Comments Thread For: Crawford Named 2014 Fighter of the Year By BWAA

[JakeNDaBox]

With three impressive victories against highly credible opponents in 2014, Omaha, Neb., native Terence “Bud” Crawford served notice that he has arrived as one of boxing’s newest and most exciting stars.

{erhaps his most significant victory for the year just past comes nearly two months into 2015, with the announcement that the WBO lightweight champion has been named the winner of the Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year Award from the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Crawford (25-0, 17 KOs) will receive his Fighter of the Year Award at the BWAA’s 90th annual Awards Dinner in New York City, an event which many have described as the “Academy Awards of Boxing.” [Click Here To Read More]

[jas]

Wrong pick

But when are BWAA ever right?

He beat a smaller inactive gamboa

Ricky burns with a shot jaw

And Ray beltran

This isn't "breakthrough FOTY"

A choice which lacks deep analysis

[The Big Dunn]

I'm not upset with this choice.

[-PBP-]

Can't argue that. Traveled to the UK won a title, followed up with an impressive performance over Gamboa and closed the year as the lineal champion of the division.

[Pigeons]

American boxing is alive and well.

I'm very happy that either Crawford or Inoue won the award. I would have been dissapointed if the selection was Kovalev or Pacquiao.

[SkillspayBills]

In my humble opinion when I see Crawford fight I think "This guy has IT". Like Mayweather and Jones before him, Crawford will be the future P4P King of this sport.

[SilverMiles]

Terrible choice by BWAA/ I'm going with The Ring's choice this year and say Sergey is the official FOTY in 2014.

[Doctor_Tenma]

All it means is, it was a shit year.

[The_Sandman]

Terrance Crawford is a good choice. Terrance Crawford, Errol Spence, and Julian Williams are my top 3 prospects right now.

[jjsmyth87]

Not really a controversial choice, Crawford really did great things this year and won 3 big fights. The true fighter if the year was Manny pacquiao. He beat number 3 pound for pound undefeated fighter Tim Bradley, and then beat another undefeated champion, Chris algiero who war ring #3 light welter, and was top 5 in the other organizations. Better year than Crawford who bear beltrans leftovers, and Beltran. Gamboa was a good win but gamboa was moving up in weight.