BOXERS
of 2013: Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley, the WBO welterweight champion / Danny
“Swift” Garcia, the WBA Super World Light Welterweight Champion & WBC Light
Welterweight title.
Bradley’s
victories over Juan Manuel Marquez and Ruslan Provodnikov were impressive.
Garcia
proved many doubters in his abilities by defeating Zab Judah and Lucas “The
Machine” Matthysse when many believed that he couldn’t.
KO
Artist of 2013: Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev, the WBO Light Welterweight Champion
Kovalev
has KO’d in 2013 Ismayl Sillakh in 2 rounds, Nathan Cleverly in 4 rounds,
Cornelius White in 3 rounds, and Gabriel Campillo in 3 rounds.
FIGHT
of the 2013: Guillermo Rigondeaux WUD12 vs. Nonito Donaire
Fight
was held at the world famous Radio City Music Hall. Where Rigondeaux schooled
Nonito Donaire, then crowned by many in the boxing media, as one among the
pound for pound list best boxers in the world. In this fight Rigondeaux showed
the world that he is among the top three boxers in the world, if not the best.
UPSET
of 2013: Simpiwe “V12” Vetyeka WRTD6 Chris John
This
fight was held in Australia where the eternal Indonesian WBA Super World
Featherweight champion Chris John defended his title vs. the South African
Vetyeka, who ends up defeating John. As a result, finally the WBA Super World
Featherweight title left Indonesia and will be in play in 2014.
MOST
ANTICIPATED FIGHT of 2013: Danny “Swift” Garcia WUD12 vs. Lucas “The Machine”
Matthysse
Fight
was held in MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena on the undercard of Saul “Canelo”
Alvarez vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. All 2012 and 2013 the casual fans, the
majority of sports writers, and cable networks commentators created this
mythological boxing juggernaut named Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse. According
to the casual fans and many in the boxing media that jumped on the “The
Machine” bandwagon they strongly believed that Danny “Swift” Garcia was a paper
champion and most of the hatred was directed towards him and his father Angel’s
comments, but on September 14, 2013 Danny “Swift” Garcia with a granite chin
and good boxing shut down many skeptics and haters by sending “The Machine” to
the junk yard of hype.
BATTLE
of WILLS 2013: Timothy Bradley WUD12 vs. Ruslan Provodnikov
This
fight was held at the Home Depot Center, Carson, California for the WBO
welterweight title. Bradley was coming of a controversial decision victory over
Manny Pacquiao and he was out to prove a point. Provodnikov was also out to
prove a point and that was to win the WBO welterweight title. These two boxers
fought in a battle of will giving all they had and taking all they could, at
the end, Bradley obtain a victory and would go on to defend the WBO
welterweight title successfully by
defeating Juan Manuel Marquez.
MOST
DRAMATIC FINISH of 2013: Zolani Tete WKO10 vs. Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr.
A
few months earlier JC Sanchez jr. had lost his IBF title at the weigh scales and
was given another shot to regain his title by fighting an eliminator fight vs.
the hard hitting, but unknown South African Zolani Tete. Tete arrived in
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico as a huge underdog, however by the end of the
night Tete would win by a beautiful KO that would send Sanchez on his back to a
ring corner resulting in the referee stopping the fight.
MISMATCH
of 2013 & KO of 2013: Javier Fortuna WKO1 vs. Miguel Zamudio
The
fight was held at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. Javier
Fortuna just brutally KO’s a Zamudio who had no business fighting or being in
the same ring vs. Fortuna.
BEAT
DOWN of 2013: Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao WUD12 vs. Brandon Rios
This
fight was held in Macao S.A.R, China for the vacant WBO International
welterweight title. Pacman was coming from a brutal KO at the hands of Juan
Manuel Marquez in their 4th fight. The lead up to this fight was
full of controversies involving altercations between Freddie Roach and
nutritionist Alex Ariza and other members of Garcia’s team. Many questions
needed to be answered on how Pacman was going to recover. Pacman answered many
questions but not all in his beat down of Brandon Rios with the judges’ scores
of 120-108, 118-110, and 119-109. Later we learn that Brandon Rios fails the
VADA drug test positive for a banned substance called Methylhexaneamine which
is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
COMEBACK
FIGHT of 2013: Miguel Cotto WTKO3 vs. Delvin Rodriguez
This
fight put Miguel Cotto as one of the most sought boxer at 154, being offered 10
million dollars to face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by GBP. It’s not that Cotto beat
Delvin Rodriguez but how he demolished him under the training of Freddie Roach.
BEST
of 2013 by
HEAVYWEIGHT:
Wladimir Klitschko
CRIUSERWEIGHT:
Krzystztof Wlodarczyk
LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT: Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev
SUPER
MIDDLEWEIGHT: Sakio Bika
MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin
JR.
MIDDLEWEIGHT: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
WELTERWEIGHT:
Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley
JR.
WELTERWEIGHT: Danny “Swift” Garcia
LIGHTWEIGHT:
Terrence Crawford
JR.
LIGHTWEIGHT: Takashi Uchiyama
FEATHERWEIGHT:
Evgeny Gradovich
SUPER
BANTAMWEIGHT: Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux
BANTAMWEIGHT:
Shinsuke Yamanaka
SUPER
FLYWEIGHT: Omar Narvaez
FLYWEIGHT:
Juan Fransisco “El Gallo” Estrada
JUNIOR
FLYWEIGHT: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez
STRAWWEIGHT:
Xiong Zhao Zhong
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