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Who is your bet for this year's boxing fight of the year, my bet is the biggest upset of the year Joshua Ruiz 1 but we'll be waiting for what's going to happen in their second match, it might bring a much bigger surprise for us, but so far for me  Joshua Ruiz 1.

For me, it's the Thurman Pacquiao match it lives up to people's expectation, although the fight is not that close but's there are so many dramas headed to the fight, I really thought that it's Thurman who's going to retire Pacquiao, Manny proves many people wrong he still has it.

I also like the Joshua Ruiz fight but the Thurman Pacquiao has so much excitement going to the fight date.

I think Thurman vs Pacquiao will be likely the candidate for fight of the year. Although Pacquiao knock down Thurman in the first round, Thurman takes it to Pacquiao in the middle round but Manny responded as well. And it really live to the hype, specially Thurman's big mouth, totally talking trash to Manny, but in the end, the great Manny Pacquiao proved that he can still pull the trigger.

Maybe the Joshua vs Ruiz could be the upset of the year. If there is such a category.

My bet is the coming Joshua Ruiz fight because there are so many at stakes here, like Joshua reputation can he really match Ruiz power and speed and he will drop from being a top boxer to a so so fighter, of course, Ruiz has a lot of things to prove to his detractors if he really deserves to be a world champion and his win is not a fluke

I very much would like to observe fight of Habib Nurmagomedov with Tony Ferguson. I don't really like to bet on sports, however in this case I would probably bet on Habib. There are rumors that their fight can take place in December 2019.

The Ruiz-Joshua is the most notable so far and I think it's the most talked about until now. It made boxing more popular to all Dad Bods out there  ;D
I also like the latest Fury fight where he showcased his toughness and experience when Wallins pushed him to the wall.  

It's boxing mate, not UFC.

Joshua - Ruiz. It can't be any different. It won't be any different. This fight had it all: the drama, the intensity, power punches, two different styles of boxing and, last but not least, the sensational score.

A chubby, kind of normal guy from Mexico beat highly favorited cyborg from the United Kingdom. Underdog story in its purest form. If the sports weren't invented for those stories, then I don't know what for.

Its Khabib not Habib and the OP states that the boxing, what the hell you are talking about UFC here?

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@Bttzed03 - the fight has just talked about after the fight itself, it didn't have the hype because Ruiz is just a late replacement. While the Pacquaio vs Thurman put Pacquaio again in the discussions for the best welterweight in his division. And then there was lot of hate on Thurman because on the way he disrespect a legend and how he gonna end Manny's career. And he didn't back it up and he was totally ridicule by boxing media. So my vote goes to Pacquiao vs Thurman.

Manny Pacquiao is our hometown hero, until now the hype of that fight with Thurman is still alive here, there are so many videos created about the ending of the fight, so many memes's created and still watching all the dramas on Youtube, this is biggest fight of Manny since the Mayweather fight and he makes us all proud so I go 100% to the Thurman Pacquiao fight.

It's going to be interesting to see the long-awaited rematch between Joshua and Ruiz. I bet on Joshua because I hope that he made the right conclusions from the first match and will not make the same mistakes. Now he has a good sporting condition, much better than it was in June.  I believe he is able to withstand all twelve rounds, if necessary. Will see. In any case, that fight promises to be very entertaining.

Do we have the candidates already? I was searching if I could find an article about this but can't find any.
I'm not really big fan of boxing who watch big fights from different fighters, I only support our very own and that's why I like Manny vs Thurman to be a fight of the year.

Anyone knows what are the criteria?
By the way, here's the ring magazine fight of the year last updated in 2018. Las year was Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II

I watched also the fight last few months ago Thurman vs Pacquiao we know Manny is more stronger than him. Manny proves to us even they are older than Thurman age doesn't matter because Manny are dedicated to win. And this year that is one of the best boxing fight and Im looking forward for more Pacquiao fight and I hope he continue to fight in boxing or not to retire.

It's the Joshua - Ruiz match to me everybody is caught by a big surprise, I never had an interest in that fight because the Joshua Miller fight did not push through and more so after seeing Ruiz physique, but after reading the news that Ruiz knocks him down four times I have to watch it over and over again, Ruiz made a believer in me.

Is there a list of official candidates already? Didn't see any.

