Canelo wins ESPN 2019 Fighter of the Year

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

No arguments from me...

He had two very good wins this year.

[chirorickyp]

Of course he won it. He has all that power, money and influence behind him and his team is a master at cherry picking and still making him look like a fearless dare devil. He was a 4 to 1 betting favorite over Jacobs and almost 5 to 1 favorite over Kovalev.

Great team surrounding him making the right decisions and fighting the right opponents at the lowest point of their careers. Looks great on paper and he generates the most coin thanks to being the right heritage so might as well make him FOTY

[xxlefthookxx]

Easy, popular choice, although it should have gone to Josh Taylor, who won the WBSS as an underdog over Prograis. No complaint though, as Canelo's wins are both legit and meaningful.
Spence shouldn't have even been on the ballot. He beat a lightweight and beat a guy in Porter who doesn't beat the best fighters.
Jose Ramirez had 2 quality wins, including his unification on Hooker's home turf.
Navarette defended his belt 4 times..
Inouye survived a severe gut check to win the WBSS and unify.
Johnriel Casimero fought 4 times and disposed to Zolani Tete as if he were a journeyman..

[bigdunny1]

Jacobs was the unanimous number 2 middleweight champ behind only Canelo before he beat him and unified. Kovalev was world champ and every media's number 1 or 2 ranked light heavyweight at the time Canelo signed on to jump up 2 divisions and fight him. Beating the ESPN #2 Champ at 160 then months later ESPN #2 Champ at 175 he has to be ESPN fighter of the year.

[Death_Adder]

Jacobs was the unanimous number 2 middleweight champ behind only Canelo before he beat him and unified. Kovalev was world champ and every media's number 1 or 2 ranked light heavyweight at the time Canelo signed on to jump up 2 divisions and fight him. Beating the ESPN #2 Champ at 160 then months later ESPN #2 Champ at 175 he has to be ESPN fighter of the year.

Try telling that to the idiots from the other thread I've been debating in.

They praise Beterbiev for unifying with Gvozdyk as if it were some un-accomplishable feat, while conveniently forgetting Canelo had just unified with Jacobs in May!

[Robbie Barrett]

Of course he did.

[RayNguyen]

No complaints, Canelo had a nice 2019.

[bigdunny1]

Try telling that to the idiots from the other thread I've been debating in.

They praise Beterbiev for unifying with Gvozdyk as if it were some un-accomplishable feat, while conveniently forgetting Canelo had just unified with Jacobs in May!

Canelo unification against Jacobs was the clear #1 vs #2 top belt holders at 160, Beterbiev/Gvozdyk was not the consensus 1 vs 2 at 175. Kovalev was either 1 or 2 depending on which media rankings you went by when Canelo signed on to fight him. And Beterbiev fought a nobody for his second fight in 2019 a guy on nobody's top 10 rankings and barely a top 50 ranked fighter by boxrec. Canelo's second fight to go with his unification was against a world champ 2 weight classes above 160. It would be like if Beterbiev after his unification fight with Gvozdyk jumped up to heavyweight and knocked out Andy Ruiz because that's what Canelo did in 2019.

[AKAcronym]

Jacobs was clear number 2 at 160? That's news to me.

[bigdunny1]

Jacobs was clear number 2 at 160? That's news to me.

Canelo had 2 belts, Jacobs had 1 belt and Andrade had the last belt. Nobody had Andrade ranked ahead of Jacobs. Jacobs was unification against the clear highest ranked belt holder outside of Canelo who was 1 at 160 it was clear number 1 vs 2 champions unification. At 175 Kovalev was either number 1 or 2 depending on the media you want to go by. Kovalev was for example #2 in ESPN 175 Rankings. Beterbiev fight was 1 vs 3 by ESPN own rankings or 2 vs 3 depending on which media rankings you want to go by but not 1 vs 2 champions unifying like Canelo vs Jacobs was.