End of year awards 2019

[TitoFan]

Fighter of the Year: Naoya Inoue

FOTY: Inoue vs Donaire

Upset of the Year: Ruiz vs Joshua 1

Prospect of the Year: Vergil Ortiz (with a shout out to local boy Joseph Adorno)

Most Enjoyable KO (by far): Sam Maxwell vs Sabri Sediri

[Fatboxingfan]

Shittiest Performance of the Year: Andy Ruiz Jr. , Ruiz vs Joshua II

[TIC]

fighter: canelo

fight of 2019: spence v porter

upset of 2019: williams v hurd

comeback of 2019: alfredo angulo

prospect of 2019: daniel dubois

ko: haney v moran

round: spence v porter, eleventh

[Master]

Fight of the Year

It was late January and Xu Can and Jesus Rojas fought for a featherweight title that didn’t receive a lot of attention. It turned out it deserved plenty, because it was an unbelievable match with almost nonstop punching and back-and-forth action.

It instantly became a Fight of the Year candidate.

In March, Sergey Lipinets and Lamont Peterson met in yet another bout that wasn’t heralded all that much before the opening bell. It turned into one of those jaw-dropping matches that makes boxing so compelling.

Just three months into the year, having a pair of fights of that quality was a signal of what 2019 was about to become. For all of the dirt heaped upon boxing’s supposed grave by fans and media who don’t pay enough attention, this was a year in which there was a new candidate on an almost weekly basis.

Culling through my list, I whittled it down to five finalists:

Jarrett Hurd vs. Julian Williams

Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. I

Adam Kownacki vs. Chris Arreola

Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko

Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire

I was tempted to pick the Kownacki-Arreola fight because it was as my friend, the longtime pro wrestling announcer Jim “JR” Ross, would say, a slobber-knocker. But there were too many fights with too much skill involved to pick that, as much as I enjoyed it and as much as I shouted at the television while watching it.

Golovkin was under the weather when he fought Derevyanchenko, but it did not stop him from putting on a Herculean effort. What made it a great fight, though, is that Derevyanchenko fought with as much passion and intensity and was never out of the bout.

Williams upset Hurd in a dramatic back-and-forth battle in which there was nonstop action and constant momentum shifts. And Joshua and Ruiz both hit the deck in a slugfest that became the talk of the boxing world when Ruiz stopped Joshua to become the first man of Mexican descent to win a piece of the heavyweight title.

But the 2019 Yahoo Sports Fight of the Year goes to Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire for their pitched battle in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series’ bantamweight tournament.

Donaire had been given up for dead several years ago, but revived his career after signing with promoter Richard Schaefer. He earned a spot in the WBSS and proved he was worthy of it by making his way to the final opposite Inoue.



Inoue is one of the most exciting stars in the sport, reminiscent in many ways of a young Manny Pacquiao. He’s one of the best body punchers in the sport and he pushes a pace few can handle.

The veteran Donaire showed why many believe he’ll secure a spot in the International Boxing Hall of Fame when he’s finally done, as he managed to stand in there with “The Monster,” and gave as good as he got throughout a compelling battle.

The drama unfolding before a huge crowd was remarkable, as the momentum shifted and neither man backed down.

It was a match that had everything, and it’s the choice as the 2019 Yahoo Sports Fight of the Year.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/201...174254486.html

[Spicoli]

I remember when The Ring and Ko had some year end 'unofficial' awards so going to try that too

Fighter...actually a tough one because I'm not voting for a diva. Josh Taylor

Fight of year...Donaire v Inoue or Hooker v Ramirez for me

Upset...Ruiz v Joshua or Williams v Hurd

Comeback career...Pascal

Prospect...tempted to sat Haney or Stevenson although both have technical belts just doesn't feel they've been tested. Josh Kelly

Trends that need to end award...franchise champions

Trends that need improvement...Dazn. Hey I like my fights 'live' not lagging

Blatant mismatch of the year award...Khan v Dib, Caleb Plant v Mike "I was the Subway guy" Lee and Erislandy Lara v Ramon Alvarez

The Pampered Champ award...Jaime Munguia

The pampered prospect award...Esquiva Falcao

Non event Event award...Spence v Garcia. You have to admit the hype and build was deep

The I just love to defend my belt award...Emanuel Navarrete

Comebacks that shouldn't have been awards...Chad Dawson, Robert Guerrero, Hector Camacho Jr or Peter Manfredo Jr

Most improved on the Mic...Sergio Mora

Please shut that guy up on the mic award...Mauro Renallo. Multi year winner he's on a roll.

Snoozer fight award...Andrade v Akavov or Bivol v Castillo. Joshua v Ruiz if we're honest

Time to hang em up award...Mike Alvarado Jr, Samuel Peter Ray Austin and Brandon Rios

Fighting through the pain award...Carl Frampton with two busted hands or Gamboa on one wheel. Joe Smith Jr with Bivol too.

