The 2009 FightHype Boxing Awards honors the year’s biggest achievements in boxing as voted on by fight fans from around the world. Nominees for each category were carefully selected by the FightHype staff and the winners of each category were determined by the only experts that matter…the fans!
2009 FIGHTER OF THE YEAR || MANNY PACQUIAO // 50-3-2, 38KOS
80% Manny Pacquiao // 50-3-2, 38KOs 10% Timothy Bradley // 25-0, 11KOs 6% Vitali Klitschko // 39-2, 37KOs 3% Arthur Abraham // 31-0, 25KOs 1% Andre Ward // 21-0, 13KOs
2009 FIGHT OF THE YEAR || MARQUEZ TKO9 DIAZ
51% Marquez TKO9 Diaz
21% Dunne TKO11 Cordoba
20% Williams MD12 Martinez
6% Berto UD12 Collazo
1% Agbeko UD12 Perez
1% Rhodes TKO7 Moore
2009 ROUND OF THE YEAR || MAIDANA VS. ORTIZ – ROUND 1
44% Maidana vs. Ortiz – Round 1
32% Marquez vs. Diaz – Round 3
13% Pacquiao vs. Cotto – Round 4
11% Froch vs. Taylor – Round 12
2009 KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR || PACQUIAO KO2 HATTON
63% Pacquiao KO2 Hatton
13% Bailey KO4 Figueroa
9% Abraham KO12 Taylor
7% Adamek KO8 Banks
4% Angulo KO3 Yorgey
2% Avalos KO4 Caro
2% Pitalua KO6 Reyes
2009 UPSET OF THE YEAR || SALGADO TKO1 LINARES
47% Salgado TKO1 Linares
33% Maidana TKO6 Ortiz
13% Green TKO1 Jones Jr.
4% Viloria KO11 Solis
2% Mosley TKO9 Margarito
1% Chambers MD12 Dimitrenko
2009 PROSPECT OF THE YEAR || YURIORKIS GAMBOA // 16-0, 14 KOS
44% Yuriorkis Gamboa // 16-0, 14KOs
18% Marvin Sonsona // 14-0-1, 12KOs
14% Vanes Martirosyan // 26-0, 17KOs
13% Danny Garcia // 15-0, 10KOs
6% Juan Salgado // 21-0-1, 15KOs
6% Matt Korobov // 9-0, 7KOs
2009 TRAINER OF THE YEAR || FREDDIE ROACH
87% Freddie Roach
10% Brother Naazim Richardson
3% Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
2009 WORST DECISION OF THE YEAR || DIAZ UD12 MALIGNAGGI
42% Diaz UD12 Malignaggi
28% Funeka DRAW Guzman
13% Martinez DRAW Cintron
10% Froch SD12 Dirrell
4% John DRAW Juarez
3% Fury PTS10 McDermott
2009 PROMOTER OF THE YEAR || TOP RANK
65% Top Rank
30% Golden Boy Promotions
4% Don King Productions
1% Gary Shaw Productions
2009 NETWORK OF THE YEAR || HBO
79% HBO
8% Showtime
7% ESPN2
6% Versus
2009 CAN’T MISS EVENT OF THE YEAR || PACQUIAO VS. COTTO
62% Pacquiao vs. Cotto
28% Pacquiao vs. Hatton
7% Mayweather vs. Marquez
3% Mosley vs. Margarito
