Round By Round Boxing’s 2013 Boxing Awards: Staff Picks

2013 was a great year for boxing. From Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez to Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Mike Alvarado, fans got to see some highly anticipated matchups as well as some pleasant surprises. Now it's time to vote on some of our favorites including the knockout of the year, prospect of the year, fight of the year and more!

Round By Round Boxing’s 2013 Boxing Awards: Staff Picks

2013 Boxing Awards

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2013 was a great year for boxing. From Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez to Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Mike Alvarado, fans got to see some highly anticipated matchups as well as some pleasant surprises.

2013 gave birth to new champions, retired old ones and gave us a sneak peek into what awaits us in 2014–hint, the future looks grand!

Round By Round Boxing’s staff has enjoyed bringing you coast-to-coast coverage throughout the year and we hope you’ve enjoyed following along with us.

Now it’s time to check out Round By Round Boxing’s favorite’s of 2013, including the knockout of the year, prospect of the year, fight of the year and more!

Be sure to cast your vote on our fan awards by clicking here!

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Biggest Upset of the Year

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Billy Dib vs. Evgeny Gradovich I

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Nonito Donaire

Adonis Stevenson vs. Chad Dawson

Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Abner Mares

Terrence Crawford vs. Breidis Prescott

Shawn Porter vs. Devon Alexander

Marcos Maidana vs. Adrien Broner

Best KO of the Year

Gennady Golovkin vs. Matthew Macklin

Deontay Wilder vs. Siarhei Liakhovich

Mikey Garcia vs. Juan Manuel Lopez

Mikey Garcia vs. Rocky Martinez

Curtis Stevens vs. Saul Roman

Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Abner Mares

Adonis Stevenson vs. Chad Dawson

Chris Arreola vs. Seth Mitchell

Rustam Nugaev vs. Jonathan Maicelo

Erislandy Lara vs. Alfredo Angulo

Jesus Soto-Karass vs. Andre Berto

Worst Decision/Robbery of the Year

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Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner

Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Timothy Bradley

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Bryan Vera

Peter Quillin vs. Gabriel Rosado

Gabriel Rosado vs. J’Leon Love

Carl Froch vs. George Groves

Rocky Martinez vs. Juan Carlos Burgos

Rocky Martinez vs. Diego Magdaleno

Sergio Martinez vs. Martin Murray

Prospect of the Year

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Luis Arias

Dusty Hernandez-Harrison

Felix Verdejo

Rau’shee Warren

Jessie Magdaleno

Gary Russell Jr.

Bryant Jennings

Terrence Crawford

Errol Spence

Julius Jackson

Julian Rodriguez

Fight of the Year

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Danny Garcia vs. Lucas Matthysse

Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov

Mike Alvarado vs. Brandon Rios II

Mike Alvarado vs. Ruslan Provodnikov

Erislandy Lara vs. Alfredo Angulo

James Kirkland vs. Glen Tapia

Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez

Omar Figueroa vs. Nihito Arakawa

Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Maidana

Fighter of the Year

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Adonis Stevenson (Defeated: Darnell Boone, Chad Dawson, Tavoris Cloud, Tony Bellew)

Floyd Mayweather (Defeated: Robert Guerrero, Canelo Alvarez)

Timothy Bradley (Defeated: Ruslan Provodnikov, Juan Manuel Marquez)

Danny Garcia (Defeated: Zab Judah, Lucas Matthysse)

Gennady Golovkin (Defeated: Nobuhiro Ishida, Gabriel Rosado, Matthew Macklin, Curtis Stevens All by KO)

Marcos Maidana (Defeated: Josesito Lopez, Adrien Broner)

Matchup We Want to See Most in 2014

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Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao

Erislandy Lara vs. Canelo Alvarez

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Mikey Garcia

Mikey Garcia vs. Manny Pacquiao

Danny Garcia vs. Ruslan Provodnikov

Deontay Wilder vs. Wladimir Klitschko

Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Brandon Rios

Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Manny Pacquiao

Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Lucas Matthysse

Mike Alvarado vs. Ruslan Provodnikov II

Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov

Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez

Sergio Martinez vs. Gennady Golovkin

Andre Ward vs. Gennady Golovkin

Adrien Broner vs. Danny Garcia

Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez

Adonis Stevenson vs. Sergey Kovalev

Keith Thurman vs. Marcos Maidana

Lucas Matthysse vs. Marcos Maidana

Most One-Sided Beat Down of the Year

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Gary Russell Jr. vs. Vyacheslav Gusev

Andre Ward vs. Edwin Rodriguez

Adonis Stevenson vs. Tavoris Cloud

Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios

Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Nonito Donaire

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Joseph Agbeko

Fighter That Should Hang ‘Em Up in 2014

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Roy Jones Jr.

James Toney

Brandon Rios

Juan Manuel Marquez

Zab Judah

Best Ring Girl of 2013

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Jen Mateo (@jen_mateo)

Rachel McDonough (@rachelanne_official)

Jessica Harbour (@jessharbour)

Chiara Strzesiewski (@chiaramodel)

Samantha Kumiko (@samanthakumiko)

Brittany Parks (@brittyparks)

Erica Jackson (@ILoveEricaXO)

Kyra Keli (@kyrakeli)

Jessa Hinton (@jessahinton)

Arley Elizabeth (@arrrrlz)

Elle Navarro (@ellenavarro)

Monica Barco (@barcomonica)

Zamayra Centeno (@zamayracenteno)

Christina Simonetti (@c_simonetti)

Claudia Alan (@claudiaalan)

Mellisa Goodwin (@Melloveit)

Melanie Truxton (@melanietruxton)

Lashay Baylis (@LBaylis352)

Yael Karina (@YaelPlaza)

Stephanie Ann Cook (@stephananncook)

Shana Taylor (@shanadoe)

Mariah Armknecht (@mariaharmknecht)

Ari Serrano (@ari6190)

Female Boxer of the Year

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Heather Hardy

Yesica Bopp

Jessica Chavez

Cecilia Communal

Kaliesha West

Ana Julaton

Amanda Serrano

Ava Knight

Mariana Juarez

Trainer of the Year

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Robert Garcia

Freddie Roach

Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Ronnie Shields

Joel Diaz

Virgil Hunter

Nacho Beristain

Angel Garcia