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WBN Awards 2012: The Nominees



Fighter of the Year (as voted by WBN readers):

Paulie Malignaggi
Danny Garcia
Carl Froch
Andre Ward
Adrien Broner
Brandos Rios
Austin Trout
Sergio Martinez
Timothy Bradley
Brian Viloria
Robert Guerrero
Abner Mares
Nonito Donaire
Juan Manuel Marquez

Young Fighter of the Year:

Saul Alvarez
Gilberto Sanchez Ramirez
Kazuto Ioka
Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr.
Julio Ceja
Adrien Broner
Jessie Vargas
Thabiso Mchunu

Fight of the Year:

Robert Guerrero v Andre Berto
Sergio Martinez v Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Brandon Rios v Mike Alvarado
Orlando Salido v Juan Manuel Lopez II
Juan Manuel Marquez v Manny Pacquiao 4
Brian Viloria v Hernan Marquez
Timothy Bradley v Manny Pacquiao
Mike Alvarado v Mauricio Herrera
Alexander Povetkin v Marco Huck
Yuriorkis Gamboa v Michael Farenas
Tomasz Adamek v Steve Cunningham II

Stoppage of 2012:

Danny Garcia v Amir Khan
Josesito Lopez v Victor Ortiz
Brandon Rios v Mike Alvarado
Vyacheslav Senchenko v Ricky Hatton
Juan Manuel Marquez v Manny Pacquiao 4
Carl Froch v Lucian Bute
Danny Garcia v Erik Morales II
Brian Viloria v Hernan Marquez
Ricky Burns v Kevin Mitchell
Orlando Salido v Juan Manuel Lopez II
Paulie Malignaggi v Vyacheslav Senchenko
Nonito Donaire v Toshiaki Nishioka
Mikkel Kessler v Allan Green

Trainer of the Year:

Eric Brown
Clemente Medina
Virgil Hunter
Freddie Roach
Robert Garcia
Nacho Beristain
Mike Stafford
Angel Garcia
Robert McCracken
Louie Burke
Pablo Sarmiento
Marvin Somodio
Ruben Guerrero Sr.

Comeback of 2012:

Daniel Ponce De Leon
Paulie Maliggaggi
Mikkel Kessler
Carl Froch
Zab Judah
Fernando Montiel
Tomas Adamek
Danny Green
Brian Magee
Danny Jacobs
Arthur Abraham
Juan Manuel Marquez

Prospect of 2013 will be announced with this years winners.

*other nominees may be added before the results

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