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Best Fight of 2011
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1. ELCO GARCIA VS. JOAQUIN ZAMORA II (21%)
2. Anne Sophie Mathis vs. Holly Holm (18%)
3. Austin Trout vs. David Lopez (11%)
4. Austin Trout vs. Frank Loporto (10%)
5. Fidel Maldonado vs. Eric Cruz (7%)
6. Austin Trout vs. Rigoberto Alvarez (6%)
(None of the rest had a significant number of votes; 3% or less.)
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Worst Fight of 2011 |
| 1. ALL OF DAVID RODRIGUEZ’S FIGHTS (24%)
2. All of Thaddine Swifteagle Johnson’s fights (21%)
3. Hector Munoz vs. Jorge Reyes (20%)
4. Archie Ray Marquez vs. Johnny Frazier (16%)
5. All of the fights at Santa Ana (7%)
(Remaining bouts were 2% each and under.) |
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What was the worst decision or robbery of 2011? |
| 1. ARCHIE RAY MARQUEZ’S ‘WIN’ OVER JOHNNY FRAZIER (32%)
2. Carlos Villa’s “win” over Lorenzo Estrada (28%)
3. Carla Torres’ “win” over Amanda Crespin (12%)
4. Natalie Roy’s “win” over Brandi Montoya (11%)
5. Entire Santa Ana card (8%)
6. Tim Means’ “win” over Adrian Lopez (6%)
Note: All but No. 2 occurred on the Santa Ana card. |
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| What was the biggest upset involving a New Mexico or El Paso fighter in 2011? |
1. ANNE SOPHIE MATHIS KO7 HOLLY HOLM (79%)Honorable Mentions, all with less than 3% each: Both of Archie Ray Marquez’s losses, Antonio Escalante’s knockout loss, Villanueva’s decision over David Proa.
(None of the rest had a significant number of votes) |
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Who was the best male N.M. or El Paso fighter in 2011? |
| 1. AUSTIN TROUT (39% of votes)
2. Fidel Maldonado (31%)3. Abie Han (13%)
4. Josh Torres (8%)
5. Elco Garcia (7%)
Honorable Mentions: Johnny Tapia, Joaquin Zamora, Leonardo Sanchez |
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Who was the best female N.M. or El Paso fighter in 2011? |
1. JENNIFER HAN (31%)2. Holly Holm (28%)
3. Ayanna Vasquez (13%)4. Brandi Montoya (8%)Note: Rest of the names were under 2% each. |
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Pro debuter of the year |
| 1. MATTHEW BACA (21%)
2. Leonardo Sanchez (19%)
3. Cristian Cabral (18%)
4. Yoel Gonzales (8%)
5. Eric Reza (7%)
Honorable Mentions: Brandi Montoya |
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Most Exciting Fighter of 2011 |
1. FIDEL MALDONADO (19%)2. Elco Garcia (10%)
3. Austin Trout (9%)
4. Joaquin Zamora (8%)
5. Holly Holm (5%)
Honorable Mentions: Johnny Tapia, Leroy Chavez, Ayanna Vasquez, Cristian Cabral, Leonardo Sanchez |
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Most Underrated Fighter in 2011 |
| 1. AUSTIN TROUT (49%)
2. Fidel Maldonado (28%)
3. Edgar Zubia (9%)
4. Jennifer Han (8%)
Note: Rest of the names were under 2% each. |
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Most Overrated Fighter of 2011 |
1. ARCHIE RAY MARQUEZ – 32%2. David Rodriguez – 31%
3. Holly Holm – 19%
4. Josh Torres – 7%
5. Vince Mirabal – 6%
Note: Rest of the names were under 2% each. |
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What was the top venue for 2011? |
| 1. ROUTE 66 (37%)
2. Don Haskins Center in El Paso (17%)
3. El Paso County Coliseum (15%)
4. Santa Ana Star Casino (11%)
5. Hard Rock (8%)
Note: Other venues scored 3% or less. |
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What was the top fight card for 2011? |
1 WORLD DOMINANCE (Holm vs. Mathis) @ Rt. 66 in Dec. (Fresquez) – 42%2. Holm vs. Cisneros/Zamora vs. Garcia card @ Rt. 66 in June (Fresquez) – 18%
3. Jhonny Gonzalez card at El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso (Goossen/PdP) – 8%
