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As 2007 draws to a close, I sat pondering the highs and lows of Australian Boxing this year:

Best Australian Boxer of 2007
Best Fight of 2007
Best New Fighter for 2007
Best Promoter of 2007
Australian Boxings highlight of 2007

Worst australian Boxer of 2007
Worst fight of 2007
Boxings lowest point of 2007

Looking forward to your postings without bias or malice.

HITMAN10 wrote:As 2007 draws to a close, I sat pondering the highs and lows of Australian Boxing this year:

Best Australian Boxer of 2007
Best Fight of 2007
Best New Fighter for 2007
Best Promoter of 2007
Australian Boxings highlight of 2007

Worst australian Boxer of 2007
Worst fight of 2007
Boxings lowest point of 2007

Looking forward to your postings without bias or malice.

BEST BOXER: Michael Katsidis
BEST FIGHT: Kickett v Browne
NEW FIGHTER: Kickett
BEST PROMOTER: In all honesty I would say Green Promotions.
HIGHLIGHT: Probably how well Katsidis and Dib are doing in the US.

WORST BOXER:Sonni Michael-Angelo
WORST FIGHT: Michael-Angelo v Nishizawa
LOWPOINT: Mundine v Clavero or Mundine v Nievas for his Title Defences.

Great choices, welcome any other categories, definitly agree on worst fight and best new fighter.

Best Australian Boxer of 2007 : no1 Katsidis, 2 Green
Best Fight of 2007: Katsidis V Earl, Mundine V Soliman
Best New Fighter for 2007 : Kickett
Best Promoter of 2007 : promotings not one of our strong areas, lol
Australian Boxings highlight of 2007: Katsidis and Green

Worst australian Boxer of 2007: Dunno
Worst fight of 2007: Mundine v Clavero
Boxings lowest point of 2007: Darchinyan loosing

Good thread mate.

Best Australian Boxer of 2007 - Katsidis
Best Fight of 2007 - Lovemore Ndou v Ben Rabah easy choice IMO
Best New Fighter for 2007 - Willie Kicket
Best Promoter of 2007 - Green Machine
Australian Boxings highlight of 2007 - Danny Green becoming a legit Title holder.
Worst australian Boxer of 2007 - Bob Mirovic
Worst fight of 2007 - Mirovic v Wilson XXVII
Boxings lowest point of 2007 - Mundine's "Title defences"

Marlin wrote:Good thread mate.

Best Australian Boxer of 2007 - Katsidis
Best Fight of 2007 - Lovemore Ndou v Ben Rabah "[/b]

dont belive i forgot that one
was a good fight

yeah i forgot that one too! great fight, whats happened with Ben Rabah?
is it true he's retired?

HITMAN10 wrote:yeah i forgot that one too! great fight, whats happened with Ben Rabah?
is it true he's retired?

It seems that way.

Marlin wrote:

HITMAN10 wrote:yeah i forgot that one too! great fight, whats happened with Ben Rabah?
is it true he's retired?

It seems that way.

NEWS FLASH...rabah is back in training at harry'sgym ,got to agree ndou rabah was aworthy fight of the year.

Here's a low point. Hussy Hussein celebrated Christmas Eve by losing a 10 rounder in Osaka to Japanese Hiroyuki Hisatako, who had lost his last three fights.

There goes Hussein's top twenty super flyweight ranking....

Best Australian Boxer of 2007: Katsides
Best Fight of 2007: Ndou-Rabah
Best New Fighter for 2007: Kickett
Best Promoter of 2007: Green Machine Promotions
Australian Boxings highlight of 2007: Green winning a legit world title.

Worst australian Boxer of 2007: Would have to search database, sure there's some stinker's out there.
Worst fight of 2007 - Sadly, Green-Drews has got to be up there, probably the worst I've seen.
Boxings lowest point of 2007: Mundine's title defense opponents.

Best KO of the year - Cameron on Mirovic (not entirely Aust' though)

Green- many, incl his own fans wrote him off last year yet still won title!
Kickett v Browne- both had a real crack
Kickett
Green Machine Promotions- by a mile, their beat all others in all aspects
Green world title
Rabah- boxers don't quit!!
(I may cop backlash here but fighters don't quit, particularly in world title)
Any involving Jungle Man Sonny

BEST BOXER: Michael Katsidis based on his overseas efforts.
BEST FIGHT: Daniel Geale V Daniel Dawson - top fight right to the final bell.
NEW FIGHTER: William Kickett followed by King Davidson.
BEST PROMOTER: Green Promotions a clear winner.
HIGHLIGHT: Danny Green getting his reward at last.

WORST BOXER: Sonni Michael-Angelo. Why all the aggro?
WORST FIGHT: Michael-Angelo v Nishizawa. What a Bloody Farce.
LOWPOINT: Shite Drews' pissweak performance and the alphabet titles waged far too often.