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what is everyones candidates for fights of this year so far?

Off the top of my head, Froch-Kessler is the best fight I have this year.

on a domestic level, shinny bayar v ashley sexton was a great one.

on the world scene, i'd say giovanni segura vs ivan calderon. it was an important fight, and it was a tremendous battle, with segura forcing calderon into the trenches early, calderon landing some tremendous shots but hating the pace, and segura grinding down the modern puerto rican great in agiant sized ring in puerto rico.

David Price v Pavol Polakovic

I think the Froch v Kessler fight is a good call.

Ricky Burns against Martinez was a cracker as well.

Kessler vs Froch is a tad overated in my opinion, nothing much happened in the first half of the fight. End aspect was pretty brutal but far too little too late for Froch. Never thought Froch was ever close to stopping Kessler aside from the cut.

Burns vs Martinez or Cleverly vs Murat were better fights for me involving a British fighter. Clev vs Murat might have been too one sided but it was an exceptional, if not flawless, performance and I was on the edge of my seat (until the last round or so when it was more obvious the snap was gone from Murat).

I like the Burns shout, but between two domestic operators I really enjoyed Hall-Power, mainly for the heart Power showed.

stujones wrote:Kessler vs Froch is a tad overated in my opinion, nothing much happened in the first half of the fight. End aspect was pretty brutal but far too little too late for Froch. Never thought Froch was ever close to stopping Kessler aside from the cut.

Burns vs Martinez or Cleverly vs Murat were better fights for me involving a British fighter. Clev vs Murat might have been too one sided but it was an exceptional, if not flawless, performance and I was on the edge of my seat (until the last round or so when it was more obvious the snap was gone from Murat).

cleverly v murat was really ferocious, and even though the welshman won most of the rounds he was eating massive shots. so it qualifies as a proper british set thriller to me. really worthy european title fight. from the same show chisora-sexton 2 was a very good double title fight (british and commonwealth), though of course nowhere near the same pace as cleverly-murat.

i also like crolla v morris. very intense and skilled, with crolla using superb timing and left hooks to overcome the fierce bursts that came from morris. that was a job well done, superb offensive skills from crolla who had to play catchup forcing the stoppage. the standard of that fight was well above what i expected of english, and often british, level.

Crolla-Morris is a good shout. Morris-Sykes too. Burns-Martinez for me was the best so far. Anyone see Maxwell-Wilson? That was some fight!

BIGMARK wrote:The Burns fight for me as it had all the things i love about boxing: a man rising to the occasion, underdog goes down early to come back taking it to the heavy handed champion, fantastic atmosphere and a real edge of your seat fight as it seemed Ricky could of been KO'd out at any moment.

Totally agree. The drama, action, heart, atmosphere, the big underdog coming from a bad first round knockdown to seal the title. And what a nice guy too. It was brilliant. The reason why I love boxing.

burns vs martinez - one of the great efforts from a british (alright scottish ) fighter for me. :)

ShadrachSimmo wrote:Anyone see Maxwell-Wilson? That was some fight!

thats a good call for 'small hall' fight of the year

anyone else got any shouts on this one?

stujones i agree i ddin't think Froch - Kessler was THAT good

has to be segura calderon for me
really enjoyed clev murat froch kesslar and burns martinez

burns and martinez for me great fight and the atmosphere was amazing even tho the scots i was sat near were threating to kill me after the smith fight

diggler wrote:burns and martinez for me great fight and the atmosphere was amazing even tho the scots i was sat near were threating to kill me after the smith fight

I was at the fight as well and i have to admit i was pretty raging after the simpson-smith fight hah. What an atmosphere though!

we swapped ends on the advice of the scared looking steward, the scots on the other side loved us, it was a great night

It was a fantastic night. You always get some people trying to spoil it. I was in the north stand it was brilliant.

Hammond v Bromberg was some fight but wasnt shown on tv

Burns v Martinez was squeeky bum on edge of the seat stuff!

Was skelton Vs rogan this year or last?

Froch / Kessler has to get the nod so far. There hasn't been many wars this year.

so far its between Burns/Martinez and Froch/Kessler.

still though we have Lopez/Marquez, Pacman/Marg, Abraham/Froch and Williams/Sergio to come so i think we may have a few contenders yet

undercard:
bull/woodhouse

domestic:
rhodes/moore

world:
diaz/marquez

Burns vs Martinez
Cleverley vs Murat
Morris vs Sykes


Take your pick out of them for me.

Burns-Martinez is up there as well. Forgot about that one. Cleverly-Murat was ok, but Clev won almost every round. Not competitive enough for me.