2013 Boxing Awards
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
Photo by Chris Farina/Top Rank
Rachel McDonough (@rachelanne_official)
Jessica Harbour (@jessharbour)
Chiara Strzesiewski (@chiaramodel)
Samantha Kumiko (@samanthakumiko)
Zamayra Centeno (@zamayracenteno)
Christina Simonetti (@c_simonetti)
Melanie Truxton (@melanietruxton)
Stephanie Ann Cook (@stephananncook)
Mariah Armknecht (@mariaharmknecht)
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
