Highs and let down OTY
FOTY FUNDORA VS LUBIN
nominees: Fundora vs Lubin, Conlan vs Wood, Charlo vs Castano 2, Alberto Puello vs Batyr Akhmedov,Alen Babic vs Adam Balski
Women's SCOTNEY VS GUANINI
nominees: Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano, Ellie Scotney vs Jorge Guanini, Arely Mucino vs Leonela Yudica
#2 ROTY: SAM GILLEY VS DREW BROWN rd8
nominees:Fundora vs Lubin Rd 7, Gilley vs Browne Rd 8, Babic vs Balsiki Rd 10,Kiladze vs Faust Rd 1, Charlo vs Castano 2 Rd 6
Women's: ELLIE SCOTNEY VS JORGELINA GUANINI RD4
nominees: Katie Taylor vs Serrano Rd 10,Areley Mucino vs Leonela Yudica Rd 10,Crews DeZurn vs Cederroos Rd 10, Scotney vs Guanini Rd 4,Jonas vs DiCarie Rd 8
#3 Fighter: DIMITRY BIVOL
nominees: Bivol,Haney,Hector Luis Garcia,Jesse Rodriguez,
Women's: CLARESSA SHIELDS
nominees Katie Taylor,Claressa Shields, Yoka Valle
#4 UPSET: HLG VS COLBERT
nominees Bivol vs Alvarez ,Stevie Spark vs Montana Love,Hector Luis Garcia vs Colbert, De Los vs Rayo Valenzuela,Magsayo vs Gary Russell Jr,Breidis vs Opethia,Bakole vs Tony Yoka, Jimmy vs Kanat Islam
Women's: FARIAS VS RYAN
nominees Femke Hermans vs Mary Spencer,Farias vs Sandy Ryan,Nina Hughes vs Jaime Mitchell
#5 Prospect ADAM AZIM
leading candidates Diego Pacheco, Duke Ragan,Bruce Carrington, Adam Azim
Women's SKYE NICOLSON
leading candidates Skye Nicholson,Caroline Dubois,Romana Graeff,Beatriz Ferreira
#6 Stoppage: PLANT KO DIRRELL
nominees Wood vs Conlan,Cordina vs Ogawa,Morrell vs Aidos Yerbossynuly Plant vs Dirrell, Lucas Browne vs Junior Fa, Liam Paro vs Jarvis
Women's MARSHALL KO HERMANS
nominees Natasha Jonas vs Chris Namus, Savannah Marshall vs Femke Hermans, Mary Spencer vs Beatriz Aguilar
#7 breakout performers JESSE RODRIGUEZ
leading contenders Jesse Rodriguez,Hector Luis Garcia, Jai Opetaia
Women's CHERNEKA JOHNSON
Ellie Scotney,Cherneka Johnson
#8 Comeback WIN JORDAN GILL(VS KARIM GUERFI)
nominees Gill vs Guerfi, Rakhimov vs Barrett,Wood vs Conlan, Zaur Abdullaev vs Linares, Troy Williamson vs Mason Cartwright
Women's: TAYLOR (VS SERRANO)
leading candidate Taylor vs Serrano, Sandy Ryan vs Farias 2
#9 Comeback Performer KENSHIRO TERAJI
nominees Zolani Tete, Kenshiro Teraji, Tony Harrison,James Metcalf
Woman's TERRI HARPER
Terri Harper, Natasha Jonas
#10 Trainer DERRICK JAMES
Leading candidates Derrick James,Ismael Salas,Bob Santos,Tony Sims, Joel Diaz(and Gennady Mashyanov)
Women's: ROSS ENAMAIT
nominees John David Jackson,Ross Enamait,Joe Gallagher, Shane McGuigan, Tony Harrison
11 Promoter TOP RANK
Leading contenders TGB promotions, Matchroom Sports, Top Rank
Women's: BOXXER
leading contenders Matchroom Sports, Boxxer
12 Performance: CHARLO (VS CASTANO 2)
Leading contenders Jermell Charlo (vs Castano 2), William Zepeda (vs Joseph Diaz), Stephen Fulton (vs Danny Roman)
Women's YOKASTA VALLE (VS NGUYEN)
leading contenders Natasha Jonas vs (Marie Eve DiCarie), Yokasta Valle (vs Nguyen), Crews DeZurn vs Cederoos
13 Muhammed Ali grit win now look pretty later award JF ESTRADA (vs Cortes)
Nominees JF Estrada (vs Argi Cortes),Josh Taylor (vs Catterall 1), Robbie Davies Jr (vs Javier Molina)
Women's: ARELY MUCINO (VS LEONELA YUDICA)
Leading candidates Arley Mucino vs (Leonela Yudica),Shannon Courtenay (vs Gemma Ruegg) Jasmine Artiga (vs Amy Salinas)
14 WORST Robbery: Edward Vazquez vs Ray Ford
15 WORST referee performance
Massimo Barrovecchio (Amarildo Vraja vs Borislav Velev),
16 Ring Walk KELL BROOK
nominees
Kell Brook (vs Amir Khan), Saul Alvarez (vs Golovkin),Tyson Fury (vs Dillian Whyte)
Women's: CLARESSA SHIELDS
nominees Claressa Shields (vs Marshall),Taylor (vs Serrano), Baumgardner (vs Marshall)
17 Underrated Foty LUIS NERY SD CARLOS CASTRO
