[GlassJaw]

Originally Posted by mschatz

Herpes gets a bad rap. Anyway, report back after your meeting with Berto, Im sure people would be interested.

amen man, I put the "Her" in herpes.

[mschatz]

Other boxing awards:

Robbery of the year: Casamayor vs Santa Cruz

[phenomfan1529]

Fighter of the year: Floyd Mayweather
Fight of the year: Vazquez - Marquez II
Round of the year: Bika/Codrington
Knockout of the year: Bute/Berrio, Pavlik/Taylor
Prospects: Berto, Amir Khan

For 2008:
Floyd Mayweather/Shane Mosley
Miguel Cotto/Oscar De La Hoya

Juan Diaz/Kastidis
Pacquiao/Marquez

Joe Clazaghe/Bernard Hopkins
Kessler/Mundine or Bute
Bika/Miranda

[hotnickels]

fighter of the year-kelly pavlik
fight of the year-cotto vs mosley
ko of the year-pavlik vs. taylor

[changeling93305]

there were 3 great fights that stand out to me this year

marquez, vasquez 2 is one of the best i have seen in any year.

taylor pavlik , great fight , had alot of suspense to it.

and in third i actually have to give props to the contender finale sakio bika vs jaidon codrington , i think part of why it ended up being so good is it was basically a winner take all fight for the prize purse, that fight was absolutely brutal.

i think pavlik and calzaghe could be tied for fighter of the year

[Left Hook Lacy]

Fighter of the Year:
1. Calzaghe
2. Pavlik
3. Mayweather
4. Cotto

I think Kessler is even underrated and because of how clearly Calzaghe beat him he got the biggest accomplishment in 2007. Pavlik was also great, knocking out Miranda and Taylor. Floyd did not look that impressive against De La Hoya, but of course beating Oscar and Hatton also makes you one of top guys. And Cotto has also improved his record very nicely, but I had his fight against Mosley scored a draw 6-6.

Fight of the Year:
Marquez-Vasquez II

That was just brilliant slugging action. Codrington-Bika was great too, but just not on such a high quality level although both of them are good fighters. Taylor-Pavlik was great, but if you look at it round for round, not the entire fight was action, only the knockdown round and the ko round were very spectacular. And Calzaghe-Kessler also deserves to be mentioned in my eyes. The atmosphere was special, the skill level was phantastic and there were some nice exchanges. But for a fight of the year there were not enough bombs and it wasnt close enough.

Prospect:

I dont know. Povetkin and Berto have looked very good lately, but are they still prospects? Theyve been making the next step. So if they are no prospects any more, Id agree with the Gamboa pick.

[lukeviacoolhand]

The Evander Holyfied Memorial Washed Up Fighter of the Year - Evander Holyfield

[s0undbwoi]

Fighter OTY - Kelly Pavlik - KO'd Zertuche, Miranda and Taylor, in the latter two he came in as the underdog.

Fight OTY - 1. Marquez vs Vasquez II 2. Pavlik vs Taylor

KO OTY - Donaire vs Darchinyan

ROTY - Round 7 Pavlik vs Taylor

[hitmenow]

Fighter of the year: PAVLIK!

[nickdiazgogo]

Originally Posted by bostonmma

Let's here your picks for Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year, Round of the Year, Knock Out of the Year, Prospect of the Year, The Evander Holyfied Memorial Washed Up Fighter of the Year, and any other new categories you wish to add. Plus let's here what fights need to be made in 08 as I'm dying to see Andre Ward vs Allen Green and Nipples Arreola vs Chazz Witherspoon and of course Pacquio vs Varelo not to mention Ruiz vs Akinwande (just checking if your still with me) 2007 has been a roller coaster of a year with the pull outs and the sad passing of Corrallas, but it has also brought some great fights and new prospects to get excited about, lets hope 08 is even better.

fighter of the year: floyd mayweather

fight of the year: codrington bika

ko of the year: pavlik taylor

worst fight: winky hopkins

most exciting fighter: michael katsidis

brightest future: "magic man" paulie malignaggi

most overrated ricky hatton

most underrated: jorge linares

washed up: zab judah