And there are still few upcoming matches (e.g Alvarez vs Kovalev, Prograis vs. Taylor, Ruiz vs Joshua 2, and this Sunday's match, Spence Jr. vs. Porter) remaining on this year so I think it's early to tell right now who's gonna take it.

Anyways for much specific subject, include also the giving body or institution that will give the award.

I think it's a battle between the two, Thurman-Pacquiao and Joshua -Ruiz, but another two fights are coming that is both a candidate for the fight of the year, and that is the Alvarez - Kovalev fight and the Joshu Ruiz 2 fight, let's see if these two coming fights has the making.

Joshua vs Ruiz 2 is surely the best bet of the year cause it drew more attention than expected. As many did not forsee the result.
Locally many have started betting and putting in funds already as they feel the game will be different. Coupled with the rumored news that Anthony Joshua might retire after this match.

With out much doubt your are correct, the fight between Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz was epic And will go down as the most intriguing and surprising fight of the year, however the year is not over and deontey wilder fights this year was exciting also

That is the question and I hope OP could show some list of boxing fight this year.
I have to believe that a lot of boxing fight happens this year but only the name Ruiz and Joshua II is earing today. Quite they are much popular than of the other fights. Or to have some selection with this list of the upcoming boxing events https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/464003/boxing-schedule-2019-upcoming-fights-results/.

So far I agree with you, Joshua vs Ruiz was the boxing match of the year and it is not only about the fact that Ruiz won it is about how he did it, he won the fight in a decisive manner so there is no doubt in my mind that in day the best fighter won the match, but now that Joshua has seen his fighting style it is likely he will try to fight differently so the same does not happen again, and when you add that when Ruiz won it changed the landscape for the heavyweight division then this is a no brainer for me.

@Baofeng,

Sorry guys, I thought, that here can be voice opinion and about UFC.

When you do just simply reading up the topic title first its already clear that we are talking about boxing this is why its really important on reading up thoroughly before posting up many comments.

Going back to topic about what fight for this year then I would go on what majority is speaking on this thread which is Pacquiao and Thurman fight and next is that upset match of Ruiz and AJ.

I also go for Joshua vs Ruiz fight because it caught a lot of attention from the boxing fans  around the world for no one expect the winner of their first fight to be Ruiz but the rematch will definitely be a pay back time and it going to be an easy win for Joshua.
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I agree with what you said, senator Manny Pacquiao is one of the greatest fighters in the boxing and has won so many championships with different divisions. I'm still looking forward to seeing Manny Pacquiao fights especially in the last fight that he proves that he can still fight even with the younger once and also he still has the speed, skills, and ability, but not like in the old days. :)

The fight of the year was clearly Tyson vs Wilder, by a long shot actually. The way Tyson came back from the dead, pretty literally, and ended up dominating that 12th round was out of a Rocky movie, it was insanity to watch it live.

The Joshua vs Ruiz incident was bizarre. I mean yes, it's an huge upset, but it wasn't a good fight in my book, I think Joshua was so off that night. I still believe he is going to dominate Ruiz on part 2. Perhaps im delusional and Ruiz is that good, or Joshua is a bit of a dosser, we'll find out. If Ruiz gets the job done again easily, then he is clearly a contender for the winner of Fury v. Wilder 2, I mean he has to. There's still time for Kovalev vs Canelo to happen, but I doubt it can be a better fight than that.

Many would have selected the Thurman - Pacquiao fight, but I am waiting for the upcoming fight of Donaire and Inoue that is set on November 7 of this year.


But I think the selection is not about who the greatest boxer is, it is the excitement that the two fighter brings or the one that gives a shock to its audience and among the fight that happen, that maybe the Joshua-Ruiz fight.

This is a good thread, but I have some suggestion to OP,, How about making pool of the possible best fight of the year so we also have our own voice here, I'll be glad to cast my vote if you will have that up soon.

You guys can suggest what are the good fights this year so far.

Currently we have 4 of candidates for boxing's fight of the year.

(1) Pacquiao vs Thurman
(2) Joshua vs Ruiz Jr
(3) Fury vs Wallin
(4) Fury vs Wilder

And then the potential:

(1) Alvarez vs Kovalev
(2) Inoue vs Donaire
(3) Spence vs Porter

But at this point I would say that Fury vs Wilder is a good one, back and forth fight and we don't know who really won that's why there is a rematch. Joshua vs Ruiz, on the other hand, was just a lopsided fight. FOTY should be war, like JMM vs Pacquiao, Rafa Marquez vs Israel Vasquez, Barrera vs Morales and Ward vs Gatti. Those fights are really brutal and neither fighter wanted to give an inch. I suggest those casual boxing fans here to watch some of those classic wars.

