Where Do You Rate 2017 year for Boxing?

[Eff Pandas]

I can't think of a year off hand since I've been watching boxing where there have so many good fights happening back to back to back like this year. The year in review for 2017 is gonna be nuts already & we got 3.5mos to go.

[HarvardBlue]

A lot of great fights this year. Despite Golovkin/Jacobs, Kovalev/Ward, and Pacquiao/Horn, there wasn't too many controversial fights.

[The Big Dunn]

Great year so far. Huge event, Floyd/Conor, where boxing was the #1 topic being discussed in the media. 2 huge fights-Joshua/Wlad and Canelo/GGG. The HWT division regaining credibility. Big fights like Ward/Kov and Sor/Gonzalez. The emergence of Crawford. Loma.

Showtime NOT airing Leo and Mares in BS tune ups.

The very best thing about 2017 will be the changing of the guard with Floyd, Shane, Wlad, JMM, Bhop, Cotto and hopefully Manny and Roy, all retiring.

[stiff_back]

Absolutely amazing year, the best I can remember - literally almost every fight I would have wished for at the start of the year has been made or is strongly rumoured to get made before the end of the year (Rigo/ Loma and Wilder/ Ortiz).

What's funny though is that I remember last year (which was pretty bad if I can recall) there were almost weekly threads on here moaning about how boxing is dying and how fighters are p*ssies nowadays etc. etc.

But this year on the other hand has been incredible and yet I haven't seen half as many threads being positive like this one is...

But anyway, well done for the best fighting the best this year

[chrisJS]

It feels like the best since 2008 for me.

[boliodogs]

Great. Many fights that should have been made where made. That is unusual. The year still has almost 4 months to go and it has already had more good fights than most years.

[boliodogs]

A lot of great fights this year. Despite Golovkin/Jacobs, Kovalev/Ward, and Pacquiao/Horn, there wasn't too many controversial fights.

Any time GGG doesn't KO a guy the GGG hate club will insist it was a robbery and the other guy won by a mile. Jacobs put up a good fight but GGG won fairly in most people's opinion who weren't GGG haters and the polls show this. GGG landed more punches than Jacobs in over half the rounds and scored the fight's only knockdown. It wasn't a robbery like Pacquiao vs Horn where Pacquiao landed twice as many punches and almost knocked Horn out.

[Helm]

This has been an amazing year rich of great matchups and entertainment, and the best has yet to come with GGG/Canelo and Loma/Rigo

we had careers ended, close fights best vs best, circus fight, we had everything

[Fetta]

Agreed with all accounts so far!

If Wilder vs Ortiz and Loma vs Rigo happens then I'll boldly say it's the best year I've ever witnessed for boxing!

Jack vs Degale

Garcia vs Thurman

Gonzalez vs Rungvasi 1

Brook vs Spence

Crawford being undisputed at 140

Joshua vs Klitschko

Berchelt vs Miura

Golovkin vs Jacobs

Ward vs Kovalev 2

Rungvasi vs Gonzalez 2

Cuadras vs Estrada

Whyte vs Chisora

Haye vs Bellew

Mikey Garcia vs Broner

WBSS cruiserweight and super middleweight tournament

Inoue USA debut

Pacquiao vs Horn

Bradley, Klitschko, Marquez and Guerrero retiring

Mayweather vs McGregor

Margarito takes another beating

Lemeiux vs Stevens

Etc.

Charlo v Williams

[HarvardBlue]

Any time GGG doesn't KO a guy the GGG hate club will insist it was a robbery and the other guy won by a mile. Jacobs put up a good fight but GGG won fairly in most people's opinion who weren't GGG haters and the polls show this. GGG landed more punches than Jacobs in over half the rounds and scored the fight's only knockdown. It wasn't a robbery like Pacquiao vs Horn where Pacquiao landed twice as many punches and almost knocked Horn out.

Golovkin won but I don't think it was fair. I understand why he got the decision with the Canelo fight coming up. I also understand bad decisions are apart of boxing but it doesn't make it any better. Especially when someone dedicate all the time and effort, put up the kind of fight Jacobs did, and have a decision based on the implications of a future fight. I'm not a fan of Golovkin but I'm no hater. If you've been paying attention you know I have him as the slight favorite to beat Canelo. I also picked him to beat and stop Jacobs. I don't care about poll but I'm also aware enough to know mine is not the opinion that matter. Neither is yours or the other people's in the polls you're talking about.

I thought Pacquiao deserved to win but I didn't consider it a bigger robbery other than the fact that it was Manny Pacquiao vs an unknown school teacher and he derserved the benefit of the doubt.