Fighter Of The Year.... Donaire Marquez Or Garcia

[Russian Crushin]

I'll take you up on this debate. I voted for Marquez in the poll because of a couple of factors.

1. Pacquiao is clearly a better win over Donaire's best win of the year, Nishioka.

2. Marquez's win over Pacquiao was very impressive. The fight was close, but Marquez finished him off with a brilliant KO and boxed well beforehand.

3. Nonito's four guys are impressive, but he failed to look spectacular in any of them with the exception possibly being the Arce fight.

It's mainly point number three that has me wrapped up voting for Marquez. Donaire has done a great thing by fighting four times a year and frankly every fighter should be ideally fighting that many times a year. However, was there really ever a performance that stood out as "Wow this guy is definitely the fighter of the year?"

Marquez has that performance. While his other win of the year against Fedenchko was meh, his performance over Pacquiao was just so stunning. It has that quality that Martinez had in his win over Williams or even Ward against Froch.

This isn't an ideal circumstance because Donaire has wins over four quality fighters, but I think it's Marquez's performance over his key rival that gives him the edge.

Marquez is a special case, i personally wouldnt vote for a fighter with basically 1 fight, even though it is over Pac by KO

These guys need to fight more

[MJ223]

I think Guererro is a fair candidate.

But clealry behind the likes of Donaire, Viloria, Marquez etc.

We were just having a little fun joking ID......

[warp1432]

Marquez is a special case, i personally wouldnt vote for a fighter with basically 1 fight, even though it is over Pac by KO

These guys need to fight more

Fair enough. I definitely agree with the bold though.

[bojangles1987]

Assuming he closes the deal against Arce, what Donaire did this year is being very underrated. He's my pick easily.

[T.Horton]

i have to take back my vote...i didn't realize that Donaire had five fights (after the weekend).

[New England]

are you kidding?

marquez, marquez, ra ra ra.

he beat that russian guy.

[waxfondler]

donaire... easy choice.

marquez has the BEST win. but donaire put in good work this year.

[IronDanHamza]

I think it's definitely between Marquez and Donaire personally.

Viloria has had a good year but I'd say Donaire's has been better and Marquez has one of the single greatest wins in recent memory so he's the strongest candidate IMO.

[Phantomas]

The one that just wrote boxing history.

[GoogleMe]

If Abner Mares fought 3-4 fights a year, it'd clearly be him.