We might have a clubhouse leader for Fight of the Year -- Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado -- but we lack a frontrunner for a variety of other boxing awards nearing the end of 2012. Into the Knockout of the Year breach steps this contender from the past weekend, featuring bantamweight Shinsuke Yamanaka landing two punches that probably ought to have knocked out Rojas, and then a third that really, really did.
I usually hate to run Weekend Afterthoughts after the Week's Boxing Schedule, so we'll keep this short. We already caught up to the main event of the Wealth TV card this weekend, about which the views in the comments section were rather divergent. Check that out for the debate, and we'll use this space for other stuff.
--Pongsaklek Wonjongkam's long reign as an elite flyweight, marked by a recent span as lineal champion, appears over. He lost for the second time in 2012 this past weekend, this time not to a fringe contender like Sonny Boy Jaro but to a 1...
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Marco Huck,
Brandon Rios,
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam,
Ivan Calderon,
Ulises Solis,
Roman Gonzalez,
Oscar Valdez,
Allan Green,
Felix Sturm,
Firat Arslan
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