Best boxing matches - 2014

[aquariusone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_THQbk8JHY

In the absence of any fight tonight, let me give you something to watch.

Care to vote for the best fight? UPSET?

My vote: COTTO over MARTINEZ

[Fibroso]

Cotto over Martinez was the best.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXOT_JZTYcE

[Bonzo]

Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa.
I thought this one had it all; upset, ko of the year, drama(both guys were down) and finale.

[Bonzo]

A forgettable 2014 ends amid hopes for a better year By Norm Frauenheim
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It’s a year that will be remembered for what didn’t happen. There was still no Manny Pacquaio-Floyd Mayweather Jr., despite the resumption of tired talk. Andre Ward, in his prime and perhaps the sport’s greatest pure talent, didn’t fight at all.
Take 2014, put it in a hefty bag and bury it where nobody can ever find it. Please. It’s been a forgettable year.
“Fans are fed up,’’ Oscar De La Hoya said during a media round-table before Amir Khan’s victory over Devon Alexander on Dec. 13.
Declining pay-per-view numbers are proof of what De La Hoya said. Fans, who made Mayweather the highest earning athlete in the world, are headed for the exits. They’ve already forgotten 2014. The question is whether they’ve forgotten the sport, too. We’ll find out in 2015.
It was a lousy year, but it did produce resiliency that has always been there. Comebacks define boxing. Terence Crawford, Sergey Kovalev, Gennady Golovkin, Roman Gonzalez and Nicholas Walters are the leading names in what might be the beginning of another one. They displayed poise, power, skill and charisma throughout a year that ends with Pacquaio-Mayweather talk still dominating blogs and twitter.
It’s impossible to know whether Pacquiao-Mayweather will ever happen. It’s also reasonable to wonder why anybody should even care anymore. The good news is this: There’s a lengthening line of fighters who look as if they could beat either. Behind Crawford and Golovkin, there was a resurrected Khan and an emerging Keith Thurman.
A year from now, maybe we’ll wonder why we continued to even mention Mayweather-Pacquiao. Maybe, the troubled business can move beyond futile speculation that is more a symbol of what’s wrong than right.
If it happens, a look back at 2014 will include the seeds of the rebirth. Here’s a quick look back at what was right and what might make 2015 memorable:
Man of the Year: Bernard Hopkins. A fighter nearly 50-years-old did what a younger Mayweather and a younger Pacquiao have not. He took a huge risk, a chance against the feared Kovalev. He took a beating, too, in what stands as a tough lesson from a wise elder in how to do business.
Fighter of the Year: The collective (no pun intended) face of the fighter from the former Soviet Union. Without Kovalev, Golovkin, Wladimir Klitschko, Vasyl Lomachenko, Ruslan Provodnikov and others, the future would look a lot more uncertain than it does already.
Comeback of the Year: De La Hoya. He re-opened doors and renewed hopes for again doing business across promotional lines when the Golden Boy Promotions chief approached Bob Arum in a peace offering. It’s still not exactly clear how it will all shake out, especially when it comes to messy questions about who has legal contracts with which fighters. Golden Boy or Al Haymon? But De La Hoya’s initiative is a potential beginning.
Promoter of the Year: Kathy Duva. She had the courage to stand up to Haymon and then the Main Events chief staged Kovalev’s one-sided victory over Bernard Hopkins in a bout that represents a game changer, a model for a New Year and a way out of a very old one.

[aquariusone]

Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa.
I thought this one had it all; upset, ko of the year, drama(both guys were down) and finale.

Cotto was a heavy underdog against Martinez. Crawford was not a buzzword in boxing when he fought Gamboa. That fight was a great surprise and it catapulted Crawford into the limelights. I agree if was one heck of a fight!

I am looking forward to the Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne on Jan 17....and betting on a victory by Wilder!

[Bonzo]

I think B-Ware takes this one and exposes Wilder for a fraud.
He has been brought slowly fighting no-ones and I suspect that chin to be as soft as King Khan's chin.
It will be a while before another great American champ.

[Condor]

Now this was one of the best fights I have seen in a while... Abner Mares vs. Jose Ramirez.. Cotto whooping on Martinez was also a great fight..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dcnBMPVlpY

[KIDWCKED]

i think the KO of the year belongs to Wlad in the 5th...vs Pulev..;)

[aquariusone]

I agree with the Mares/Ramirez. That was some fight with both trading bombs. The Klitscho/Pulev was not an upset although it was thought to be Vladimir's toughest test...but to no avail.

The Andy Lee/Matt Korobov was shocking. I thought it was just a matter of time before Lee is on the floor. Surprise...surprise!