Terence Crawford - fighter of the year?

[#1Assassin]

in what universe is kovalev even an option?

he beat hopkins, thats a good win. i cant call it a great win considering hopkins' age and the fact that he hasnt beaten a good fighter or even looked good since his last loss in 2011. but even if we ignore that its still just one fight. agnew and caparello dont mean much, their best wins are yusuf mack and allan green respectively. let that sink in for a second.

i dont see how that compares let alone rivals going to scotland and beat the hell out of a good champion, KO a multi division titleholder and take his 0 and then polish it off by beating the hell out of the second ranked fighter in the division earning the lineal title.

then theres roman gonzalez, knocking out four quality fighters. hell, i would put walters ahead of kovalev having knocked out donaire and darchiniyan. knocking out donaire was way more impressive than beating hopkins and darchiniyan even at this stage is a better win than caparello and agnew combined. you cant even talk about vics age if you want to give kovalev a bunch of credit for beating hopkins anyways.

pacquiao had a better year too, algieri isnt much of a win but bradley is.

kovalevs time will come, but this year he wasnt fighter of the year. not even close. for me its crawford or gonzalez, either one is a good choice.

[gmc_rfc_06]

in what universe is kovalev even an option?

he beat hopkins, thats a good win. i cant call it a great win considering hopkins' age and the fact that he hasnt beaten a good fighter or even looked good since his last loss in 2011. but even if we ignore that its still just one fight. agnew and caparello dont mean much, their best wins are yusuf mack and allan green respectively. let that sink in for a second.

i dont see how that compares let alone rivals going to scotland and beat the hell out of a good champion, KO a multi division titleholder and take his 0 and then polish it off by beating the hell out of the second ranked fighter in the division earning the lineal title.

then theres roman gonzalez, knocking out four quality fighters. hell, i would put walters ahead of kovalev having knocked out donaire and darchiniyan. knocking out donaire was way more impressive than beating hopkins and darchiniyan even at this stage is a better win than caparello and agnew combined. you cant even talk about vics age if you want to give kovalev a bunch of credit for beating hopkins anyways.

pacquiao had a better year too, algieri isnt much of a win but bradley is.

kovalevs time will come, but this year he wasnt fighter of the year. not even close. for me its crawford or gonzalez, either one is a good choice.

Burns at that stage wasn't a good champion though. He clearly lost to Beltran, he was getting his ass beat by Gonzalez until he quit with a broken hand and then he lost his next fight to Zlaticanin.

Beltran is a decent win, Gamboa is a solid win even with the size difference, but Bradley is a better win than all of them and Algieri is better than Burns. Hopkins is also a better individual win.

[M Bison]

Burns at that stage wasn't a good champion though. He clearly lost to Beltran, he was getting his ass beat by Gonzalez until he quit with a broken hand and then he lost his next fight to Zlaticanin.

Beltran is a decent win, Gamboa is a solid win even with the size difference, but Bradley is a better win than all of them and Algieri is better than Burns. Hopkins is also a better individual win.

Algieri is better than Burns and Beltran.
Beltran doesn't hold a better win than Provodnikov, Algieri would probably school Beltran If that fight could ever have been made.

[PhilPhilly]

Gennady Golovokin, people are forgetting that he is absolutely blasting through his opposition
Other pick would be Roman Gonzalez or Crawford, leaning more towards Gonzalez

[Cuban Linx]

You guys do realize that Ricky Burns lost to Zlaticanin following the Crawford fight right? The guy is a shot as it gets...

[Foreign Soil]

Algieri is better than Burns and Beltran.
Beltran doesn't hold a better win than Provodnikov, Algieri would probably school Beltran If that fight could ever have been made.

Good point. Algieri is easily better than Burns and he probably schools Beltran as well, since Ray has sparring partner syndrome like Provodnikov and doesn't possess Ruslan's power.

Crawford gets extra points for traveling to beat the weak Burns? Kovalev did that last year when he destroyed Cleverly.

[LacedUp]

Algieri is better than Burns and Beltran.
Beltran doesn't hold a better win than Provodnikov, Algieri would probably school Beltran If that fight could ever have been made.

In what world?

Not in this one, that's for sure.