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To me there's only one real candidate here for this award this week as one fight just stands head and shoulders above the others, but I'm not the sole decider of these things so the Poll goes on anyway.

The top fights this were.

Oscar Larios vs Junior Jones - Larios never in a bad fight, and once again he didn't disappoint as he and Junior Jones went tooth and nail trading knockdowns, and Larios came out ahead in a great fight.

Eder Jofre and Manuel Ortiz had a pretty good tussle with Ortiz giving Jofre a lot of problems early in the bout, but Jofre came on strong in the 2nd half, and proved he was the better man in another great bout.

Jeff Fenech and Jimmy Carruthers fought to a draw which saw Carruthers on the canvas twice, and badly cut...but still putting up a game enough effort to walk away even with Fenech after 10 hard fought rounds.

Fighting Harada and Kid Williams put up a great bout against each other, and Harada was able to score a KO in the 10th round in a fight that was evenly split amongst the judges heading into the deciding round. Good stuff.

Sixto Escobar's 15 round title bout with Nonito Donaire was surprisingly competitive, and undoubtedly the most entertaining of the Title bouts this week. Escobar retains his title, but Donaire damn sure came to take it, and put up a wonderful effort.

....But to me nothing could possibly top Wilfredo Vazquez and Ruben Olivares' 10 Round nuclear f*cking WAR!!!!! Both men saw the canvas multiple times, and rocked each other with Big shot after Big shot until Vazquez finally landed the final deciding blow in the 10th round to come out on top in what was for me HANDS DOWN the Fight of the Week!


Take your pick Gentleman

Some great fights this week but the best one for me was Wilfredo Vazquez KO 10 Ruben Olivares

Vazquez vs Olivares was a bit special. There's nothing like knockdowns to raise the ante in a bout.

Hopefully we'll see it again in the future.

Crease wrote:Vazquez vs Olivares was a bit special. There's nothing like knockdowns to raise the ante in a bout.

Hopefully we'll see it again in the future.

I'd gladly put Vazquez in with Olivares again, and i know Hog would say the same.

Might not win much this season, but Vazquez knows how to put on a show!

As of this moment, this is the first time that a Fight of the Week nominee has had 100% of the vote after 7 votes.

That's awesome!!!

Just goes to show how undeniably great of a fight it was.

kevo wrote:

Crease wrote:Vazquez vs Olivares was a bit special. There's nothing like knockdowns to raise the ante in a bout.

Hopefully we'll see it again in the future.

I'd gladly put Vazquez in with Olivares again, and i know Hog would say the same.

Might not win much this season, but Vazquez knows how to put on a show!

For sure. Olivares is always in for the barn burners. Just look at the two fights he had with Morales as well.

BigJuicyHog wrote:

kevo wrote:

Crease wrote:Vazquez vs Olivares was a bit special. There's nothing like knockdowns to raise the ante in a bout.

Hopefully we'll see it again in the future.

I'd gladly put Vazquez in with Olivares again, and i know Hog would say the same.

Might not win much this season, but Vazquez knows how to put on a show!

For sure. Olivares is always in for the barn burners. Just look at the two fights he had with Morales as well.

We should just have Vazquez & Olivares fight each other every week.

BigJuicyHog wrote:

kevo wrote:

Crease wrote:Vazquez vs Olivares was a bit special. There's nothing like knockdowns to raise the ante in a bout.

Hopefully we'll see it again in the future.

I'd gladly put Vazquez in with Olivares again, and i know Hog would say the same.

Might not win much this season, but Vazquez knows how to put on a show!

For sure. Olivares is always in for the barn burners. Just look at the two fights he had with Morales as well.

Those 2 fights are the reason why I created the Awards System

Vazquez v Olivares for sure. What a great display of heart, balls and the will to win. Great fight and no other fight this week came close.

I think it is worthy noting that that one of the candidates for Fight of the Week - Jofre vs Ortiz was paired up in accordance with rank as neither fighter was matched by the deadline.

It proves that there is something to be said for matching up fighters according to the rankings. It leads to exciting fights.

The Poll will run for a few more hours, but with a vote of 9 to 1. I think it's pretty safe to say it's already firmly decided that we have our winner of the award for this week

The Fight of the Week for Week 18 is...

Wilfredo Vazquez KO 10 Ruben Olivares

Congratulations to both fighters and their respective managers kevo and BigJuicyHog. That was one hell of a war gentleman. The best fight since the launch of the awards system without question.