2024 PowerSlap Awards: Celebrating the Best in Slapfighting
The 2024 PowerSlap Awards were announced online from December 26, 2024, through January 1, 2025. The official awards list recognizes seven categories.
Official 2024 award winners
The promotion named Vasilii “Dumpling” Kamotskii Knockout of the Year; Da Crazy Hawaiian and Damien Dibbell shared Chin of the Year; Luke Simonds won Rookie of the Year; Vernon Cathey received Comeback Striker of the Year; Emanuel Muniz won Upset of the Year; Anthony Blackburn vs. Emanuel Muniz 2 earned Match of the Year; and Isaih Quinones was named Striker of the Year.
The official announcement schedule lists separate daily reveals, rather than a single ceremony. The embedded clip is a 2024 knockout highlight video, not footage of an awards event.
Sources: Official winners list · Announcement schedule
The performances behind the awards
Kamotskii’s knockout honor recognized his first-round finish in his Power Slap 8 debut. Simonds’ rookie award followed appearances on Season 3 of Road to the Title and a knockout win at Power Slap 10. Cathey’s comeback recognition reflected two knockout victories during the year.
Muniz received the upset award for taking the welterweight championship from KO Chris at Power Slap 6. He also appeared in the match award, which recognized his five-round rematch with Blackburn at Power Slap 10. That gave the welterweight division a prominent role in the year-end selections.
Quinones’ championship year
Quinones’ Striker of the Year selection followed a sequence of four consecutive knockouts. He defeated John Davis for the middleweight title at Power Slap 9 in Abu Dhabi and retained it at Power Slap 10 in December. The awards therefore recognized both individual moments and a season of results, with the official announcement linking each honor to the relevant performances.
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Tags: Power Slap, Combat Sports
