The 2023 Irish-Boxing Awards – The Rinty Monaghan Fighter of the Year – Irish Boxing

It’s time for the massive one.

Our tenth and remaining class – Fighter of the 12 months.

Gained final yr by Padraig McCrory, this award is called in honour of the legendary Rinty Monaghan, World flyweight champion from 1947 to 1949 within the period of eight weight courses.

There have been a lot of boxers who simply missed out, together with Belfast quartet Lewis Crocker, Caoimhin Agyarko, Padraig McCrory, and Conor Quinn, in addition to Conor Wallace Down Beneath however we needed to slim the listing down someway and we’ve picked our high FIVE performing professional boxers in 2023 so that you can select from.

Different classes:
Prospect of the Year
Amateur Boxer of the Year
Young Amateur of the Year
Fight of the Year
Domestic Fight of the Year
Performance of the Year
KO of the Year
Pro Debut of the Year
Trainer of the Year

Votes are restricted to ONE per IP deal with.

TJ Doheny
‘The Energy’ brought on two main upsets (nicely, upsets if you happen to imagine the bookies’s odds!) in Japan, proving he’s one of many heaviest punchers within the tremendous bantamweight division and nonetheless very a lot on the earth title image.

Paddy Donovan
Already topped the BUI Fighter of the 12 months, the Limerick welterweight set himself up for stardom in 2023, topping a Nationwide Stadium invoice earlier than two stoppages on the Matchroom Dublin playing cards.

Sean McComb
The Belfast mild welter made big strides in 2023, toughing it out versus Kaisee Benjamin earlier than placing on masterclasses towards Alexander Moya and Sam Maxwell at house.

Katie Taylor
The Queen got here again from a loss to Chantelle Cameron to silence her doubters and turn out to be a two-weight undisputed champion, bringing Matchroom and big-time boxing again to Dublin. Legend.

Callum Walsh
Irish boxing’s subsequent American star, Walsh topped 4 UFC Struggle Go playing cards on each coasts, received a WBC rating belt, and headlined at Madison Sq. Backyard with an enormous step-up win over Ismael Villarreal.

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Voting will stay open till Saturday January sixth, with outcomes being introduced on Sunday January seventh.

Better of luck to all of the nominees!