ESPN.com Fighter of the Year
If you are surprised by the pick for 2009 ESPN.com fighter of the year, well, you haven’t paid attention to boxing for the past 12 months.
It’s Manny Pacquiao, the biggest no-brainer selection since, well, 2008, when Pacquiao was also the obvious pick.
In fact, the pound-for-pound king and icon of the Philippines has claimed fighter of the year honors in three of the past four years, as he concluded yet another tremendous campaign in 2009.
In 2008, Pacquiao raced up the scale, winning titles at junior lightweight, with his tight decision against Juan Manuel Marquez, and at lightweight, with his battering of titleholder David Diaz, before going to welterweight and pounding Oscar De La Hoya into retirement.
Read the full story here: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=4774025
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