End of year awards 2019

[porkypara]

Boxer of 2018?

Fight of 2018?

Upset of 2018?

Comeback of 2018?

Prospect of 2018?

[Beanz]

Comeback has to be Fury surely.

[powerpuncher]

Poster of the year?

[Alpha]

Comeback has to be Fury surely.

It is up there, I would mention Ioka as well if he beats Nietes.

[Master]

Boxer of 2018 - Usyk

Fight of 2018 - Warrington v Frampton

Upset of 2018 - Alvarez ko Kov

Comeback of 2018 - Fury

Prospect of 2018 - Josh Kelly

[Spicoli]

Meteoric rise up and burn down fighter of year...Dogboe
Poor mans war...glowaki v Martin
Comeback...Fury. Maybe Donaire
Upset...Harrison and Charlo in every meaning of the word. Maybe HBO going out so lame.
Boxer...Usyk really
Award for just spinning your wheels to call yourself a driver 2018...Gervonta Davis, Jarrell Miller, Saunders or Khan.

[KickMuck]

Copied and pasted from ring magazine.

Nominees are:

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Canelo Alvarez
Tyson Fury
Naoya Inoue
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Aleksandr Usyk



FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Alex Saucedo-Lenny Zappavigna
Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez 2
Jarrett Hurd-Erislandy Lara
Murat Gassiev-Yuniel Dorticos
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai-Juan Francisco Estrada



KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Aleksandr Usyk TKO 8 Tony Bellew
Dillian Whyte KO 6 Lucas Browne
Jermall Charlo KO 2 Hugo Centeno
Naoya Inoue KO 1 Juan Carlos Payano
Teofimo Lopez KO 1 Mason Menard



TRAINER OF THE YEAR
Ben Davison
Robert Garcia
Shingo Inoue
Anatoly Lomachenko
Eddy Reynoso



UPSET OF THE YEAR
Cristopher Rosales TKO 9 Daigo Higa
Josh Warrington SD 12 Lee Selby
Maurice Hooker SD 12 Terry Flanagan
Eleider Alvarez KO 7 Sergey Kovalev
Rob Brant UD 12 Ryota Murata




COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
Nonito Donaire
Tyson Fury
Kazuto Ioka
Manny Pacquiao
Cristofer Rosales



EVENT OF THE YEAR
Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin 2
DAZN launch
HBO leaves boxing
World Boxing Super Series
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder



PROSPECT OF THE YEAR
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Joshua Buatsi
Jaron Ennis
Filip Hrgovic
Teofimo Lopez



ROUND OF THE YEAR
Alex Saucedo vs. Leonardo Zappavigna (Round 4)
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Juan Francisco Estrada (Round 12)
Murat Gassiev vs. Yunier Dorticos (Round 12)
Sho Kimura vs. Kosei Tanaka (Round 2)
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder (Round 12)



MOST INSPIRATIONAL
Cecilia Braekhus (first Ring pound-for-pound female champ)
Don Chargin (boxing maven who was a mentor to many)
Tyson Fury (mental health awareness)
Daniel Franco (survived near-fatal head injury and now advocates on behalf of boxer safety)
Brendan Ingle (pioneering British boxing trainer who passed away in 201.

Winners as well as our next Fighter of the Year cover star will be revealed soon . . .