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BoxingWriter.co.uk Fighter of the Month for September 2009

The BoxingWriter.co.uk Fighter of Month award has now developed such prestige I've been asked if I can make an award more than twelve times a year. I've tried to explain how this plan has a numerical flaw but several fight figures assure me they're 150% sure nobody will care, "look at the 17 sanctioning bodies, they'll never notice, the fans are daft". I've refused, neither of my readers are daft I protested, so for now I remain committed to a single award per month. Hiatus for July and August, so September's winner is...
...following the triumphs of previous winners:

Monte Barrett [June 08] – knocking out Tye Fields
Antonio Margarito [July 08] – stopping Miguel Cotto
Cedric Boswell [August 08] – obliterating Roman Greenberg
Juan Manuel Marquez [September 08] – defeats Joel Casemayor
Shane Mosley [January 09] – stops Antonio Margarito
Jason Booth [June 09] - beats Rocky Dean

As the list suggest, the award doesn't always follow the obvious or conventional. One name which deserved mention was John Simpson, a fighter I've been less than kind about in the past. His stoppage of Paul Truscott was an impressive performance and I'm a reluctant convert to Simpson's fearless attitude and his growing confidence and stature in the ring.

Internationally, some fella called Mayweather recorded another victory over Juan Manuel Marquez but the debacle over his weight spoilt the achievement for me. Jean Pascal further strengthened his credentials, and by association Carl Froch's too, with a win over veteran Silvio Branco in a defence of his Light-Heavyweight title.

But most impressive of all during September was....click here to read more

Tags: awards, booth, boswell, boxing, boxingwriter, cedric, jason, macklin, matt, mosley

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Comment by BoxingWriter.co.uk on October 30, 2009 at 4:35am: Maybe......

Comment by foripu on October 29, 2009 at 1:09pm: that's pretty much the definition of a gate keeper

Comment by BoxingWriter.co.uk on October 28, 2009 at 1:07pm: He aint quite that. But he's boiled, simmered too long, and is now on a low heat til retirement.

Comment by foripu on October 28, 2009 at 1:05pm: it breaks my heart when i see someone with so much promise become a "gatekeeper".

Comment by BoxingWriter.co.uk on October 28, 2009 at 9:45am: Interesting. Shane won the award earlier in the year for that victory, this was just for September. On Nicky Cook, here is a fighter who got close to the top and then fell short and one cannot help surmising the seemingly endless inactivity that blighted him once he reach the cusp of the top level hurt his chances of succeeded at the elite level.

I was ringside for one of his Commonwealth defences and thought he looked too easy to hit to succeed. He didn't quite have enough of anything to make that extra step, and so it proved. Game guy though.

Comment by foripu on October 28, 2009 at 9:37am: shane knocking out margaritto earns him top rank with me, no one wanted to fight margarito and shane was "too old", then the drama with the hand wraps. it all made for a very entertaining fight, i just wish we could have more fights from across the pond. that way we don't miss out on fighters like nicky cook.

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