was a shocker!
5) Mares vs Vic & Mares vs Perez were awesome too!
6) B-hop vs Pascal was a good one.

It was a pretty good year of boxing when u think about it.

You really hate marg that much? chill bro, I think he paid for it already, got mauled in 12 rounds.

[El Chicano]

Poll for the MIPY has been added.

[infamous larryx]

floyd mosley should be an option

[Pacdbest]

I think Martinez 2 rd destruction of Williams was the best thing I seen all year honestly...

it was the best ko but it was too short to be rated as the best performance.

[El Chicano]

floyd mosley should be an option

really, you can't be serious.

[Flawless*]

really, you can't be serious.

Why not? A complete shut out against a HOF and P4P fighter at the time

[HitmanHattonAY]

defo froch battering abraham for 12 rounds