Pacquiao, the Ring Magazine's Fighter of the Year!!

[Carpe Diem]

Pac should be foty not sergio. Pac fought guys 2 weightclass bigger than him while sergio only fought smaller guys.

*******s logic alert: Bigger = Better.

[betmen]

Another example why pac fans are the worst fans in sports......90% of them dont know who sergio martinez is

is sad and embrassing really, but is true.

but the good thing is pac drawing million people to become boxing fan, and i believe some of them will fall in love with this respected sport and become more hardcore boxing fan. coz u know i see in other thread how UFC is dominating PPV, that just make me nervous.

i hope boxing will find soon another tyson, another de la hoya and ofcourse another pacman. . that is my hope for this new year.

[kadyo's]

http://philboxing.com/news/story-49385.html

One day after USA Today bucked the odds and chose pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao as the “Fighter of the Year” over Argentina’s Sergio Martinez, the prestigious Ring Magazine announced the results of a fan poll in which Pacquiao once again gained the coveted accolade over Martinez.


Respected boxing writer Michael Rosenthal reported that Pacquiao received 71 percent of the votes cast by fans while Martinez got 24 percent, Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez and Fernando “KO-Chulito” Montiel 2 percent each and Giovani Segura one percent.

Rosenthal said “the choice for 2010 Fighter of the Year was a no-brainer for most objective observers” citing Sergio Martinez’s decision over Kelly Pavlik to capture the middleweight championship of the world and one-punch knockout of Paul Williams which he said clearly were more impressive than the accomplishments of any other fighter.

However, Rosenthal conceded that “We’re in the era of Manny Pacquiao, though. The world’s greatest fighter is so popular – particularly among his passionate countrymen – that we knew with certainty that he would be the runaway winner of the award. Facts be damned.”

Rosenthal clarified his statements by saying “This isn’t to say that Pacquiao’s one-sided points victories over Joshua Clottey on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium and Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 in the same venue during the past year were insignificant.”

He noted that Clottey didn’t come to fight but was a legitimate contender on paper. And while Margarito’s talents pale next to those of Pacquiao, the Mexican was the much bigger and stronger of the two. He outweighed Pacquiao by 17 pounds on fight night, which took a physical toll on the winner.

The Ring Magazine writer noted that Pacquiao’s demolition of Margarito at junior middleweight, also gave him a major title in an unprecedented eighth weight class adding “we don’t think much of the alphabet titles but to be a dominating fighter in eight of the 17 weight classes is remarkable.”

Ring Magazine said it wasn’t Pacquiao’s greatest year in terms of accomplishments but it certainly was a productive one and we “shouldn’t downplay the role of the fans who voted for Pacquiao in overwhelming numbers. Boxers don’t perform in a vacuum. The fans are part of the equation, which is why many of us believe a fighter’s ability to entertain the masses is one factor in determining greatness.”

Rosenthal remarked “We love to watch Pacquiao fight, regardless of the opponent. Pacquiao was never in danger of losing to Margarito, for example, but we were in awe of what we saw in the ring nevertheless. This is what Pacquiao gives us fight after fight after fight, which is why he has become a worldwide icon.”

Referring to the feelings of Pacquiao’s Filipino fans, Rosenthal wrote “They burst with pride over the fact that their country has produced the best fighter on the planet who also is universally admired as a person. He’s like a god. Thus, many Filipinos couldn’t possibly look at him objectively, which is why he and not Martinez was voted Fighter of the Year. And who can blame them.”

I'm a big pacquiao fan but sorry, I think 2011 belongs to Sergio Martinez.

[OpaiSoma]

It doesnt really matter what the whinners and haters in boxingscene has to say, the media and general public says otherwise, they should have realized that in Pac vs Margarito. They end up crying again

[oc9979]

I guess Sergio Martinez is the Fighter of the Year

[kymira]

Martinez deserves FOTY, how can anyone deny it. Anyone who disagrees are dumb-ass fanboys. And im not even much of a fan of Sergio's.
BTW TS really got burnt on this thread lol

[New England]

Sorry Sergio!!! you need more fans! At least you got the KO of the year!!

the real question becomes :

Would most pacquiao fans know the difference between a boxing glove and a leather mitten if manny didn't exist?


and then we must ask : will these folk still be fans of the sport after manny loses or retires?


one thing is certain, it will remove some clutter on these message boards



sergio martinez went from an argentine relocated in spain and fighting in obscurity to a star on the biggest american network covering boxing in the span of only a few years and fights

he took the MW championship (same belt that hopkins, hagler, monzon, robinson all carried) by destroying kelly pavlik's face with clean punches
and then knocked out Paul williams (top 5-10 p4p at the time) out COLD with one punch


if you think pacquiao is the fighter of the year you're not a fan of boxing
you're a pacquiao fan / a fan of yourself

[BennyST]

Pac deserved it. Sergios claim is the basis of one punch against PW. That isnt good enough in anyones eyes.

So what was the Hatton punch then? Did Pac only get that FOTY award for that one punch over some guy that wasn't even really the number one guy in the division anymore?

****ing tool.

[New England]

*******s logic alert: Bigger = Better.

LOL i'm also loving how the 6'2 williams with an 81 inch reach,
and the 6'3 kelly pavlik with a 77.5 inch reach(who punches like he's got iron in his gloves,)
are somehow smaller than the 5'10 sergio martinez who's been a career jr mw and WW

[Larry the boss]

My god this thread is full of fail