It was a year when the Hitman bounced back, the Golden Boy looked to have lost his shine and the Pac Man destroyed all before him.

While there's been plenty of talk, as you can always expect in the sport of boxing when hype sells tickets, there's also been plenty of superb bouts.

Ricky Hatton responded to suffering a first professional defeat with two wins and a change of trainer, Billy Graham making way for Floyd Mayweather Snr.

Next up for Britain's brightest boxing star could be a money-spinning showdown with Manny Pacquiao, who upset the odds with a devastating display against an out-of-sorts Oscar De La Hoya.

Joe Calzaghe will spend the New Year considering whether to hang up the gloves after extending his perfect record to 46-0 with wins over modern day legends Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jnr.

Carl Froch would like to get a crack at the Pride of Wales after becoming a world champion, while David Haye has big plans for 2009 - he could jump the queue to fight Vitali Klitschko in the summer.

Sadly the year has not gone so smoothly for all of the Brits. Amir Khan saw his unbeaten start as a professional come to an end inside a minute at the very heavy hands of Colombian Breidis Prescott.

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