Oh jfc HW would be even worse than it is now if he got that title.

Inquiry over Maidana possibly taking a pill between rounds: http://regressing.deadspin.com/how-a...fig-1486629540
TMZ slowmo: http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_gb5hofsu/

I thought people were saying smelling salts. Anyway I love the idea of the inquiry being some guy watching slow mo video over and over. Unless something shows up on test it looks pretty inconclusive to me I dont really see anything.

So what was the fight of the year? I've got it:

1) Bradley-Provodnikov
2) Rios-Alvarado 2
3) Broner-Maidana
4) Alvarado-Provodnikov

It's time to disband all non-Welterweight divisions imo

Definitely Bradley vs Provodnikov number one for me.
Bradley fighter of the year.
Golovkin vs Macklin knockout of the year.

Pretty much same list as jay tee except I think you absolutely have to put the Omar figoura v Japanese fighter I don't know. Too one sided to be the best but def in top five

Can't believe Adonis Stevenson wasn't nominated by BWAA as FotY.

The more I think about it, the more clear it becomes to me that he should have won imo

Martinez v. Cotto close to being a done deal

foty 2014

Marquez Segura was my favorite fight. Bradley Provo I could see putting ahead of it, but not the other three.

They added these nominees for fighter of the year:

Mikey Garcia
Ruslan Provodnikov
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Adonis Stevenson

Rigondeaux, Stevenson, Kovalev, Golovkin and Mayweather are my choices. Yea, I really narrowed that down!

I guess I'd say Mayweather, since he's the only guy that fought two top 3 guys in his divisions and beat them by such wide margins. I can't distinguish Stevenson and Kovalev. Stevenson beat two fading names (Cloud and Dawson) who were coming off of one sided losses already. Kovalev beat a good undefeated champ in Cleverly, and both beat the rest of the non top fighters they faced.

GGG has been really impressive, Macklin and Stevens are real fighters, as is Rosado. And Rigondeaux beat up 2012's golden boy Donaire, then we got to see him hit a punching bag for 12 rounds last week.

Floyd, Stevenson/Kovalev, GGG, Rigondeaux is my order.

Mayweather is the clear choice I think. I'm surprised Bradley is nowhere on the list. Two solid wins, albeit by narrow margins.

Bradley is on the list. He's good obviously. Is what he did more impressive than Danny Garcia? I'd say yes. More impressive than Mikey Garcia? I'd say no. He's definitely top 8 of the year though.

Why mays dodging PAC

http://www.boxinginsider.com/columns...uiao-now-know/

PBF's tweet today:
https://twitter.com/FloydMayweather/...188608/photo/1

I don't get why Floyd would do this if he wasn't feeling a Manny fight in 2014. And there's no signs that he or anyone is moving closer to a Manny fight in 2014.

And if there's no Floyd Manny fight close to happening in 2014, why on earth wouldn't Floyd take the high road on the Manny talk?

Because he is Floyd Mayweather.

Because Floyd is kinda a dick

Andre Ward could fight Groves next

Freddie Roach

Good. **** Froch.

Haha, Roach won that tweet battle.

Also, nice job Ward. I didn't care about Ward Groves before, but if Froch won't fight Groves again, Ward fighting him instead would be the next best thing.

Neither Froch nor Groves would stand a chance against Ward at this point. Both are slower, less athletic, far less skilled. It was hard to watch their fight in the context of them being the top contenders at 168 (and not laugh).

i think i'm gonna change my name to manny pacquiao and try and goad pbf into fighting me in public

i would probably die but it would be worth it just to make him look like a dick

i don't think you've thought this plan through

Ring Magazine gave out their yearly awards

According to articles on Wikipedia:

GGG got Fighter of the Year
Bradley/Provo got Fight of the Year
Adonis Stevenson got KO of the Year for KOing Chad Dawson

Really? This again?

What's wrong with boxing fans on the internet?
No, Floyd and Pac will not fight. It's been 50 years since it was relevant and Manny has since lost to Bradley (ye, lol), gotten knocked out by Marquez and beaten a noteventop10fighter in Rios.
We also have the HBO/Showtime war, and there's still this man called Bob Arum walking around.