WBO Announces Annual Awards For 2006

The WBO have announced their 2006 awards in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The winners:

Fighter of the Year: Joe Calzaghe;

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Fight of the Year: Lyakhovich v Brewster;

Promoter of the Year: Golden Boy Promotions;

European Promoter of the Year: Universum Box-Promotions;

Trainer of the Year: Enzo Calzaghe.

Special recognition went to: Don King, Bob Arum, Todd duBoef, Frank Warren, Dietmar Poszwa, Tutico Zabala, Eric Gomez, Bob Goodman, Antonio Margarito, Jermain Taylor, Acelino Freitas, Ivan Calderon, Zsolt Erdei, Sergiy Dzinziruk, Miguel Cotto, Joan Guzman, Omar Narvaez, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Johnny Nelson and others.

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