Here are the annual “Best of the WBC” awards for 2020 as chosen by the WBC boxing family, friends and fans:
Knockout of the Year
Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte
Fight of the Year
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury 2
Dramatic Fight of the Year
Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk
Performance of the Year
Teofimo Lopez vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko
Comeback of the Year
Errol Spence Jr.
Revelation of the Year
Isaac Cruz
Edgar Berlanga
Boxer of the Year
Saul Alvarez
Tyson Fury
Prospect of The Year
Sebastian Fundora
Gabriel Flores Jr.
Women’s Nominations
Knockout of the Year
Christina Hammer vs. Sanna Turunen
Fight of the Year
Katie Taylor vs. Delfine Persoon 2
Dramatic Fight of the Year
Savannah Marshall vs. Hannah Rankin
Performance of the Year
Jessica McCaskill vs. Cecilia Braekhus
Comeback of the Year
Marlen Esparza
Revelation of the Year
Yulihan Luna
Female Boxer of the Year
Katie Taylor
Female Prospect of the Year
Kim Clavel
General Nominations
Trainer of The Year
Eddy Reynoso
Derrick James
Event of the Year
Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 2
Nearly all those WBC awards fights were really good to watch. Excellent stuff!
I thought if anything Teofimo Lopez or Tyson Fury SHOULD have been the fighter of the year. But what can you expect from an organization like the WBC who chooses it’s favorites especially Mexicans over real fighters who deserve to be the fighter of the year.
Can’t argue with any of those choices!
Kind of well balanced selections. Just the fight of the year and dramatic fight of the year, I am thinking should have been the other way around.
To me, fight of the year happens when both contestants fight evenly in a thrill, exciting fight, a fight where there are instants where you can’t pick a winner, and honestly, I didn’t see that in Fury vs. Wilder 2. Instead, what I saw was the dramatic end of a fighter used to bully others with his punching power, being completely obliterated by a better fighter that exposed all his flaws.
Agree, Wilder vs Fury II was not a fight of the year, as you explain, agree. This was a one-way systematic breakdown which was dramatic yes.
To add some conversation – Wilder was never a bully – Over confident, loud mouthed, sure. He was a very flawed boxer that had this whiplash right hand that gave him a free get out of jail card at any moment in a fight. Sadly he seemed to become more and more delusional as the fight game damage set in more and more.
Henry, you are correct on Wilder.
If they had a best weight division of the year award – 135 would win imo.
Hard to tell, because 115 is packed too
FOTY versus Dramatic FOTY!!!