Aside from all the obvious contenders and high profile names, my vote goes to Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (Superbantamweight from Thailand). All the world champions ducked this kid and wouldn't fight him, Bernard Dunne fought him in September and got ko'd. He fought 3 times in 2009, winning the WBA world super bantamweight title, and fights again in January. A fighter with unbelieveable power, that i believe will continue to KO everyone he comes up against in the near future. A 39 and 1 record, with only defeat coming against the very respectable Sidorenko of Ukraine. My fighter of the year.