The annual Boxing News and Views fighter of the year awards have now been concluded after a week of voting by our readers and the general public.
First off, it is important to note that our awards are voted on directly by readers of our publication and are open to anyone from the general public.
They are not influenced in any way by internal editors nor outside parties. Therefore the results are simply down to the public who vote on them.
We had a number of categories open this year in what’s always a difficult to decide upon end of year shortlist to formulate in the first place.
All award categories were based on world boxing, not domestic. So the polls were open to anyone from any country around the globe to provide for a balanced world boxing awards.
Fighter of the year, prospect of the year, upset of the year, fight of the year and knockout of the year were the categories shortlisted.
So without further adieu – time to announce the winners, runners-up and third place finishers.
Fighter of the Year
Winner: Katie Taylor
Runner Up: Vasyl Lomachenko
Third Place: Terence Crawford
Prospect of the Year
Winner: Mohammed Rabii
Runner Up: Michael Conlan
Third Place: Josh Taylor
Fight of the Year
Winner: Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko
Runner Up: Carl Frampton vs Leo Santa Cruz 2
Third Place: Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez
Upset of the Year
Winner: Caleb Truax beating James DeGale
Runner Up: Jeff Horn beating Manny Pacquiao
Third Place: Tony Bellew beating David Haye
Knockout of the Year
Winner: Daniel Dubois against AJ Carter
Runner Up: Jermell Charlo against Erickson Lubin
Third Place: Huge Centero against Immanuel Aleem
(Closing note – thank you to everyone for voted and congrats to all this year’s winners. See you again near the end of December 2018 for next year’s awards!)
