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Tyson Fury has won Ring Magazine's Fighter of the Year Award for 2015.

He fought twice. Beating Hammer by stoppage and more significantly, beating Wlad on points and taking his belt collection in the process.

I think this is the first time I ever agreed with anything in Ring mag.

x2x wrote:I think this is the first time I ever agreed with anything in Ring mag.

Long long ago the Ring was a very respected publication.
I think this is the first time I have agreed with what they have done in 25-30 years

tiny_acres wrote:

x2x wrote:I think this is the first time I ever agreed with anything in Ring mag.

Long long ago the Ring was a very respected publication.
I think this is the first time I have agreed with what they have done in 25-30 years

+2.

I guess thats why people who did not read it million years ago, like myself, dont care much about their ratings or awards. To me its just one of the many similar things you can find on the internet, not the best and not the worst.

Although I think Fury is possibly the worst heavy to hold the belts in terms of skill, etc, he does deserve the Ring fighter of the year. He beat the long reining champ, which trumps what any other fighter has done.

Fury beating an over the hill Klits is nowhere near as good as Floyd beating Manny. The only reason why Ring named such is because it's controlled/owned by Oscar (who hates Floyd) and we all know he's sore he didn't get any of that FOTC money.

Honestly the Fury vs Klits fight was the most garbage bout of the year and the most boring I've seen since Chris Byrd vs his buddy Williamson.

Whatever Ring says nowadays have no credibility whatsoever.

Undefeated49-0 wrote:Fury beating an over the hill Klits is nowhere near as good as Floyd beating Manny.

Honestly the Fury vs Klits fight was the most garbage bout of the year and the most boring

Surely, if your criteria for the biggest of acheivement of the year is excitement, then your original statement is utter poppycock.

Both fights were gash and as such neither man should be fighter of the year by your reckoning.

Fighter of the Year to me is Gennady Golovkin

Undefeated49-0 wrote:Fury beating an over the hill Klits is nowhere near as good as Floyd beating Manny. The only reason why Ring named such is because it's controlled/owned by Oscar (who hates Floyd) and we all know he's sore he didn't get any of that FOTC money.

Honestly the Fury vs Klits fight was the most garbage bout of the year and the most boring I've seen since Chris Byrd vs his buddy Williamson.

Whatever Ring says nowadays have no credibility whatsoever.

Completely missing the point - he beat the Champ for the last 11 years.
You need to be objective about these things and you clearly aren't being as it's all about Floyd for you.

Everybody and anyone knows that the Pac fight was 4-5 years too late. All that watched it were thoroughly let down too, bar you I suspect

Fury named Ring Magazine 2015 Fighter of the Year

And justifiably so. He shocked the world, no-one predicted a Fury victory.

The Ring Magazine made the right call. The Heavyweight Division is, and should be, the primer division in boxing.

Sure, part of me wants every fight to be like Foreman vs. Lyle; but it isn't.

To people who say the Heavyweights are "Boring," I ask, Mayweather-Pacquiao isn't boring? Bradley-Pacquiao isn't boring? Rigondeaux isn't boring?

Andy Lee is the most boring fighter I've ever seen. He just looks for one shot and waits over 36 minutes to throw it, otherwise he's just there to kill time.

Shouldn't the topic title be, "Ring Magazine, A Publication Without A Shred Of Credibility, Names Fury Fighter Of The Year?"

I agree with them, btw.

Tanzio wrote:Shouldn't the topic title be, "Ring Magazine, A Publication Without A Shred Of Credibility, Names Fury Fighter Of The Year?"

You nailed it

What I don't quite understand is why Ring mag is still in business. Who buys it? People who don't have a computer? The internet rendered it obsolete - one person's opinion on boxing subjects with lots of low resolution space filling pictures, at least a month out of date vs. unlimited info as it happens online.