4. Trout-Loporto card at Cohen Stadium, El Paso (Zeferino) – 7%
Honorable Mentions: Tapia card at Hard Rock in June |
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Best Amateur of 2011 |
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1. AYANNA VASQUEZ (22%)
2. Siju Shabazz (18%)
3. Jose Salinas (17%)v
4. Richard Johnson (15%)
5. Stephanie Han (14%)
Honorable Mentions: Brian Mendoza, Edmund Guzman, Merica Valdez, Leroy Chavez, Brandon Munoz, Anthony Bailey |
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Most Improved Amateur of 2011 |
| 1. AYANNA VASQUEZ (14%)
2. Jose Salinas (13%)3. Brandon Munoz (9%)
4. Richard Johnson (8%)
5. Brian Mendoza (6%)
Honorable Mentions: Leroy Chavez, Edmund Guzman |
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Most Improved Professional of 2011 |
| 1. FIDEL MALDONADO (35%)
2. Joel Garcia (12%)
3. Josh Torres (11%)
4. Edgar Zubia (10%)
5. Austin Trout (9%)
6. Brandi Montoya (8%)
Note: Rest of the names recieved less than 3% or less, each. |
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Who or what was the biggest disappointment in 2011? |
1. ARCHIE RAY MARQUEZ (28%)2. Holly Holm getting knocked out (25%)
3. David Rodriguez fighting bums (24%)
4. Quality of most fight cards (12%)
5. Quantity of fight cards (11%)
Also mentioned: Zeferino’s matchmaking, terrible athletic commissions, Antonio Escalante, David Proa, Thaddine Swifteagle Johnson, Fernando Calleros, Hector Munoz, Antonio Martinez and Victoria Cisneros. |
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| Best Trainer of 2011 |
| 1. LOUIE BURKE (29%)
2. Fidel Maldonado Sr. (18%)
3. The Zamoras (11%)
4. Rick Vasquez (9%)
5. Team Tapia/Johnny Tapia (6%)
Note: Rest of the names received less than 3% or less, each. |
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Who was Promoter of the Year? |
1. FRESQUEZ PRODUCTIONS (39%)2. Zeferino Entertainment (34%)
3. Team Tapia (18%)
Note: Remaining promoters all received 3% or less. |
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Was there enough boxing in N.M. in 2011? |
| 1. No (99%)
2. Yes (1%) |
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What fights do you want to see happen? |
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1. FIDEL MALDONADO VS. ARCHIE RAY MARQUEZ (19%)
* Second year in a row
2. Austin Trout vs. anyone (14%)
3. Austin Trout vs. a contender or another champion (11%)
4. Austin Trout vs. Miguel Cotto (8%)
5. David Rodriguez vs. a real opponent (7%)
6. Fidel Maldonado vs. a step-up opponent (5%)
7. Elco Garcia vs. Joaquin Zamora III (4%)
Note: Rest of the bouts tallied 3% or less, each. |
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What does this website need? |
| 1. Doing good (55%)
2. More amateur coverage (8%)
3. More El Paso coverage (7%)
4. More stories (7%)
5. Cozzone needs to move back to New Mexico. (5%) |
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What does the New Mexico fight
scene need? |
1. MORE FIGHT CARDS (31%)2. More promoters. (21%)
3. Better officials/commissions (19%)
4. Better matchmaking (11%)
5. More amateur action (7%) |
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| Who is the top official, ref or judge in N.M.? |
| 1. Rocky Burke (58%)
2. No one / They all suck (16%)
3. Marvin Clifford (7%)
Note: Remaining names all received less than 3% or less. |
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| Who was the best MMA fighter of 2011? |
1. CARLOS CONDIT (36%)2.
Who cares? (16%)3. Johnny Bones Jones (15%)
4. None of ‘em (13%)
Note: Rest of the names received 3% or less, each. |
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