I will slowly mete out my annual awards with no rhyme nor reason during the next two weeks.
First I have selected both the 2009 KO of the Year with the 2009 Photo of the Year.
It is this dramatic shot just seconds after the second round Manny Pacquiao KO of Ricky Hatton on May 2, 2009 taken by the Associated Press.
This is one of the best pictures I have ever seen. It captures the excitement on the face of Pacquiao; the referee over an unconscious Ricky Hatton; a jubilant corner worker Buboy Fernandez; and a frantic doctor making his way to Hatton.
