So who is fighter of the year 2005 then?

[Manny_P]

Jesus Chaves, fo good back to back wins also gainin a NEW weight class belt at 135lbs. FROm RETIREMENT TOO.

[Guest]

To be fair Brewster's KO of Wlad was last year, so he's just had the two wins this year.

And I can't believe we're seriously suggesting that someone who got TKOed and then only won the rematch because they were a fat bastard is fighter of the year?

If Castillo is fighter of the year then that's a damning indictment of contemporary boxing.

[!!! Beowulf !!!]

I'm (surprisingly)going for Ricky Hatton. He has come a long way this year.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

To be fair Brewster's KO of Wlad was last year, so he's just had the two wins this year.

And I can't believe we're seriously suggesting that someone who got TKOed and then only won the rematch because they were a fat bastard is fighter of the year?

If Castillo is fighter of the year then that's a damning indictment of contemporary boxing.

I didn't know it was that long ago he kod Wlad. Guess he's out.

Don't tell me you're spoutin the same bull**** all the other haters spout. So, Corrales got one punch KO'd because Castillo weighed a little more before the fight day, even though they made Castillo weigh in the day OF the fight and not Corrales?

And what about the mouthpeice issue? Surely you aren't ignoring that in the 1st fight. Either way, Castillo got the last word and beat Diaz. Castillo deserves it as much or more than Hatton, that's for sure.

[ottoevans]

tarver might be up there i think

[Easy-E]

Id say its either Tarver, hatton or brew

[blichtie]

I still like the Brewster pick even though the ko of wlad was in '04. I just can't wait to see what he does next year.

[TuPrincipe]

I think Brewster should be out of contention. He has two solid wins over Krasniqi and Golota but his competition isn't nearly enough to get Fighter of the year 2005.

Corrales and Castillo can't be named because they lost to each other. I think it's between Taylor and Hatton.

[Guest]

I didn't know it was that long ago he kod Wlad. Guess he's out.

Don't tell me you're spoutin the same bull**** all the other haters spout. So, Corrales got one punch KO'd because Castillo weighed a little more before the fight day, even though they made Castillo weigh in the day OF the fight and not Corrales?

And what about the mouthpeice issue? Surely you aren't ignoring that in the 1st fight. Either way, Castillo got the last word and beat Diaz. Castillo deserves it as much or more than Hatton, that's for sure.

you're a good poster, S_L, but when you start using aggressive language in serious boxing discussions ("spoutin [...] bull****") it does take away from your points, as does using words like "hater".

On terms of achievements - I don't believe anyone has achieved much this year - I'd have to go for Hatton. Why does he deserve it more than Castillo? (as if Castillo should even be in the loop anyway) As much as I hate the alphabet soup the guy has gone halfway to unifying his division and made a HOF fighter quit.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

And I can't believe we're seriously suggesting that someone who got TKOed and then only won the rematch because they were a fat bastard is fighter of the year?

If Castillo is fighter of the year then that's a damning indictment of contemporary boxing.

Dude, don't get all high and mighty with me. I think it's trashy to discredit Castillo and make fun of him. To me, that's aggressive, especially whrn you call them both overrated...wtf?

Gimme a break.