Interesting - from Wikipedia:

[Ring mag] Scandal

In 1976, The Ring magazine fabricated records of selected boxers, to elevate them, thereby securing them lucrative fights on the American ABC television network, as part of the United States Championship Tournament.[8]

The United States Championship Tournament was a promotional effort by promoter Don King to capitalize on the patriotism surrounding the United States Bicentennial and the American amateur success at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. King's idea was to defeat the non-American boxers who held the vast majority of world titles below the Heavyweight division. Keeping in line with the patriotic theme of the promotion, King held shows at "patriotic" locales—such as the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, as well as on an aircraft carrier stationed off Pensacola, Florida.

Despite the above, the 1977 Ring Record Book contained the fictitious additions to the records of the boxers in question, and were never taken out of their records of the boxers. Those dubious bouts would continue to appear in subsequent Ring Record Book editions.

This Ring Record Magazine scandal was uncovered by boxing writer Malcolm 'Flash' Gordon and ABC staffer Alex Wallau. After Gordon and Wallau's evidence was presented to ABC executives the United States Championship tournament was cancelled. It led to the eventual resignation of New York State Boxing Commissioner James Farley Jr. who had lent his name to the Championship fights[9] and who was the son of former New York State Athletic Commissioner and former Postmaster General James Farley, who had died one year prior to the scandal. Farley had accepted a hotel room which had been furnished by King, this was used to smear Farley, forcing his eventual resignation.[citation needed] No formal charges of impropriety were ever filed against Farley. The following year the Boxing Writers Association dedicated their highest honor the "James A. Farley Award", for honesty and integrity in the sport of Boxing.

Even before the internet took over they had overpriced their magazine through the roof. I was at an airport many years ago and it was like $10 to read about fights from 4 months ago.

Personally I'd of gone for Gonzalez.

No complaint about Fury though nice to see a Brit getting some love abroad.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Even before the internet took over they had overpriced their magazine through the roof. I was at an airport many years ago and it was like $10 to read about fights from 4 months ago.

I've never understood why it was so far behind, I read my dads from 1970 onwards and it's been like that since the 80s...strange

It served a purpose and made sense back then.

Tomasino wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Even before the internet took over they had overpriced their magazine through the roof. I was at an airport many years ago and it was like $10 to read about fights from 4 months ago.

I've never understood why it was so far behind, I read my dads from 1970 onwards and it's been like that since the 80s...strange

I got my first one in 77, back then it was great because there were major fights you had no idea had even taken place.

tiny_acres wrote:

Tanzio wrote:Shouldn't the topic title be, "Ring Magazine, A Publication Without A Shred Of Credibility, Names Fury Fighter Of The Year?"

You nailed it

He hit the nail so hard it went clean through the board. Fury fighter of the year?

Crease wrote:Fury named Ring Magazine 2015 Fighter of the Year

And justifiably so. He shocked the world, no-one predicted a Fury victory.

davie wrote:

Undefeated49-0 wrote:Fury beating an over the hill Klits is nowhere near as good as Floyd beating Manny.

Honestly the Fury vs Klits fight was the most garbage bout of the year and the most boring

Surely, if your criteria for the biggest of acheivement of the year is excitement, then your original statement is utter poppycock.

Both fights were gash and as such neither man should be fighter of the year by your reckoning.

Pac vs Mayweather looked like Gatti vs Ward by comparison.

Undefeated49-0 wrote:

davie wrote:

Undefeated49-0 wrote:Fury beating an over the hill Klits is nowhere near as good as Floyd beating Manny.

Honestly the Fury vs Klits fight was the most garbage bout of the year and the most boring

Surely, if your criteria for the biggest of acheivement of the year is excitement, then your original statement is utter poppycock.

Both fights were gash and as such neither man should be fighter of the year by your reckoning.

Pac vs Mayweather looked like Gatti vs Ward by comparison.

No it didn't. It was every bit as dire.

They both sucked, Mayweather at least exhibited his skills. The other three guys did nothing.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:They both sucked, Mayweather at least exhibited his skills. The other three guys did nothing.

I disagree. Fury showed good skill. FMJ simply followed the choreography.