Ringnews24 end of year boxing awards 2012
Thanks to all the contributors who voted and special thank you to Londoner who graciously put together the voting format and did the hard yeoman’s work of tallying the ever changing votes as the year wound down
The official votes came from the main RN24 boxing website and the RN24 Facebook page and reflect the consensus vote of Ringnews24 voters.
Fighter of the Year: Nonito Donaire
Runner ups: Brian Viloria, JMMarquez, Danny Garcia, Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr, Andre Ward, Robert Guerrero, Leo Santa Cruz.
Fight of the Year: Brandon Rios vs Mike Alvarado
Runner ups: Marquez vs Pacquiao, Hernan Marquez vs Brian Viloria, Roman Gonzalez vs Juan Francisco Estrada, Kazuto Ioka vs Akira Yaegashi, JMLopez vs Orlando Salido, Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi II
Round of the Year: JMMarquez vs Manny Pacquiao Round 5
Runner ups: JCChavez Jr vs Sergio Martinez Rd 12, Hernan Marquez vs Brian Viloria Rd 5, Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi Round 12, Roman Gonzalez vs Juan Francisco Estrada Rd 6, Brandon Rios vs Mike Alvarado Rd 5, Orlando Salido vs JMLopez Rd 9, Mike Alvarado vs Brandon Rios Rd 4
Knockout of the Year: JMMarquez KO 6 Manny Pacquiao
Runner ups: Vayacheslav Senchenko vs Ricky Hatton, David Haye vs Derek Chisora, Mikkel Kessler vs Allan Green
Upset of the Year, a perfect Gordian tie:
JMMarquez vs Manny Pacquiao, Sonny Boy Jaro vs Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Jonathon Banks vs Seth Mitchell, Danny Garcia vs Amir Khan, Carl Froch vs Lucian Bute, Josesito Lopez vs Victor Ortiz, Timothy Bradley vs Manny Pacquiao
Worst Fight of the Year: Miguel Vazquez vs Mercito Gesta
Runner ups: Freddie Flintoff vs Richard Dawson, Deontay Wilder vs Jesse Oltmanns, Randall Bailey vs Devon Alexander, David Price vs Audley Harrison, Tyson Fury vs Martin Rogan, Darryl Williams vs Tony Shields, Shawn Estrada vs Terrence Woods, Alexander Povetkin vs Hasim Rahman, Wlad Klitschko vs JMMormeck
Prospect of the Year: Gary Russell Jr
Runner ups: Carl Frampton, Jessie Vargas, Tyson Fury, Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez, Mikey Garcia, David Price, Deontay Wilder, Froilan Saludar, Thurman
Robbery of the Year: Brandon Rios vs Richard Abril
Runner ups: Edmund Gerber vs Maurice Harris, Kayode vs Antonio Tarver, Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley, Goekalp Oezekler vs Mouez Fhima, James Kirkland vs Carlos Molina
Trainer of the Year: Danny Garcia Sr
Runner ups: Nacho Beristain, Ruben Guerrero, Virgil Hunter, Robert Garcia, Pablo Sarmiento.
Promoter of the Year: Matchroom Sport
Runner ups: Main Events, Top Rank, Golden Boy Promotions
Merit Award: Jonathan Banks, Alfredo Angulo, Larry Ekundayo, Nonito Donaire, Danny Jacobs, Olympic boxers, Robert Guererro, Ricky Hatton, Vitali and Wlad Klitschko, Boyd Melson, Nicola Adams, Katie Taylor
Special Mention: Emanuel Steward
Runner ups: Hector Camacho, Burt Sugar, Angelo Dundee, Carmen Basilio, Corrie Sanders, Teofilo Stevenson, Michael Dokes, Don Fullmer, Paul Williams.
Time to Quit: Shane Mosley, Erik Morales
Women’s fighter of the Year(tied): Cecilia Braekhus, Ava Knight, Sonya Lamonakis, Yesica Yolanda Bopp
British fighter of the Year: Carl Froch
Runner ups: Ricky Burns, David Price, Tyson Fury, Matthew Macklin
British prospect of the Year: Carl Frampton
Runner ups: Billy Joe Saunders, Kal Yafai, David Price, Kevin Satchell, Martin Murray
British fight of the Year: David Haye vs Dereck Chisora
Runner ups: Ricky Burns vs Kevin Mitchell, Erick Ochieng vs Nick Quigley, Derry Mathews vs Anthony Crolla, Danny Connor vs Chris Evangelou
European fighter of the Year: Gennady Golovkin
Runner ups: Wladimir Klitschko, Marco Huck, Sergey Rabchenko, Kubrat Pulev
European prospect of the Year: Mateusz Masternak
Runner ups: Jack Culcay, Rakhim Chakhkiev, Tyron Zeuge
European fight of the Year: Marco Huck vs Alexander Povetkin
Runner ups: Mardo Huck vs Ola Afolabi II, Marco Huck vs Firat Arslan
American fighter of the Year: Adrien Broner
Runner ups: Danny Garcia, Robert Guerrero, Austin Trout, Andre Ward
American prospect of the Year: Keith Thurman
Runner ups: Gary Russell Jr, Bryant Jennings, Jessie Vargas, Joe Hanks
American fight of the Year: Brandon Rios vs Mike Alvarado
Runner ups: Brian Viloria vs Hernan Marquez, Jonathon Banks vs Seth Mitchell, Adrien Broner vs Antonio Demarco, Robert Guerrero vs Andre Berto
RN24 final thoughts to forum all time greats, Dave Allen (Dallen) and James Golden (Wheelchair) who sadly passed in 2012. Thank you for your invaluable contributions and memories…R.I.P.