Both are matches same excitement fight, but of course will go jushua vs ruiz fight not thurman pacquiao, my reason is for sure if thurman vs pacman rematch we know who is gonna got sure win for this fight and of this this all about money. I want to watch a different menu or a new exciting fight joshua ruiz

I have to make a bet for Fury vs Wilder as the best fight of the year. They are young and seems to be hot which chasing popularity with their boxing career and needs to recognize somehow. Those old and veteran boxers have already their names in the boxing history which they don't need such appreciation anymore rather than to give this opportunity to the new names.

Let's wait for Inoue vs Donaire then.
I know this fight will gonna be the best, especially home crowd advantage with Inoue which the fight will happen at Japan.
The odds are extremely favor on Inoue for now, but I do believe  it will change slowly.
My funds are ready for betting on Donaire. We have few weeks  left before this fight. Boxing fight of the year for sure.

I'll take Pacquiao vs. Thurman, then next close is Fury vs Wilder.
I should say, If Pacman didnt knocked down Thurman in the first round, it should've been obviously the fight of the year. Mad props to Thurman for fighting Pacman toe to toe even after he got knocked down, it didnt somehow intimidated him from retaliating back (atleast in the early rounds).
On the other hand Fury and Wilder fight is undoubtedly a good fight to watch. Really a back and forth fight and the most entertaining part of the match is Fury's ability to miss most of Wilders punches.
I agree with FOTY must be a war like what you have in your lists of classic fight, and It must also show something entertaining to watch as well.

There's so many dramas in the Thurman Pacquiao fight when the match came everyone is very excited, compare to the Joshua Ruiz match both fighters are friendly to each other, there's no heated arguments because everyone is expected Joshua to win, but when the upset came it is just then that the real excitement begins.
So I go for the Thurman Pacquiao match.

The OP should make a poll for this thread. But from my end, I will go for Pacquiao-Thurman fight not considering other possible matches yet that will happen for the rest of the year.  Why would I vote for this match? Many people are rooting for Thurman because of his age, but it turned out that Pacquiao can still beat younger boxers at his age. It proved that age is just a number, if you have the innate power and strength along with strong determination, you can still be victorious at your chosen career.

Also, I like the fact that PacMan remain to be a humble person despite achieving his good financial status right now. Look at Mayweather, he is always flaunting his riches and other material things to the eyes of public on his social media. And he is not shy about it. He brags about it. It's not all about money in this world though!

Right, I think I'll go with this fight as well. Wilder was celebrating, he thought that he good Fury and the referee was about to call Tyson out but suddenly he rose from the dead, punished Wilder and finished strong and it was insane.

And now that Porter and Spence just concluded their fight, I think it could also be a good candidate, UD win by Spence by Porter was banging him the whole 12 rounds was entertaining, wild and exciting bout.

Can we add the Porter vs Spence fight?,

That was not a boring fight that ended up in split decision.
That's a brawl and Porter was making Spence does things that he don't normally do, but unfortunately that knock down of him really cost him to loss in this fight.

Anyway, that's still a good fight and should be added in the candidates for boxing fight of the year.

I agree, Porter vs Spence is worth to be candidate for fight of the year. It was a brawl although Porter fell short because of the flash knock down he got up and continue to smothered Spence like a madman until the last bell. You can call it a war or a dogfight as no one is backing down, Porter even tell Spence to come in even after the knock down

That factors can make the right be a good candidate for fight of the year, fighting with younger generation's of boxing fighter gives Pacman a good credit. At once people thinks that due to age advantage of Thurman and those trash talks gives him the credit for being the odds favorite. But from what we witness how Pacman remove all the doubts regarding to his fighting skills, he able to catch the media and win the crowd.

Definitely it's worth it, this is one tough fight to score I'm suprise that some judges are scoring it with a big edge for Spence, it should be closer than that, in case you all don't know there's a heated argument between the two in their post-fight conference
you can check the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l6QIMVhBzY their arguments stem from who draws the most people in their fight.