Underappreciated and most overlooked someone fight this guy award...Miguel Berchelt

Simply impressive boxing award...Juan F Estrada v Wangek and Beterbiev v Gvozdyk

[Sleepwalker]

Most declined: Kovalev

[palmerq]

Most improved on the Mic...Sergio Mora

Wahey another Sergio mora fan :S

[Baal]

Fighter of 2019: Naoya Inoue
Fight of 2019: Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire
Upset of 2019: Andrew Cancio vs. Alberto Machado
Comeback of 2019: Jhunriel Ramonal
Prospect of 2019: Ginjiro Shigeoka
KO of 2019: Yunier Dorticos KO10 Andrew Tabiti
Round of 2019: Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire Round Eleven

[Fenster]

Fighter of the Year: Naoya Inoue

FOTY: Inoue vs Donaire

Upset of the Year: Ruiz vs Joshua 1

Prospect of the Year: Vergil Ortiz (with a shout out to local boy Joseph Adorno)

Most Enjoyable KO (by far): Sam Maxwell vs Sabri Sediri

You must love the DAZN? All your favourites for the price of one regular PPV.

[TitoFan]

That's for mere mortals. I get heavily discounted PPV. Still... once DAZN get their kinks worked out... I might consider joining who knows.

[powerpuncher]

Fighter OTY: Inoue. This was a close race this year but I think he edged it with 3 fights and two destructions of good fighters.

Fight OTY: Donaire vs Inoue. Another close one. A few different fights to pick from but I think it edged it.

Comeback OTY: Pascal very easily to me. After his second loss to Kovalev a couple years back, I thought he was damaged goods. He beat two solid LHWs this year.

Upset OTY: Ruiz over AJ is the obvious choice but Baal mentioned the Cancio over Machado which is also a good choice since Cancio was a part time fighter and Machado was a top guy at the weight with a couple of solid wins. Ruiz over AJ was just a lot bigger deal in the boxing world. So my pick would probably be Cancio over Machado.

Prospect OTY: Virgil Ortiz pretty easily. Most of the other good prospects have progressed past prospect status.

[powerpuncher]

Knockout OTY: Haney KO Moran

Round OTY: Ruiz AJ round 3

[Alpha]

What a great year for excellent fights:

Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire
Errol Spence vs Shawn Porter
Daniel Roman vs TJ Doheny
Jarrett Hurd vs Julian Williams
Josh Taylor vs Regis Prograis

Jamal James vs Antonio De Marco
Sergey Lipinets vs Lamont Peterson
Brandon Figueroa vs Julio Ceja
Artur Beterbiev vs Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Gennady Golovkin v Sergiy Derevyanchenko

Hiroto Kyoguchi vs Tetsuya Hisada
Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman
Tony Harrison vs Jermell Charlo II
Angel Acosta vs Elwin Soto
Nordine Oubaali vs Rau'shee Warren

Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr I
Josh Taylor vs Ivan Baranchyk
Gabriel Rosado vs Maciej Sulecki
Julio Cesar Martinez vs Cristofer Rosales
Jesus Rojas vs Xu Can

Ronny Rios vs Diego De La Hoya
Juan Francisco Estrada vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai II
Jean Pascal vs Badou Jack
Robert Talarek vs P. Syzmanski
Ilunga Makabu vs D. Kudryashov

Adam Lopez vs Jean Rivera
Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi
Joshua Franco vs Oscar Negrete II
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Julio Ceja
Tevin Farmer vs Jono Carroll

[TitoFan]

Fighter of the Year: Naoya Inoue

FOTY: Inoue vs Donaire

Upset of the Year: Ruiz vs Joshua 1

Prospect of the Year: Vergil Ortiz (with a shout out to local boy Joseph Adorno)

Most Enjoyable KO (by far): Sam Maxwell vs Sabri Sediri

You must love the DAZN? All your favourites for the price of one regular PPV.

Well that may change if Hearn has any say in it.

https://www.boxingnews24.com/2020/01...to-50-a-month/

[Spicoli]

Fighter of the Year: Naoya Inoue

FOTY: Inoue vs Donaire

Upset of the Year: Ruiz vs Joshua 1

Prospect of the Year: Vergil Ortiz (with a shout out to local boy Joseph Adorno)

Most Enjoyable KO (by far): Sam Maxwell vs Sabri Sediri

You must love the DAZN? All your favourites for the price of one regular PPV.

Well that may change if Hearn has any say in it.

https://www.boxingnews24.com/2020/01...to-50-a-month/

So from 10 to 20 to 50 a month. I think Eddies takin the piss with this as it's just near strong arming subscribers to the $100 annual commitment and would steer casuals away. I don't think Dazn has the open ended drawing and crossover power in the States to sustain it and we're not even talking production quality and consistency. Espn+ is 5 bucks a month with multi platforms app and cable.