Comments Thread For: BoxingScene.com's 2013 Fight of The Year

[TGD]

Froch - Kessler II was also a very entertaining fight.

[sergey.smith]

good picks

[MDPopescu]

Arakawa vs Figuera for me.

Bradley & Ruslan was very lacklustre for long stretches with Bradley outboxing Ruslan. Great opening, great ending but off memory rounds say 3-11 was nothing special.

Figueroa vs Arakawa for me also...

Figueroa threw an average of 79 punches per round, landing 40 of them. Arakawa was the busier of the two fighters, throwing 98 punches per round while connecting on 23 of them. Perhaps the most astounding statistic of the match is that Figueroa landed a staggering 450 power punches on Arakawa, which ranks as the fourth best all-time for all weight classes in the 28 years that CompuBox has been keeping track of such statistics. Another mind-boggling statistic is that of the 760 punches that both men landed, 716 of those shots, or 94% of them, were power punches.

[..David..]

I totally agree with Bradley - Provodnikov as #1 and i have also watched all the other ones in the list.

That fight its really a special one, both guys have great technique and are fast and good quality fighters, and the fact that bradley was Knocked out on his feet for long periods of time really make that one a special one.

If bradley was a harder puncher that could have been one of those fights of the decade kind of fight.

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

Arakawa vs Figuera for me.

Bradley & Ruslan was very lacklustre for long stretches with Bradley outboxing Ruslan. Great opening, great ending but off memory rounds say 3-11 was nothing special.

the 6th round was good as well as the 7th, it was supposed to be a really boring shut out so the shock factor also helps it get the award. arakawa vs fiuera is arguably the winner as well. that fight surprised a lot of people too

[LOWBLOW_CHAMP]

Figueroa vs Arakawa for me also...

Figueroa threw an average of 79 punches per round, landing 40 of them. Arakawa was the busier of the two fighters, throwing 98 punches per round while connecting on 23 of them. Perhaps the most astounding statistic of the match is that Figueroa landed a staggering 450 power punches on Arakawa, which ranks as the fourth best all-time for all weight classes in the 28 years that CompuBox has been keeping track of such statistics. Another mind-boggling statistic is that of the 760 punches that both men landed, 716 of those shots, or 94% of them, were power punches.

those are amazing stats, but at the same time arakawa doesn't punch very hard, while yes his shots had some meaning to them, if he had just a little more power this fight would of been that much better just like another post said if Bradley had power their fight could of been even more epic

[AgainstTheRopes]

I thought Figueroa-Arakawa was crap. Sloppy, both guys just stood their trading punches, and there was very little display of skill.

[LoadedWraps]

It was a great fight, a war, but I disagree. It comes with bias, but I waited all year for Broner/Maidana and it exceeded my expectations by a mile. A competitive war, with all the entertainment value present that shook up the boxing world. Really not close imo. As amazing as Bradley was in the fight, it wasn't that surprising, nor did it leave that much of an aftermath imo.

[bojangles1987]

I'd pick Figueroa-Arakawa as well.

Glad to see Segura/Marquez get some love, though.

[Bronx2245]

Where's Tim Bradley? I'm not hearing anything from him. He's the WW champ, but I don't hear him asking for any fights. He could get paid for Bradley vs. Provo II, probably a PPV event if TR makes a decent card to go with it! It doesn't seem like Pac is really interested in fighting him anymore because he's not a crowd pleaser. Bradley man up, call out Provo before Pac beats you to the punch!