I understand that it only became the talk of the town after the fight. That's mainly the reason why I think it is the fight of the year so far. It had a bigger impact to the boxing world compared to the Pacquiao-Thurman fight. It sent a strong message and a reminder to everyone that even a talented champion like Joshua can be defeated especially if he underestimates his opponent.

No oppositions with that yet theres no doubt that recent Spence and Porter fight should really be included on the list.
Fight that isn't boring and yet entertaining.I heavily agree with the scoring because it way too far yet weve seen on how
Porter do fight well but whats finished is already final. Ruiz and AJ upset will be on the list too.

What made the fight between Thurman and Pacquaio interesting is the hype created by Thurman on his continuous trash-talking and bullying Pacquaio before the fight which lead to his downfall. Of course while remaining humble and keeping his feet on the ground, the People's Champ delivered!

The Joshua Ruiz fight was also an interesting but Porter vs Spence may be the fight of the year. The excitement, thrill and and hype between the fighters are unmatchable especially the fight itself.

So far my interest boxing match is only for rematch Joshua - Ruiz but it could be change if i see other fight which more interesting than them but instead of other match i think the fight between these boxers can be called as the fight of the year especially for Joshua fans they will hoping Joshua can defeat Ruiz and reclaim the heavyweight championship belt

That upset by Ruiz amazed the boxing community if same fate will happened after the rematch it's a no doubt that this match will have the chance to be the fight of the year. Snatching a title from the crowd favorite's depending champ by finishing  it with a KO gives weight for this fight.

Though in the other side, for sure fans of Joshua are still hoping that the old  champ will reclaim his glory and bring the belt back in his side.

Obviously, the public is still in favor of AJ to win in this match, we can always prove that by their betting odds where AJ is the heavy favorite in this fight.
This is bad if a champion will loss although its a convincing loss as people will think the underdog is just lucky enough to win, but this time, Ruiz should prove that it was not luck that made him win but his real skills which is better than AJ.

This is the most awaited to happen for Pacquiao career to have a rematch with Mayweather. True if this will happen many people will surely watch this again. A lot of people wanted to see who is the best fighter could it be Pacquiao will win over Mayweather. Well, I am also hoping both could fight.

When I read the title the Thurman vs Pacquiao match was what I thought he was talking about. That is the fight that I am looking forward to. I have always been a Die hard Pacqiao fan that and I have a bunch of Hispanic friends who set a big screen outside along with a hundred or so chairs and order food catering every time he fights!!!

But if you want my winners I am going to go with Pac Man and  Joshua Ruiz.

I would also like to see another Pacquiao / Mayweather fight. Now that Pac Man seen first hand that Mayweather spends the first half of the rounds dodging maybe he can sit back and dodge a few punches for a few rounds and wear out Mayweather and maybe then have a chance of winning it!

I think if that is not possible, we can witness a better match from Spence vs Pacquiao  if Pacquiao  will agree.
Mayweather is also an undefeated boxer but he is not as explosive as Pacquiao  or spence, so these two explosive fighter will definitely bring fireworks in the arena.

I am not so sure about that, the loss that Joshua suffered was brutal, he went down four times and there is no other explanation except that Ruiz was the best fighter that day, psychologically speaking it is very difficult to recover from such a defeat and instead of fighting a few opponents to try to recover his confidence he will fight Ruiz again in order to recover his titles, this could backfire because if he losses again then it is unlikely he will get another opportunity for a world championship.

Since I was a kid I've been Manny Pacquiao's avid fan, and based on his performance this year's journey in boxing I would prefer to bet for him even though he's age is quite old to do boxing. Age was just a number, but the real factor in boxing is discipline which I think pacman has that with him.

That is true that boxers must be well disciplined in order to win the match. However, manny pacquiao doesn't have upcoming fights or will be fighting with other boxers this year but manny pacquiao have upcoming match on march 2020 and will be fighting against mikey garcia. I'm sure bettors can't wait to bet in this fight.

Thurman and Pacquaio hands down.
I have mentioned this previously and I am still sure that at least for 2019, this is the biggest fight. It is also very historical as one can see the decline in the popularity in the public eye about Pacquaio.
With that said, I am looking forward to Derek Chisora vs Joseph Parker for some personal interests..

I have to agree Thurman vs Pacman was the best thing this year. But why are you following that Derek Chisora vs Joseph match? That is obscure AF! I wonder what your personal interests are, are you betting on that match? Anyway, that is cancelled now since Parker has an injury.

