Comeback FOTY

[world ranked]

Who would you consider as comeback FOTY.

[Tanzio]

Mares made a whole bunch of naysayers shaddap.

[Rexob]

Where's the Hopkins vs smith vote.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Gotta be wilt.

[Tanzio]

Where's the Hopkins vs smith vote.

That will be in the ko of the year poll

[Rexob]

Where's the Hopkins vs smith vote.

That will be in the best push of the year poll

[Tanzio]

Where's the Hopkins vs smith vote.

That will be in the best push of the year poll

Altering others' posts is really cliché

[Rexob]

That will be in the best push of the year poll

Altering others' posts is really cliché

[crusader]

Yordenis Ugas is worth a mention; inactive for over two years after consecutive losses, then comes back and dominates two unbeaten prospects who were favored to beat him (and James was a very big favourite).

Mares had been out for a year or so, but he had a decent trio of wins prior to gamely losing against a top fighter in LSC, and was only a slight underdog against Cuellar. I dont think he had that many naysayers and it certainly didnt seem to me like he'd been written off at Cuellar's level.

I thought Hasegawa was well past it (Mares was never broken down and battered by someone like Kiko) and expected him to get beaten up by Ruiz, who was around a 5-1 favourite. He turned back the clock in style with a warrior effort, though he's retired and it may seem a bit unfitting to award this distinction to someone who has already left the sport.

[Tanzio]

Yordenis Ugas is worth a mention; inactive for over two years after consecutive losses, then comes back and dominates two unbeaten prospects who were favored to beat him (and James was a very big favourite).

Mares had been out for a year or so, but he had a decent trio of wins prior to gamely losing against a top fighter in LSC, and was only a slight underdog against Cuellar. I dont think he had that many naysayers and it certainly didnt seem to me like he'd been written off at Cuellar's level.

I thought Hasegawa was well past it (Mares was never broken down and battered by someone like Kiko) and expected him to get beaten up by Ruiz, who was around a 5-1 favourite. He turned back the clock in style with a warrior effort, though he's retired and it may seem a bit unfitting to award this distinction to someone who has already left the sport.

Good points. Hasegawa would need to win the Best Swan Song Of The Year (and he still might get beat by the poetry in motion that was BHop's demise).

Mares was a pretty heavy dog on here. Most felt Cuellar would defeat him. Most thought he was done at the top. Mares is not done at all, unlike Hasegawa and BHop.

Nice shout for Ugas.