nominees Luis Nery vs Castro,Eduardo Ramirez vs Luis Melendez, Fernando Diaz vs Lorenzo Smith, Ioannis Manouilidis vs Edgar Palacios Cruz,Samuel Carmona vs Joel Cordova,Galal Yafai vs Gohan Garcia,Kendo Castanada vs Johnathan Fernandez,Carlos Buitrago vs Jose L Martinez, Florian Marku vs Miguel Parra, Gavin Gwynne vs Luke Evans
18 Ryan Rhodes vs Jaime Moore Overrated Foty award Dereck Chisora vs Pulev 2
19 Disappointment MONTANA WRESTLING DQ
Nominees Rigondeaux performance vs Astrolobio,Montana wrestling DQ vs Spark, Breidis dedicating tatoo and a song to a Youtuber..fail of a promotion stunt for a unification post Okolie vs Cieslak then getting upset by Jai Opetaia
20 Prospect Upset Watch EVAN ANTHONY SANCHEZ
nominees Evan Anthony Sanchez, Ruben Torres,Janelson Bocachica,Alexis Espino,Dylan Cheema
21 Jorge Kahwagi worst technique among broadcast/televised fighters (no exhibitions) Robert Bricks
Women's: Monique Bux
Fight of the year:
Katie Taylor VS Amanda Serrano
Probably the best female fight I've ever seen
Fighter of the year:
Dmitry Bivol
Toss up between Bivol and Inoue. Inoue became undisputed with 2 big knockout victories whilst Bivol schooled the p4p best and then schooled an undefeated former super middleweight champion. I went with Bivol as whilst he didn't win any new belts I feel his opposition was definitely better.
Breakout Star of the Year:
Hector Luis Garcia
Upset colbert to start the year then became champion at the end. I think he's got a legitimate chance against Tank Davis.
Knockout of the year:
Plant VS Dirrell
Plant surprised me with this one as I never considered him to be a huge puncher.
Robbery of the year:
Taylor VS Catterall
I haven't watched as much boxing as I would like this year so perhaps there's robberies worse than this one but I struggle to see how josh won more than 4 rounds let alone the fight
Round of the year:
Conlan VS Wood Round 12
Great end to one of the FOTY candidates
Ringwalk of the year:
Tyson Furys ringwalk against Dillian Whyte
Fury always has amazing ringwalks and I think this one is one of his best
Promoter of the year:
Eddie Hearn (Matchroom)
Ehh. It's not been a great year for Eddie. His 2 biggest draws (joshua and canelo) lost, he faced massive criticism over the conor bemn situation and it seems more and more fighters are joining boxxer and queensbury. However, I still think he's definitely the most consistent when it comes to putting on good cards. Top rank and PBC are super hit and miss, one week they'll have an amazing card and the next they'll have a shocking one. I personally judt don't find queensbury and boxxer shows that exciting (except boxxer tournaments those are sick.)
Fail of the year:
There's a few for this one
Benn VS Eubank
Benn failing a drug test and then claiming multiple times he's innocent without giving actual proof
Joshua VS Usyk 2
Joshu decided to deliver one of the hall of fame awkward post fight speeches in history
Plant VS Dirrell
Dirrell making some pretty bad comments to then get brutally knocked out
Fury VS Chisora 3
Just this fight getting made was a fail
Davis VS Romero
I somehow forgot to add this fight. Romero talked such a big game to get knocked out in round 6
— Fight Of The Year
1. Charlo v. Castano 2
2. Wood v. Conlan
3. Kyoguchi v. Bermudez
4. Estrada v. Chocolatito 3
5. F. Martinez v. Ancajas
6. Lubin v. Fundora
7. Nontshinga v. Flores
8. Spence v. Ugas
9. Estrada v. Cortes
10. J. Nakatani v. F. Rodriguez
— Fighter Of The Year
1. Tie: Bam Rodriguez - & - Dmitry Bivol
2. Naoya Inoue
3. Devin Haney
4. Hector Garcia
5. Fernando Martinez
— KO Of The Year
Tie: Cordina KOs Ogawa - & - Crawford KOs Avanesyan
— Performance Of The Year
1. Bam Rodriguez-Srisaket
2. Bivol-Canelo
3. Inoue-Donaire
4. Haney-Kambosos 2
5. Chocolatito-Martinez