My second favorite match of this year has to be the Andy Ruiz Jr fight against Anthony Joshua. I didn't expect Ruiz Jr to win, and frankly judging by his reaction after the match, even he could not believe himself.

Most boxers and boxing fans would watch if Pacquaio has a fight, it looks like he is the most popular boxer in the world.
Thurman vs Pacquaio is close to a one sided fight, but Thurman showed his heart and passion in boxing so he was able to give a good fight via slip decision.

I'm just wondering if any of Mayweather's fight was even nominated for boxing fight of the year?

Oh crap!! I didn't know about that! Yes, I was trying out a new site to bet on Boxing with bitcoins but I didn't know that fight was canceled. I didn't want to bet on some big match where there could be manipulations of some sort you know. Hence the obscure choice.

My vote goes to Pacquiao vs Thurman. The hype started slow if you ask me but when the tables turned, when the odds suddenly favored manny Pacquiao, thats the time it caught the attention of other lovers of this game. I myself was not interested because it sounds like another walk in the park for Manny, but with the trash talk of Thurman and the victory of Manny, this made the fight a classic and a fight of the year.

They easily get into the hypes because they have already the names especially Manny Pacquiao and should be one among the candidates. But somehow we don't have any criteria to rate them which one could be considered as the Boxing Fight of the Year. I think it is not all about the trash talk that Thurman throws to Manny but it is absolutely because of their age gap that people's never expect that Manny could make it survive.

I highly doubt that Thurman vs Pacquiao would happen this year it might be next year since we do have 3 more months left before the end of the year. But the rumours are Spence would like to take Pacquiao as his next opponent and it seems that these young warriors are into it. I don't know if they want to prove or something but one thing is for sure, they are eager to fight the people's champ.

None of the fight this year or even in last year but the fight of Manny Pacquiao,all of his fight turns to be the biggest fight of each year because in our days without Mayweather as he was already retired Pacquiao fights are the most awaited and watched worldwide

We can see that in the approach of each fans everytim the bout is about to happen so basically it’s Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman’s for this year

Not unless Manny and Floyd will face again then that will be the winner

Manny got all the package that his expertise could show an impressive performances during his fight. He never fail us on our expectations, and with his fight with thurman he still remain calm and humble. Now wonder many of us here in the discussion prefers to choose him as their bet, including me I am betting no other than but for Manny Pacquiao.

News circulating is Manny is out until February of 2020 and he will be open for a fight by March 2020. Possible opponents are Errol Spence,  Mikey Garcia and Danny Garcia but news reports says that Danny Garcia is suppose to fight Errol Spence on January 25, 2020 at a pay-per-view by Fox. If that is the case then, we can cross out Errol Spence and Danny Garcia in the list. Nevertheless, Thurman vs Pacquiao I guess will make it as the fight of the year, not only in this forum, but also in other news media.

Yeah, sadly that's a very common occurrence when heavyweights fight. Someone has diabetes or pulls a hamstring and the whole thing gets canceled. The good news is Michael Hunter has offered to replace Parker, so if that happens then it could still be an exciting match. But nothing's confirmed yet.

Hopefully he fights someone like Joyce though, I bet that could be a good fight, though I don't think the Juggernaut is ready for the pressure Chisora brings.

Nothing to say more because it is manny pacquaio and keith thurman fight.

I like Manny and how he silenced Thurman but my vote goes to Ruiz and Joshua fight out the matches that concluded already. It was always nice to see an underdog beating an overly confident champion. It's probably the biggest upset in recent memory and the victory was clean of any controversy.

That's a good fight as well, and it would be nice if again Ruiz will beat AJ in the rematch this coming December.
I like his statement that.


https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/04/andy-ruiz-jnr-anthony-joshua-riyadh-rematch

I still haven't watched the Joshua Ruiz fight but with Keith Thurman vs. Manny Pacquiao so far this was the fight of the year for me. Looks like the majority also loved the match and we want more of it. The marketing of Thurman really did well to take the hype for their match.

You don't have to doubt it, I think you haven't watched the fight.

