Filipino pound-for-pound contender Nonito Donaire went four-for-four in 2012, beating a series of top ten opponents at 122 pounds, and winning the 2012 BLH Fighter of the Year award over Juan Manuel Marquez and Robert Guerrero.
Bob Arum's Top Rank narrowly edged out the vote over Kathy Duva's Main Events to win the 2012 Promoter of the Year in the BLH Awards.
Adrien Broner became a main event talent on HBO in 2012, and the 23-year-old Cincinnati native managed to convince the majority of his bigger skeptics that he is for real. Now, he's the BLH Breakthrough Fighter of the Year.
Danny Jacobs beat cancer that at one point had left him unable to walk. This year, he returned to the boxing ring against all odds, and has been named the 2012 BLH Comeback Fighter of the Year.
