Is the winner of Froch-Ward the frontrunner for the Fighter of the Year award?

[caguioaness]

because even if all of the Big Four win their fights, they would have beaten:

Ortiz, who is good, but it'll be his lone fight this year (Floyd)
Dzinziruk, who's also good, but along with Barker who isn't a P4P caliber opponent (Martinez)
Montiel, who's terrific, but facing a Barker-like opposition (Donaire)
and Marquez, who's at an unfamiliar weight, and a shot Mosley (Pac)

edit: SCtrojans brought up Hopkins, whose Pascal win definitely edges the victories over Abraham and Johnson of of the Super Six finalists

[SCtrojansbaby]

Yes but only if Hopkins, Marquez, Ortiz and Adamek lose

[caguioaness]

Yes but only if Hopkins, Marquez, Ortiz and Adamek lose

Ohyeah, I forgot about Hopkins, he's the real front-runner as of now, I'll edit my post

[Rome-By-Ko]

I would say yes..The winner of the SS is the fighter of the yr imo...

[*Khan]

I don't know. Last year at this point I thought we wouldn't see a definitive FoTY until Martinez sealed the deal with his KO of Williams.

[Heeb]

I think it's gotta be Hopkins. Which would be his second Fighter of the Year award, I believe?

[caguioaness]

I don't know. Last year at this point I thought we wouldn't see a definitive FoTY until Martinez sealed the deal with his KO of Williams.

But even then, Martinez already had a big win over Pavlik, so he was one of the guys to look out for in the FoTY race.

The same can't be said for the usual suspects this year because of their competition. Based on the fights scheduled, I think only Hopkins, Ward, Froch, then maybe the Klits are the only ones having and will continue to have a strong 2011.

[Tha_Greatest]

carl froch

[LeG00N]

Marquez is going to beat Pacquiao sooo it doesn't matter

[Tha_Greatest]

Marquez is going to beat Pacquiao sooo it doesn't matter

it might be another robbery, lol, i think hbo will set it up so the close rounds can go to pac so pac can still make hbo bank, true story homie