RingTV.com’s compilation of ‘Who wins?’ panelists from 2014
In anticipation of the first round of fight picks for 2015, to be published on Wednesday, starting with Saturday’s heavyweight bout between WBC titleholder Bermane Stiverne and Deontay Wilder, RingTV.com has compiled a list involving nearly 80 different panelists who participated in polls for 42 fights over the course of 2014.
The list is comprised of writers representing internet, newspaper and magazine publications including RingTV.com, the Los Angeles Times, ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, trainers such as former “Trainer of The Year” Virgil Hunter and counterpart Abel Sanchez, fighters such as four-division titlist and RING middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and fans of the sport.
The following are those who have participated.
Record: 6-1 [Last pick: Adonis Stevenson KO 10 Dmitry Sukhotsky]
Mitch Abramson, New York Daily News
Record: 1-1 [Last pick: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Sergey Kovalev]
David Avila, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Record: 1-0 [Floyd Mayweather Jr. UD 12 Marcos Maidana I]
Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated
Record: 1-0 [Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Manny Pacquiao TKO 9 Chris Algieri]
Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal
Record: 5-0 [Last pick: Amir Khan W 12 Devon Alexander]
Mike Coppinger, RingTV.com/USA Today
Record: 3-0 [Last pick: Juan Manuel Marquez TKO Mike Alvarado]
Miguel Cotto, three-division titlewinner
Record 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana]
Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press
Record: 2-0 [Last pick: Pacquiao W 12 Algieri]
Gareth A. Davies, The Telegraph
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Stephen Donatelli, guest/fan, Pittsburgh, PA.
Record: 3-1 [Last pick: Stevenson W 12 Sukhotsky]
Record: 29-8 [Last pick: Stevenson TKO 10 Sukhotsky]
Coyote Duran, copy content editor of RingTV.com/UCNLive.com
Record: 4-1 [Last pick: Miguel Cotto TKO 11 Sergio Martinez]
Doug Fischer, editor of RingTV.com
Record: 7-3 [Last pick: Kovalev W 12 Hopkins]
Norm Frauenheim, THE RING magazine, www.15rounds.com
Record: 33-9 [Last pick: Stevenson TKO 7 Sukhotsky]
Jeffrey Freeman, www.KODigest.TV
Record: 25-13 [Last pick: Stevenson TKO 4 Sukhotsky]
Record: 6-1 [Last pick: Pacquiao UD 12 Algieri]
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Carl Froch UD 12 George Groves]
Randy Gordon, Host of “At the Fights” on SiriusXM Radio
Record: 2-0 [Last pick: Khan UD 12 Alexander]
Record: 31-9 [Last pick: Khan TKO 11 Alexander]
David Greisman, BoxingScene.com
Record: 2-0 [Last pick: Stevenson KO Sukhotsky]
Record: 21-6 [Last pick: Khan W 12 Alexander]
Dennis “D Source” Guillermo, Examiner.com
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Record: 22-10 [Last pick: Alexander UD 12 Khan]
Jesse Hart, super middleweight contender
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Dusty Hernandez-Harrison, welterweight prospect
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Jack Hirsch, president of the Boxing Writers’ Association of America
Record: 0-2 [Last pick: Luis Collazo SD 12 Amir Khan]
Virgil Hunter, trainer for Andre Ward, Amir Khan
Record: 1-0 Last pick: [Floyd Mayweather Jr. UD 12 Marcos Maidana II]
Keith Idec, The Record/BoxingScene.com
Record: 17-6 [Last pick: Khan UD 12 Alexander]
Record: 1-1 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Julian Johnson, guest/fan, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Record: 3-2 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Thom Loverro, Washington Times
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Edward “Revolver” Khabrov, guest/fan, Zaporozhye City, Ukraine
Record: 3-3 Last pick: [Gabriel Rosado UD 12 David Lemieux]
Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated
Record: 0-1 Last pick [Hopkins W 12 Kovalev]
Ryan Maquinana, CSNBAYAREA/BoxingScene.com
Record: 10-1 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana II]
Gordon Marino, Wall Street Journal
Record: 5-1 [Last pick: Stevenson KO Sukhotsky]
Rich Marotta, KFI Radio, Los Angeles
Record: 27-12 [Last pick: Stevenson KO 3 Sukhotsky]
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Record: 18-10 [Last pick: Stevenson KO 4 Sukhotsky]
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Jack Obermayer, Fight Fax Inc.
