By Paul “Paparazzi” Jones & Justin Jones – With Hollywood’s award season upon us, and the 2018 Golden Globe® Award winners announced this past Sunday, we kick off the New Year by unveiling our yearly boxing awards starting with the 2017 Fighter of the Year.
And the nominees are. . .
Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs)
Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs)
Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs)
Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs)
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (44-4-1, 40 KOs)
Check out this video to see who took home EAST SIDE BOXING’s top honor for his performance in 2017:
And here are our nominees and winners in each category:
Winners & Nominees 2017
Fighter of the Year
WINNER (TIE)
Terence Crawford & Vasyl Lomachenko
NOMINEE
Mikey Garcia
NOMINEE
Anthony Joshua
NOMINEE
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Fight of the Year
WINNER
Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitscko
NOMINEE
Ivan Baranchyk vs. Abel Ramos
NOMINEE
Carlos Cuadras vs. Juan Francisco Estrada
NOMINEE
Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs
NOMINEE
Roman Gonzalez vs. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (I)
Upset of the Year
WINNER
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai KO4 Roman Gonzalez (II)
NOMINEE
Sadam Ali UD12 Miguel Cotto
NOMINEE
Tony Bellew TKO11 David Haye
NOMINEE
Luis Nery TKO4 Shinsuke Yamanaka1
NOMINEE
Caleb Truax MD12 James DeGale
Knockout of the Year
WINNER
David Lemieux KTFO3 Curtis Stevens
NOMINEE
Jermell Charlo KTFO1 Erickson Lubin
NOMINEE
Mikey Garcia KTFO3 Dejan Zlaticanin
NOMINEE
Joshua Greer Jr. KTFO6 James Gordon Smith
NOMINEE
Deontay Wilder KTFO1 Bermane Stiverne
Prospect of the Year
WINNER
Dmitry Bivol
NOMINEE
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
NOMINEE
Devin Haney
NOMINEE
Magomed Kurbanov
NOMINEE
Jose Ramirez
Robbery of the Year
WINNER
Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam SD12 Ryota Murata (I)
NOMINEE
Roman Gonzalez vs. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (I)
NOMINEE
Jeff Horn UD12 Manny Pacquiao
NOMINEE
Antonio Margarito UTD7 Carson Jones
Trainer of the Year
WINNER
Derrick James
NOMINEE
Roberto Garcia
NOMINEE
Anatoly “Papachenko” Lomachenko
NOMINEE
Robert McCracken
NOMINEE
Brian McIntyre
Promoter of the Year
WINNER
Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing)
NOMINEE
GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS
NOMINEE
Haymon Boxing (Premier Boxing Champions)
NOMINEE
TOP RANK
#WTF Moment of the Year
WINNER
Leon Lawson Jr., Andre Dirrell’s trainer and uncle, sucker punches Jose Uzcategui after Dirrell vs. Uzcategui
NOMINEE
Deontay Wilder et al. Beef with Dominic Breazeale and Family at the Westin Hotel after Breazeale KO5 Izu Ugonoh
NOMINEE
#LETSGOCHAMP campaign flops after Shannon Briggs tests positive for elevated testosterone levels before Shannon Briggs vs. Fres Oquendo
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Author Contact:
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1 Per reports, Nery’s pre-fight test was positive for the steroid, zilpaterol.