Fight of The Year 2009?

The following contains my argument to Kevin Iole, of Yahoo Sports, over his list of fight of the year nominees.

Kevin, your pick for fight of the year, Williams vs Martinez, has but one true competitor, Agbeko vs Perez, a fight that was not even on your list of nominees for fight of the year.

Both the champion, Joseph Agbeko, and the challenger, Yohnny Perez, went toe-to-toe in a slug fest for the ages. Although both fighters are primarily one dimensional sluggers, the public was not unsatisfied with their lack of skills due to the highly entertaining styles that they embraced throughout their bout.

Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez treated "hardcore" boxing fans to a "fight fans fight" on the night of December 5, 2009. Both fighters showed relentless work rates and were forced to adapt to one and other's styles. As Martinez seemed to be neutralizing Williams work rate, Paul made a comeback from the middle rounds on but was never able to find his rhythm and fought through twelve rounds to earn a majority decision.

The average boxing fan observes the sport in a very casual manner, often being more appreciative of two sluggers going toe-to-toe in the center of the ring than two well rounded boxers with tremendous work rates thinking and attempting to adapt to one and others style throughout the course of twelve rounds due to the entertaining styles that brawlers and sluggers usually possess.

A casual boxing fan would likely pick Agbeko vs Perez as fight of the year due to the highly entertaining toe-to-toe style that the fighters embraced in their bout while a "hardcore" boxing fan would pick Williams vs Martinez as fight of the year due to the combination of technicality and ferocity that the fighters exercised throughout the course of 12 rounds.