SI.com's 2010 Boxing Awards

The 35-year-old Argentine outpointed Kelly Pavlik for the lineal middleweight title in April and defended it with a highlight-reel knockout of pound-for-pounder Paul Williams in the second round of their November rematch. No fighter at any weight made more substantial gains in 2010.Sarmiento (right) was the architect of Sergio Martinez's destruction of Kelly Pavlik and his sensational one-punch