2015 has seen some big stoppage victories for Irish boxers at all levels and that makes for an exciting shortlist in everybody’s favourite category at the Irish-Boxing.com Awards

Straights, hooks, flurries, and uppercuts, the competition for top prize is almost as fierce as the knockout blows themselves.

And the nominees are:
Tommy McCarthy v Jakub Wojcik

Matthew Macklin v Chris Hermann

Spike O’Sullivan v Melvin Betancourt

Paddy Gallagher v Tomas Bartunek (OK, not a knockout, but we had to include it!)

Another clip of @paddy_gal stunning punch. A must watch. pic.twitter.com/pcEQJjilbV

— Colm (@cohcfc) November 24, 2015

TJ Doheny v Nouldy Manakane

Was this stunning uppercut by @TjDoheny the KO of the Year? https://t.co/jkbKjatM7s pic.twitter.com/xaxjlq2en2

— Irish-boxing.com (@Irishboxingcom) December 24, 2015

Jason Quigley v Joshua Snyder

Ryan Burnett v Stephon McIntyre

Great body shot by @ryanburnett01 to win by 1st round KO here in #NewYork #LeeQuillin #boxing pic.twitter.com/Uut9NKD5Kq

— Dave Coldwell (@davidcoldwell) April 11, 2015

James Tennyson v George Gachechiladze

Lewis Crocker v Michael Jobson (First KO)

2 KO's In 2days.. Just call me @MikeTyson pic.twitter.com/N6gb2hq9Av

— Lewis Crocker (@lewiscrocker1) September 13, 2015

Paddy Irwin v Theo Desjardin

Mark Heffron v Janos Olah

Danny O’Connor v Michael Clark