Pacquiao vs Thurman fight was already done. For the highlights of the match you can watch it: Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman Full Fight | HIGHLIGHTS | PBC ON FOX (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7w98qiOio)

Ruiz and Anthony fight should come up December 7 in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. It is amazing how the country is bring so much support into boxing, interestingly made middle ground for both boxer after the New york ramp. 80000 UK crowd could be scary for Ruiz, he also got many support from other boxers. They believe Anthony is more of pampered boxer than the rough and randy Tyson Fury. I just wish Tony can reclaim his spot

With many good fights this year which for me is worthy for the fight of the year like the Joshua vs Ruiz, Spence vs Porter but my bet for this year would be the fight between Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman. Youth vs Experience and a fitting tribute to our country's pride Manny Pacquiao.

What bookies offer that kind of bets OP?

Reading from top to bottom it seems the answer is same,its Pacquiao and Thurman’s fight so what more I can say?but if Mayweather will only allow the fight between Him and Manny then answers may change to their fight as this was been on the top expectations all over the boxing scene

Hoping that atleast before Manny Pacquiao goes retiring the “Second fight “ will happen for the closure of every issues and all the criticism will end and sealed

All the fight that is going to happen before the end of the year has the potential to become the fight of the year, it doesn't necessary those that involve big-name Golovkin opponent is not a big name but it could become a fight of the year, so far with big potentials are the Kovalev - Alvarez and the much-awaited  Joshua- Ruiz match, we can decide this after te Joshua - Ruiz match.

Yes, I agree with what you said. Also, I have read some articles saying Pacquiao and Thurman's fight is one of the candidates for this year's fight of the year. We know that Senator Manny Pacquiao has plenty of fans and supporters that making most of his battle become the fight of the year, and also Mayweather, that's why when they fight last 2015, most of the people saying that will be the next fight of the century. But most boxing fans become disappointed in the fight, and many criticisms show up. I'm also hoping that before Manny Pacquiao goes retired, there will be a rematch between those two legends. :)

Who wouldnt make any criticisms to that fight ? Where it all involves with running and not really seeing an actual fight that we are expecting on and thats why
you cant blame the entire boxing fans for them not to be disappointed to that fight thats why they do really longing for a rematch to close up all the issues and murmurs about it.

Okay lets move into the topic, on the recent fight of GGG and Derevvnchenko which i dont see for it to be qualified for this years fight. I do only have 2 choice which is on that upset fight of ruiz and manny and thurman ones.

If Ruiz could make another trip again, I have to raise my hands over him but if not, I'll raise it into the other name. If we closely take a look at them( as listed above) they are really to be considered as a fight of the year. It maybe we shouldn't just take a look of their winning trick records but of how the fight in general cause we just base into record holder, it is absolutely awarded to Manny and Thurman fight.

I agree with you right now it's still Thurman Pacquiao and the two fight left the Canelo Kovalev and Joshua- Ruiz fights, I hope these two fights will live up to the people's expectation we want a good candidate for a good fight and maybe another thread with a poll on who is the fight of the year this year, we don't want the Thurman - Pacquiao to the runaway winner , but so far it is.

Yes, is there some kind of betting for this topic?
So at least, we are not all about talk here but at least give some sense of this discussion via actual betting, right?
The year is not yet over so there might come up a better match.
But so far, I'll bet for Pacquiao-Thurman for now.

i think the answers has been already prove that its Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman because their fight gained more compared to all the fight that happened this year.

but i guess there's no price for the' Biggest upset' right?lol

anyway i think this thread is enough for the answers because it has been same answers and repetitive so maybe OP might consider locking this thread

Another vote for Manny vs Thurman, I think after considering our answers here, OP should make a poll and lock this thread after.
When the thread is already lock, we can still cast our votes through the poll.

I am so sorry mate, I am quite confused about your question, maybe because I am not much of a boxing type, but to the best of my knowledge and to the little that I know, I think Joshua and Ruiz, are they not two different boxers?

I have not heard of Joshua ruiz, except maybe we are talking about the rematch between Joshua and Ruiz which I think was scheduled for some months back, although I could not follow up on this rematch again, and I would not know if it has been played or not, if it had been played, can someone tell me who the winner of the game is again and if it had not been played, I think that I still have faith in Joshua to actually beat Ruiz this time around, the last match was just a little mistake from Joshua which I am sure he would not allow it again this time around.

