The Soul Review 2017

[Legendary Hater]

I remember the days when you had to pay your dues and prove yourself to be LEGIT to get your threads stickied if you weren't a mod...

Agreeing with the majority here and everyone who knows what this TS is made of....Pump, Guy, somebody....get this **** off the top please....looks bad.

[soul_survivor]

Good stuff

Idk if RG getting stopped was the biggest KO but it was definitely the most important of the clean KOs this year so can't hate on it

Yeah, I always feel the best stoppages or wins have to be the ones that actually mean something. There might have been a more brutal KO at domestic or sub world level across any number of countries, but none were as important as Rung cleanly stopping and beating Gonzalez.

No mention of the WBSS?

I think the WBSS is reaching its most meaningful stage in 2018, with this year having a number of gimme fights. I don't think anything truly resounded has happened in the tournament, but with Breidis/Usyk and Eubank/Groves now in action, the tournament has some context to it.

[MisterHardtop]

Good piece, and nice to see Lomachenko receive the dues, after so long. He is a highly skilled fighter, who is just a couple of top wins away from being a big name in the sport.

It was a good year overall for the sport, with the aforementioned Lomachenko, and Crawford coming into their own, the heavyweight division having a classic and the smaller divisions, which I had not followed for years, being relevant again. Possibly the best boxing year in a decade or so, or certainly since I stopped writing.

Well done young man.

[Sincingship]

I think the WBSS is reaching its most meaningful stage in 2018, with this year having a number of gimme fights. I don't think anything truly resounded has happened in the tournament, but with Breidis/Usyk and Eubank/Groves now in action, the tournament has some context to it.

I agree, just thought it was worth a mention as a set up

[soul_survivor]

I agree, just thought it was worth a mention as a set up

In hindsight, it was worth a mention but I'll get into writing about it in a years time lol

Hopefully the remaining fights are as good in the ring as they are on paper.

[The Big Dunn]

dude, the biggest story of the year was Floyd/Conor, not Horn/Manny FFS! I mean more people paid $100 to watch Floyd/Conor than watched Horn/Manny for free.

The KO of the year was Tete's 11 sec 1 punch KO. I don't see how it gets better than that.

[soul_survivor]

dude, the biggest story of the year was Floyd/Conor, not Horn/Manny FFS! I mean more people paid $100 to watch Floyd/Conor than watched Horn/Manny for free.

The KO of the year was Tete's 11 sec 1 punch KO. I don't see how it gets better than that.

when did I have a category titled "biggest story of the year"?

And there's a fair few contenders for KO of the year, a couple at light middle too, but all those KOs took place at D/C level, Rung had THE ko at A+ level.

[BattlingNelson]

No mention of the WBSS?

^^^^

And no Ward-Kovalev.

But then again this is just one posters review of 2017. I don't know what makes this poster particularly qualified for sticky status. Seems weird.

[soul_survivor]

^^^^

And no Ward-Kovalev.

But then again this is just one posters review of 2017. I don't know what makes this poster particularly qualified for sticky status. Seems weird.

You clearly didn't read what I wrote if you think Ward/Kovalev was not mentioned.

And what makes me qualified is that I can string a sentence together in above average level English, something you are incapable of even understanding, since you can't read whats in front of you.

[BattlingNelson]

You clearly didn't read what I wrote if you think Ward/Kovalev was not mentioned.

True. I missed out on it. Point taken.

And what makes me qualified is that I can string a sentence together in above average level English, something you are incapable of even understanding, since you can't read whats in front of you.

And apparently being regularly obnoxious is also a needed qualification that you clearly posses.