Bad Left Hook Boxing Awards: 2009 Fighter of the Year
by Scott Christ on Jan 2, 2010 4:50 AM EST
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One final award for the 2009 year as we get set to kick off 2010 in boxing. Can you guess who the Fighter of the Year was?
In summary: Duh.
Honorable Mentions
In a non-Pacquiao world, these guys would have been solid contenders for the award.
Vitali Klitschko: His three wins over Juan Carlos Gomez, Cristobal Arreola and Kevin Johnson weren't always pretty (to put it nicely), but he dominated all of them, and two of them were definite top ten guys at the time. Vitali's ambition is pretty admirable, no matter how you feel about his style or lack thereof.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: However you want to frame it, Floyd came back to shut out a pound-for-pound contender and true Mexican warrior, and even with the fight being called a mismatch, it sold a million pay-per-views. I know that at this point some people might feel differently, but Mayweather returning is nothing but good for boxing. He's a phenomenal boxer, a blue moon-level talent, and he drives interest in the sport.
Shane Mosley: If only he'd fought more than one time this year, but his destruction of Antonio Margarito was really something else.
Paul Williams: Tall Paul routed a returning Winky Wright, giving Wink the absolute worst beating of his career, and then edged past Sergio Martinez in a Fight of the Year contender in December.
Jean Pascal: A true darkhorse, as none of his fights made major waves outside of Canada or beyond the hardcore boxing fans, but two wins over Adrian Diaconu and a win over decent contender Silvio Branco amounts to a pretty damn good year.
Yonnhy Perez: A couple of phenomenal wins broke him into the very elite of the 118-pound ranks.
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Chad Dawson should get an Honerable Mention IMO
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Jan 2, 2010 9:52 AM EST reply actions
His fight against johnson was good in many respects
It was a dominant win and it was nice to see him arrange the rematch. However his other fight against tarver really stunk and was pretty unneccesary to my mind.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 2, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
The ruling of the Court!
It seems as though this award of the fighter of the year is meant for fighters fighting in North America. How come Arthur Abraham and Andre Ward are not even mentioned?
The first moved up in weight because pavlik did not want unification, then sensationally knocked out Jermaine Taylor.
The second, former gold medalist, high underdog, did SHUT OUT the media king of Supermiddle weight, Kessler.
Regarding the so-called winner Manny Pacquiao, why should he get more credits defeating two "shot-and-drained fighters …excuse me at catch weights, than Paul Williams, who defeated Winky Right and Sergio Martinez?
I am not even mentioning the suspicion of FRAUD related to drugs allegations, Manny Pacquiao is a FABRICATION of the media, just as “Joe-the-plumber” in politics. Here is the DNA-evidence:
In all media he as been APPOINTED p4p king. Right? In all media, he is ranked 2-3 in 140 weight class; 3-4 in 147; marquez is 1st in 135. In other words Manny Pacquiao is nont the best fighter in ANY of the weight classes. Then howcome he is the best overall?
Can a jury finds that a player is not the best in his team, and still find he is the best player of the league? I challenge you to answer….
Now here are the circumstancial evidences:
*For 14 years, and through 7 divisions, Manny Pacquiao has carefully avoided Black fighters on his pathway (Casamayor, Nate Cambell; Holt; Witter; Bradley; Mosley (who challenged him at 140), and now Mayweather). Ask a statistician, he will tell you for 14 yrs, it can’t be an accident
- For 15 years,and through 7 divisions, Manny Pacquiao has NEVER faced a fellow beltholder. Ask a statistician, he will state that is is no accident.
In summary, this is a fighter, along with his team, who has fooled the public for 15 years.
The same fighter is now turning down a 40 million paycheck, so as to avoid a random blood testing…
Manny Pacquiao is a FRAUD of HISTORICAL proportion.
Right he has really carefully avoided Casamayor (who is Cuban), Kendall Holt and Junior Witter. Because the public has just been clamoring like madmen to see these fights.
Imagine the PPV records Pacuiao-Holt would have done! Why fight legends like Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya when you could fight a JAG like Holt or Campbell?
Garbage.
Seriously dude
This act is getting absurd. If you want to have actual discussions, then great, but not everything needs to be presented in a confrontational manner. I’m not banning you out of respect for Ted, but you’re skirting the line.
Don’t even start with the whole African American flame war thing. He fought the best BLACK fighter south of 130 in Ledabwa, and he’s only taken 4 fights north of there. Arguably, he could have faced Campbell instead of Diaz at 135, but that’s the only African-American who was even a logical selection to fight.
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For 15 years,and through 7 divisions, Manny Pacquiao has NEVER faced a fellow beltholder.
You ignored the first time I corrected you on this, I guess. He fought Agapito Sanchez. Both held belts coming in.
Stop with this. Your tone is not appreciated and you’re not better than anyone else here.