Thurman Pacquiao could be the fight of the year for me. A lot of Filipino are always waiting for the fight of Pacquiao yo support him. Let's see if Thurman can make Pacquiao retire. I think Pacquiao is already old for boxing and needs to retire soon. But Thurman and Pacquiao fight of the year.

You are the only guy who says that I don't believe that you really saw the fight I encourage you to do it it's always on Youtube  and I  also encourage you to watch the commentators analysis, they will tell you why Pacquiao is the most unique fighters in our generation, there will never be an 8 times division champion only Pacquiao it and if anyone tries to do it, he will have to start in the flyweight division like what Pacquiao has done.

That foght is one of the best because Manny because he is popular and one of the best boxer in the world. Also he did not retire but his mom wants Manny to retire but Manny did not want so he still fighting and we filipino are very proud of him and I want for his next fight to win again and Im very much excited for the May weather and Pacman rematch this year or in 2020.

For me for sure Pacquiao vs thurman will be the best fight of the year,  because at the age of 40 Pacquiao still can throw more punches and able to beat younger boxer. In fact after the fight more ppl was amaze and  considered the fight as a best fight wherein because of being so intense and they're are really shocked because of the both performance within the ring .so definitely it would be Pacquiao vs thurman.  

Can't really tell for now which among the previous matches deserve that precious fight of the year award. Pacquiao vs. Thurman was good but not really that explosive other than that single knock down. I prefer Joshua vs. Ruiz I over that match. The Joshua vs. Ruiz I match is more explosive than Pacquiao vs. Thurman. Or how about Soto vs. Rios? Is it not enough candidate for this year's fight of the year?

Or we will wait for upcoming matches. We still have Joshua vs. Ruiz II in December and Canelo vs. Kovalev next month. One of these matches might make it to this year's fight of the year.

I cant make up my mind between the 3 fights that I watched recently

1. Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman last July 20, 2019. The trash talking Thurman eats his own words after being schooled by Manny Pacquiao for 12 rounds of boxing. At least in the end he admitted that he lost unlike Broner who thinks he won the fight.

2. Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr last June 1, 2019. I dont know if I will vote for this fight as the Fight of the year or the upset of the year.

3. Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko last October 04, 2019. I thought the fight will be all GGG but it was a close fight. You can see Sergiy answering back on what GGG is throwing at him.

ESPN: Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire is the 2019 fight of the year (https://www.espn.com.au/boxing/story/_/id/28366812/naoya-inoue-nonito-donaire-2019-fight-year-was-best-ko-round).

Boxingscene: 2019 Fight of the Year: Golovkin-Derevyanchenko (https://www.boxingscene.com/boxingscene-2019-fight-year-golovkin-derevyanchenko--145628).

Inoue-Donaire is the fight of the year for me. Everyone says that Donaire doesn't have a chance against the Monster, but he almost pull it off. Although Inoue knock him down, Donaire really try to fought back and swing his left hook, unfortunately, it didn't land solidly. But Donaire broke Inoue's orbital bone in that fight, proving that he can still pull the trigger.

Yes, I watch the full 12 rounds of Inoue vs Donaire and I was rooting for Donaire to win and eventhough he is facing a monster, he really gave everything and as boxing fans we commend his guts, props to him.

And there's a lot of rounds that its very close on that fight and could be also consider as rounds of the year, (round 11).

No doubt on that and i would vote on the same where Inoue and Donaire fight would be worthy to be the best fight for this year.
I do saw some nominees though which isnt bad either http://thecomeback.com/queensberryrules/2019-articles/2019-boxing-fight-of-the-year-nominees.html

I cant say that Donaire almost pull it off yet even he didnt go down he would still lose in points but that was really a good fight imho.

One of the biggest fights now I think it is the battle between the Filipino Dash Donaire versus. Inoue many people believe that the undefeated five-time champion still can conquer the arena and win the game. However, the fighter came from Japan did not hesitate to fight even the people think he is an underdog, still many people trust him to win and support the Japanese boxer, the fight continues. In the first rounds, the Inoue already gives a lot of uppercuts that cause a lot of damage to Donaire. A lot of people didn't expect that the underdog can beat a legendary boxer.

When it comes to experience and statistics then theres no questions asked that Naoya is below but those numbers doesnt really matter when you are already on the ring considering that the Japanese monster is still undefeated and having 18 fights without loss is really a fantastic record and this do proves out that these numbers arent a showoff and beaten hell of a crap of boxers which do have higher statistics than him.
Even me havent expect that the filipino fighter would lose up basing on experience and body build but this proves out that younger generations are quite much tougher.

