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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