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"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Jan 2, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It seems as though this award of the fighter of the year is meant for fighters fighting in North America. How come Arthur Abraham and Andre Ward are not even mentioned?
Did anyone else spot the logical flaw?
the logical flaw the millions of logical flaws.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 2, 2010 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
agreed on Bradley
next year, if there’s indeed no Pac-PBF then he could be a shoo-in. I’m not sure how big he is in the US/fanbase, but he probably has more scope with fights than Williams.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
I’m not sure how big he is in the US/fanbase
He’s nobody. Which is too bad, obviously. But he’s nobody. His most well-known opponent has been Nate Campbell.
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"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
Exception that confirms the rule!
First of all, i dont care beeing banned: It only proves my intellectual superiority over you…
It’s your problem if you are allergic to the identifier Black. As far I am concerned, I am listing facts.
It doesnt make any difference whether Manny pacquiao fought one or zero Black fighter during his 15 yrs career. It is statistically the same conclusion!
What is really funny Mr BrickHaus, is the fact that you find financial excuses for Manny pacquiao cherry-picking fighters, at the same time you PROSECUTE Mayweather for doing just that!
And when I mentioned intellectual superiority, this is what I meant: You were ok when Manny fought Ledwaba, an unknown entity business wise, but you were not with fights against Guzman, Campbell, how about Casamayor? How about Bradley? It won’t be a good ppv?
What young fighter has he fought the past 10 years?
Why didnt you mention that the fight against Agapito was a technical draw….
Was he challenged by Mosley? why not him? The linear 147 Champ?
Is Pacquiao#Marquez III more appealing than Pacquiao# Mosley? Hell Not!!!
Whta’s your real point? YOU CANNOT STAND INTELLECTUAL CONFRONTATION.
It would seem that while Brick hasn't banned you out of respect for Ted;
You are completely unable to show the same respect for Ted by not acting in a way that will get you banned….
I hope this makes you happy and proud.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
First of all, i dont care beeing banned: It only proves my intellectual superiority over you…
If you sleep better tonight feeling this way, then fine.
at the same time you PROSECUTE Mayweather for doing just that!
You do realize you sound fucking insane, correct? PROSECUTE! THE COURT HAS RULED! You’re just some guy. You’re just some guy playing a weird character on a boxing message board, and nobody appreciates anything you’re saying. Even when you have a decent point, you mask it in this bizarre cloud of perceived superiority to everyone else. And you often have points easily argued, but then ignore the arguments for complete irrelevancies like “well it was a technical draw” — so what? You said he’d never fought a fellow beltholder, had to be told twice that he has, and then made excuses for why this somehow shouldn’t count.
This is not a litigation. You are not going to shout over your fellow posters. You are not better than anyone. You’re acting like a jackass. You’re banned.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by Scott Christ on Jan 2, 2010 5:02 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
You are not going to shout over your fellow posters. You are not better than anyone. You’re acting like a jackass. You’re banned.
Smack! If you don’t mind me sounding like an English Professor for a second, nice use of anaphora.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
Beautifully done
Is that how you spell beautifully? It looks odd.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 2, 2010 6:02 PM EST up reply actions
it is correct ;)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
had to just search and find out what 'anaphora' was too...lol
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
Thank fuck for that.
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
Banned ??
Well I did. The man has some knowledge but chooses to present his views in a totally unacceptable manner, with no regard for opposing comments. I’ve had my keyboard confrontations with him for months on another site and frankly was hoping his venomous style would NOT be tolerated here. I think he mixes some different substances and it affects his ability to reason, looks like Court is adjourned. Peace!!
For the record, I think Court is a perfectly knowledgeable and dedicated boxing fan, it’s just the confrontational manner that dismisses others that we won’t tolerate. This might fly on other sites and that’s up to them, but it won’t happen here.
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"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
well I did
I think it was sarcasm. So hard to tell on the internet though.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 3, 2010 7:25 AM EST up reply actions
cutman
Yeah you prolly right it was sarcasm, I was jus’ fired up ‘bout tha Court, as I said I’ve bantered with him before, and he has accused ME of being racist. I mean if its a Klitschko fight, I’m pickin’ the white guy, on the Pavlik fight I was pickin’ the white guy, on Pac-Cotto there was no white guy, so when I picked Pac, I was a nuthugger, and on and on. Thanks for following your site rules SC, there is much respect on this site and that impresses me. Peace!!
yeah I agree that he was a horrible poster
I find people like him quickly stop being amusing and then become inflamatory and insufferable.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Jan 3, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
STOP being amusing??
Some people are acting like Pacquiao should be expected to have just gone, "Yeah sure, let’s do something I’ve never done before because your dad made some dumbass baseless comment."
(SC, 28/12/09; http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/12/27/1221143/mayweather-pacquiao-update-bob#comments)
ah, below's the reply...(posted without previewing)
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
when you realise they're actually being serious...lol
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
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