Fighter of the Year for 2004 goes to.............

[FibreOptic]

I want to say Glen Johnson. Let's face it. He has 9 losses on his record. He seems like a push over journey man. From what I hear, 5 of his 9 losses were close decisions on his opponents home turf that probably should have gone the other way. Two of his draws should have gone his way. I did not give him a chance against Roy Jones. He kept putting on pressure and did not relax for one second and scored a 9th round KO! Some will argue that Roy Jones did nothing in that fight. Then Johnson goes up against Tarver. I was rooting for Johnson, but I figured Tarver would give him a boxing lesson. This ended up being another close fight that could have gone either way. Johnson kept putting on pressure to win a split decision. If someone told me at the start of 2004 that before the year was over, Johnson would have back to back victories against Jones and Tarver, I would have laughed in their face.

[Soundtraveler]

I agree, it goes to Johnson...

[m00ks]

RJJ allowed himself to get beat by Johnson and I felt Tarver edged him by a narrow margin. He has a strong work ethic and you can make an argument about him being fighter of the year but I would give that title to Barrera. I mean this guy came off a pretty bad loss last November against Pac and everyone thought he was shot. Came back and knocked out Paulie Ayala. Fe months later, dethrones Morales. I mean its Erik Morales! lol. Just who WASNT impressed by that perfect performance. Fighter of the year goes to MAB in my opinion.

[The1God]

A good argument can be made for Johnson, but I too was not that impressed and had Tarver up on my card. Maybe in my top 5. But as it sits right now, I give fighter of the year to Evander Holyfield....


Just kidding!!!! I give it to Kostya Tzsyu. After being gone so long, the heart and effort he puts forth in his fights. MAB is up there too. Wright did a good job this year too. Lots of great fights in 2004 even though RJJ got whacked Twice!

Jemaine Taylor is going to be 2005 fighter of the year IMO

[amaru]

RJJ allowed himself to get beat by Johnson and I felt Tarver edged him by a narrow margin. He has a strong work ethic and you can make an argument about him being fighter of the year but I would give that title to Barrera. I mean this guy came off a pretty bad loss last November against Pac and everyone thought he was shot. Came back and knocked out Paulie Ayala. Fe months later, dethrones Morales. I mean its Erik Morales! lol. Just who WASNT impressed by that perfect performance. Fighter of the year goes to MAB in my opinion.

i agree with you on barrera being fighter of the year, this guy practically came back from the dead (even tho i knew barrera wasnt finished as some people were saying) so many people wrote him off after pacman beat him and he just came back and defeated ayala and morales. considering he had to fight morales at his weight and wear gloves he wasnt used to, everything was aginst him in that fight and he still prevailed. barrera is my fighter of the year.

[Boxer2005]

I would say Johnson also.

[borikua]

Marco Antonio Barrera

[jpboxer3]

Glen Johnson actually has 3 big wins this year including a victory over Clint Wood for a World Title Belt in Woods Hometown.

[Hurlex]

its between mab and glen for me with KT in second

[Mr. Ryan]

I want to say Glen Johnson. Let's face it. He has 9 losses on his record. He seems like a push over journey man. From what I hear, 5 of his 9 losses were close decisions on his opponents home turf that probably should have gone the other way. Two of his draws should have gone his way. I did not give him a chance against Roy Jones. He kept putting on pressure and did not relax for one second and scored a 9th round KO! Some will argue that Roy Jones did nothing in that fight. Then Johnson goes up against Tarver. I was rooting for Johnson, but I figured Tarver would give him a boxing lesson. This ended up being another close fight that could have gone either way. Johnson kept putting on pressure to win a split decision. If someone told me at the start of 2004 that before the year was over, Johnson would have back to back victories against Jones and Tarver, I would have laughed in their face.

I would have to give it Diego Corrales. This guy beat Casamayor, knocked out Freitas, pretty good credentials.