The fight of the year and also the upset of the year for me is the first Joshua-Ruiz match everyone was caught by surprise when Ruiz shock the world by stopping Joshua on his first US debut, the second fight is very disappointing though, still, the first fight gave the fight and the boxing history something exciting that happened in the year 2019

almost every areas that time favor for Inoue and Donaire as underdog claims a little support from Filpino community.
but just like what you mentioned,the actual Fight decides whats the future for both fighters,and Donaire almost had it but the young and strong Boxer really shows his power and dominance so in the end Donaire loss yet the fight considered as the Best fight for 2019 and that is something Pinoy must be proud.

Well I was banking on that powerful left-hook that can change the complexion of the game. We saw that Donaire did try his best to hit Inoue with his signature check hook, but Inoue has a solid chin. But I do believed that Donaire has broken it already or at least weaken it during their fight, as evident of the broken orbital bone that Inoue suffer.

Anyways, it's time for the OP to lock this thread for good. We're all looking for a good 2020 upcoming boxing fights.

I think Thurman vs Pacquiao will be likely the candidate for fight of the year. Although first round was in favor of Thurman but well Manny responded well and looked like had things to prove, even though I feel he has a big mouth and no doubt he is good in trash talking.Also, I have my bets on Joshua vs Ruiz  being the upset of the year. Lets see.

I would go for Inoue-Donaire as well, this is a worth-to-watch fight.
And interestingly, after the fight Donaire borrowed the trophy from Inoue for a night to fulfil his promise to his kids.
Very rare move from a lost boxer. It shows the genuine humbleness from Donaire's part on this act.
And my second best is Pacquiao-Thurman, as it is the battle of the old vs. young.
How an old fighter can still beat a fresh blood.

In this current year which is 2020, the name Ryan Garcia is starting to become popular. I watched his highlights and he had 16 KOs. His current record is 19 wins with 0 losses. That boy has potential and he is becoming one of the strongest and popular in boxing world. He can become be part of the fight of the year because of his crazy speed and also high boxing IQ.

Indeed, I am more excited in Pac vs Thurman fight last year, because we all know that Pacquiao is a very good boxer and well known among all other boxers, I am happy that Pacquiao beated Thurman, because I have a not so large bet on him here in my place, waiting for his game this year also, I heard there are 3 boxers want to challenge him, but my bet will be always on him, hope that he will win this year again.

a little off topic but still connected to boxing and best fighter.

I heard that there was a voting on who's going to be "the fighter of the decade" and the winner will be announced this year. and I also heard Pacquiao is a hot contender to win and get the title of the fighter of the decade.
do you have any boxing fighter who deserves the title of "Fighter of the decade"?

Floyd?
Deontay?
Chocolatito?

After all, Manny lost the most important fight of this decade and that's what matters the most in this case. If not for Ruiz, Joshua would be a solid contender but apparently he has to focus on the next decade  ;)

I am not sure if it's already announce or what. but I see this, article blow and it says, Floyd is the fighter of the decade.

WBN name Floyd Mayweather Fighter of the Decade 2010-2019 (https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2020/01/08/floyd-mayweather-fotd-2010-2019/)

I would be betting on  Thurman vs Pacquiao this time. The fight going to be interesting. Sure my bets are on thurman has he got to prve stuff. The fight going to be interesting and full of drama. Next fight I would have my eyes would be the one between Nurmangomedov and Tony Ferguson.

Pacquiao gets the Fighter of the Year but Mayweather got the Fighter of the Decade. But on my end, I think, should be Pacquiao, in all 4 decades of his boxing history, he is still standing and fighting, even battling with new boxers. Mayweather is just on safe spot but the real fight in the ring goes to Pacquiao. Just my opinion.

I don't like Floyd Mayweather, but I think he deserves to be the fighter of the decade here.

He clearly beats Manny in 2015 and other great boxers in the last decade so props to him. Of course we don't want Floyd's style, but he was unbeatable.

I'm definitely looking forward to Usyk fighting some of the upper heavyweight echelon, maybe Usyk vs Derek Chisora? That should be an absolute war.

I also want to see Pacquiao fighting Spence Jr., but not sure we will see it due to the recent car wreck.