Fighter of the year..which holds more merit?

[Larry the boss]

Boxing writers aka the sugar ray robinson award....or the ring magazine fighter of the year award?

[BOXEO _]

Neither, everybody has a different opinion on rankings and fighters of the year.

[Scott9945]

Ring Magazine is owned by a boxing promoter. If that isn't a conflict of interest, then I don't know what is.

[Build That Wall]

Ring mag is giving it to canelo.

BWAA is the most legit

[HanzGruber]

Ring Magazine is owned by a boxing promoter. If that isn't a conflict of interest, then I don't know what is.

Ring mag doesn't pick gbp fighter for foty. Ggg won and nonito the yr before that

[BOXEO _]

Ring Magazine is owned by a boxing promoter. If that isn't a conflict of interest, then I don't know what is.

LOL, exactly. They had Canelo and Broner in the top 10 P4P for ***s sake.

They had Broner all the way up at #6 at one point

[Run]

All you have to do is look at RING mag's historic tradition of compiling the most ridiculous "P4P" lists.

Never taken anything they write seriously.



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[HanzGruber]

All you have to do is look at RING mag's historic tradition of compiling the most ridiculous "P4P" lists.

Never taken anything they write seriously.

I just debunked this. Their pfp list is crap. But foty is different just look at the past winners. Only difference is bwaa picked Floyd last year. I bet some of you will change your mind now lol

2005 ***8211; Ricky Hatton
2006 ***8211; Manny Pacquiao
2007 ***8211; Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)
2008 ***8211; Manny Pacquiao (2)
2009 ***8211; Manny Pacquiao (3)
2010s
2010 ***8211; Sergio Gabriel Martinez
2011 ***8211; Andre Ward
2012 ***8211; Nonito Donaire
2013 ***8211; Gennady Golovkin

[Weebler I]

I just debunked this. Their pfp list is crap. But foty is different just look at the past winners. Only difference is bwaa picked Floyd last year. I bet some of you will change your mind now lol

2005 ***8211; Ricky Hatton
2006 ***8211; Manny Pacquiao
2007 ***8211; Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)
2008 ***8211; Manny Pacquiao (2)
2009 ***8211; Manny Pacquiao (3)
2010s
2010 ***8211; Sergio Gabriel Martinez
2011 ***8211; Andre Ward
2012 ***8211; Nonito Donaire
2013 ***8211; Gennady Golovkin

2013 Ring FOTY wasn't Golovkin, it was Adonis Stevenson. Someone changed that on wikipedia. Also, Marquez was Ring FOTY in 2012, not Nonito Donaire.

The real list: http://r i n g t v.craveonline.com/news/182653-past-winners-of-the-ring-year-end-awards

Golovkin won the fans Ring FOTY 2013 poll, that was all, Donaire won the fans poll for Ring FOTY in 2012.

As I see it, Ring and BWAA have both been virtually identical in their choices in the past decade or so. I expect Terence Crawford to win both of this year's awards but he may not.

Which holds more merit? Probably the BWAA, but it's good to have two in case you agree with the other one lol.

Personally, I agreed with Ring's pick of Stevenson last year, but with the BWAA's pick of Donaire in 2012.

[-Kev-]

Ring Magazine is owned by a boxing promoter. If that isn't a conflict of interest, then I don't know what is.

Myth: Ring is owned by a boxing promoter, so it's biased towards his fighters.
Fact:

2013: Stevenson -
2012: Donaire - Top Rank
2011: Ward - Goossen
2010: Martinez - DiBella
2009: Pacquiao - Top Rank
2008: Pacquiao - Top Rank
2007: Mayweather - Haymon/GBP

BWAA fighters of the year in the same span:

2013: Mayweather - Haymon/GBP
2012: Donaire - Top Rank
2011: Ward - Goossen
2010: Martinez - DiBella
2009: Pacquiao - Top Rank
2008: Pacquiao - Top Rank
2007: Mayweather - Haymon/GBP