Record: 17-3 [Last pick: Lemieux TKO Rosado]
Shawn Porter, IBF welterweight titleholder
Record: 1-0 [Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Kenny Porter, trainer of IBF welterweight titleholder Shawn Porter
Record: 1-0 [Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Record: 5-3 [Last pick: Tyson Fury W 12 Dereck Chisora]
John J. Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com/Doghouseboxing.com/KO Monthly Magazine
Record: 31-11 [Last pick: Stevenson TKO 7 Sukhotsky]
Chris Ray, Bernard Hopkins’ cutman
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather KO 9 Maidana]
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana]
Mike “Little Rock” Ricasa, guest/fan, boxing trainer, retired fighter, Ellicott City, Md.
Record: 1-1 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana I]
Matt Richardson, Fightnews.com
Record: 24-8 [Last pick: Khan W 12 Alexander]
Chris Robinson, Hustleboss.com
Record: 4-3 [Last pick: Martinez W 12 Cotto]
Record: 27-13 [Last pick: Stevenson KO Sukhotsky]
Michael Rosenthal, THE RING Magazine
Record: 20-5 [Last pick: Khan UD 12 Alexander]
Record: 8-3 [Last pick: Pacquiao UD 12 Algieri]
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA 160-pound titleholder Gennady Golovkin
Record: 9-5 [Last pick: Stevenson UD 12 Sukhotsky]
Vince Santino, guest/fan, New York, N.Y.
Record: 0-1 [Last pick: Alexander SD 12 Khan]
Joseph Santoliquito/THE RING Magazine/RingTV.com/CBS Sports
Record: 21-0 [Last pick: Khan KO 9 Alexander]
Record: 0-0 [Last pick: Canelo Alvarez UD 12 Erislandy Lara]
Record: 21-10 [Last pick: Stevenson KO Sukhotsky]
James Smith, aka “Smitty,” Host of In This Corner TV
Record: 1-0 Last pick: [Mayweather W 12 Maidana II]
Record: 2-1 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana]
Record: 7-2 [Last pick: Khan W 12 Alexander]
Mike Stafford, trainer of three-division titleholder Adrien Broner
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana II]
Bradley Starks, guest/fan, Novato, Calif.
Record: 17-3 [Last pick: Lemieux KO 7 Rosado]
Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules
Record: 2-1 [Last pick: Stevenson mid-rounds KO Sukhotsky]
Rob Soucy, ProBoxingInsider.com
Record: 20-6 [Last pick: Khan UD 12 Alexander]
Steve Stubbs, guest, Germantown, Md.
Record: 3-0 [Last pick: Lemieux KO Rosado]
Record: 17-5 [Last pick: Khan TKO 11 Alexander]
Record: 28-9 [Last pick: Stevenson W 12 Sukhotsky]
Charles Villa, guest/fan, Portland, Ore.
Record: 21-10 [Last pick: Stevenson KO 6 Sukhotsky]
Record: 29-9 [Last pick: Stevenson TKO 8 Sukhotsky]
Abe Wiggington, guest/fan, Arlington, Texas
Record: 2-1 [Last pick: Lemieux W 12 Rosado]
Gary “Digital” Williams, Fightnews.com
Record: 2-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana II]
Michael Woods, The Sweet Science
Record: 1-0 [Last pick: Mayweather UD 12 Maidana II]
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