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

[Russian Crushin]

are you kidding?

marquez, marquez, ra ra ra.

he beat that russian guy.

He's Ukrainian

[T.Horton]

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

if my mom had a set of nuts she'd be my dad.

[Heru]

The difference between Guerrero Broner and Froch is he has beat more top 10 opponents then them this year.....

Fair enough... All 3 have had better wins than Donaire this year...

No its not, its pretty lame to say Guerrero had a better year then Donaire what a joke

Guerrero moved up from lightweight to welterweight (2 weight classes) and a severe shoulder injury to become #3 in a division ahead of Pacquiao and to enter the top 10 P4P Ring rankings... Donaire's been a heavy favorite against all of his opponents this year. The joke is on you, but your head is shoved so far up your ass you can't realize it.

That is the case for Donaire, no doubt.

It really comes down to how much you like the Nishioka win, that is his best win of the year but if you don't like that win much you could make a strong case for 2 good wins being better than 4 decent wins or 1 great win with another win being greater.

It is all a matter of opinion at that point quantity or quality.

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.

According to Russian, you either:

1: Hate him (Donaire)
2: Fancy the other guys more
3: Have no idea who he fought (doesn't matter if you've seen more fights of Donaire's opponents than he has... Lol)

[Larry the boss]

Donaire should get it...But Jmm most likely will get it

[Russian Crushin]

Fair enough... All 3 have had better wins than Donaire this year...


Guerrero moved up from lightweight to welterweight (2 weight classes) and a severe shoulder injury to become #3 in a division ahead of Pacquiao and to enter the top 10 P4P Ring rankings... Donaire's been a heavy favorite against all of his opponents this year. The joke is on you, but your head is shoved so far up your ass you can't realize it.



According to Russian, you either:

1: Hate him (Donaire)
2: Fancy the other guys more
3: Have no idea who he fought (doesn't matter if you've seen more fights of Donaire's opponents than he has... Lol)

FOTY is simply about who you beat. Just because the Ring bumps him up for beating an inactive berto who isnt that great and then puts him up to #10 P4P doesnt mean his wins are good this year. He also only has 2. Even if you say Berto is as good as a Nishioka win, he only fought 1 other guys who is comparable to an Acre, the weakest link for Donaire this year. THen Donaire has 2 more fights along with that

[vacon04]

I'm going to with Marquez. Sure, Nonito is going to fight more times, but beating Pacquiao is 10x better than the best opponent of Nonito (Nishioka, who already mention he's going to retire)

[ddangerous]

I think it should be Donaire. If he KO's Arce Saturday, I think it should be obviously Donaire. JMM is probably going to take it though because of his history-making KO of Pacquiao.

if my mom had a set of nuts she'd be my dad.

HILARIOUS

[IronDanHamza]

FOTY is simply about who you beat. Just because the Ring bumps him up for beating an inactive berto who isnt that great and then puts him up to #10 P4P doesnt mean his wins are good this year. He also only has 2. Even if you say Berto is as good as a Nishioka win, he only fought 1 other guys who is comparable to an Acre, the weakest link for Donaire this year. THen Donaire has 2 more fights along with that

Guererro's wins aren't good this year?

He may not have had a year as good as Donaire, Viloria, Garcia, Marquez etc but he's had an impressive year.

[Elotero]

FOTY is simply about who you beat. Just because the Ring bumps him up for beating an inactive berto who isnt that great and then puts him up to #10 P4P doesnt mean his wins are good this year. He also only has 2. Even if you say Berto is as good as a Nishioka win, he only fought 1 other guys who is comparable to an Acre, the weakest link for Donaire this year. THen Donaire has 2 more fights along with that

Berto didnt come to lose like Nishioka who was supposedly the "good" win for Nonito.

Coming up in weight and beating a guy who didn't come to lose > beating 3 guys who you are heavily favorite over.

Those 3 fights don't even have replay value while Berto Guerrero is candidate for FOTY.

But whatever, Thats your opinion. I have more appreciation for quality over quantity.

In other words, Donaire is the krokodil, Marquez is the real deal.

[Russian Crushin]

Berto didnt come to lose like Nishioka who was supposedly the "good" win for Nonito.

Coming up in weight and beating a guy who didn't come to lose > beating 3 guys who you are heavily favorite over.

Those 3 fights don't even have replay value while Berto Guerrero is candidate for FOTY.

But whatever, Thats your opinion. I have more appreciation for quality over quantity.

In other words, Donaire is the krokodil, Marquez is the real deal.

None of which matters....fighter of the year is about who you beat

Both berto and nishioka underperformed their expected showing