Dont take ESPY seriously..

[CHOWWOKKA]

1993 Rid**** Bowe
1994 Evander Holyfield
1995 George Foreman
1996 Roy Jones Jr.
1997 Evander Holyfield
1998 Evander Holyfield
1999 Oscar De La Hoya
2000 Roy Jones Jr.
2001 Felix Trinidad
2002 Lennox Lewis
2003 Roy Jones Jr.
2004 Antonio Tarver (LOL)
2005 Bernard Hopkins
2006 Oscar De La Hoya
2007 Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2008 Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2009 Manny Pacquiao
2010 Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2011 Manny Pacquiao
2012 Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The voters have spoken

[cixthree]

The entire thing is a popularity contest..

So by definition, Floyd's not the best fighter?

[Sir.Afiln]

Boxing is an ART..
its not about standing toe to toe and hammering each other to see who is tougher..
Boxing Art is... you beat the **** out of your opponent and hardly get hit back.
AND NO ONE DOES IT BETTER THEN FLOYD MAYWEATHER. #Period

[MurkaMan]

IMO, the more deserving fighter of both MMA & Boxing has to be either Andre Ward or Jon Jones.

they were basing that off of 2011 performances.... so for floyd to get the nod for a weird controversial win over ortiz that left ALOT of people bitter is a bit suspect. i would NO DOUBT consider his performance with cotto for next year though. espy for floyd 2013.

but award was for "best fighter".... i just cant see floyd matching jon jones or andre ward in the year of 2011.

?abraham/froch > ortiz
?rua/rampage/machida > ortiz

at least boxing finished on top again

That Ortiz fight had an amazing ending bro...Everyone was excited as hell to see that shocker, and Floyd finally showed that killer instincts...but the replay showed the ref not looking away and it made it seem like it was dirty...if the ref was looking, people wouldnt even care...they would be like, "Dayumn, that was raw"..and its my favorite Floyd KO

[The Gambler1981]

I don't get why people say Ward, he fought once since the last ESPY's.

He fought in December and while he beat a very good opponent it is not like it was a real memorable fight and it was several months before voting started.

Floyd fought twice since the last ESPY's and both fights were memorable plus one was very fresh in peoples minds.

There was NO WAY Ward could win like that, it was impossible.