View Full Version : The Ring Annual Awards Special [Spoilers]


!! Anorak
02-19-2005, 07:23 PM
Has anyone got this yet? I'm going to write the winners down here, but that still shouldn't stop you from buying it. It's a good read, with write-ups that make you realise that 2004 wasn't such a bad year for boxing after all.

One of the biggest absences is Roy Jones Jr., who has been in the top three of the "Best Fighter" poll every year for the last decade (and six of those were at the top spot, including 2002 and 2003). Now he's nowhere to be seen. Lennox's retirement was also event of the year. But here's the main categories:


Fighter of the Year: Glen Johnson.
Nearly Made-Its: Marco Antonio Barrera and Diego Corrales.


Fight of the Year: Barrera vs. Morales III Nearly Made-Its: Marquez vs. Pacquiao, Trinidad vs. Mayorga, Tyson vs. Williams


Round of the Year: Barrera vs. Morales, round 11 Nearly Made-Its: Trinidad vs. Mayorga round 1, Campbell vs. Peden round 5


Knockout of the Year: Tarver KO2 Roy Jones Nearly Made-Its: Marquez KO3 Ruiz, Jantuah KO1 Rubio


Upset of the Year: Glen Johnson KO9 Roy Jones Nearly Made-Its: Tarver KO2 Roy Jones, Williams KO4 Tyson


Comeback of the Year: Barrera Nearly Made-Its: Trinidad, Tszyu


There are also two categories I couldn't get the references for: Howard Cosell "We Love Boxing" Trophy (which went to Rocchigiani, presumably implying Cosell didn't love boxing) and Ken Norton Media Good Guy Award (Chris Byrd, implying that the media hated Norton?!!?)