..and Fury's previous 'scalp' was Dereck Chisora - lol.

Come back when he's beaten Klitschko for a second time, Wilder and Ortiz.

That said, SPOTY is the ultimate in rigged competitions.

Your kidding right? my gran could have beaten that over rated Ukranian, possibly the worst champion ever, only ever though bums.

Well done to Fury, but Christ there has been much better achievements this year by other British boxers.

Degale for one

How many in November though? (and yes, I know there was another fight early Sunday morning).

My other main sport I like is athletics so my realistic votes will be going for Sir Kev and Jessica Ennis-Hill (although both other athletics world champions will get a vote from me to even though neither realistically has a chance)

Most years, you'd pick Mo Farah to win it. To defend his world titles at both 5,000 and 10,000 metres is an unparalleled achievement in modern athletics. But then there's the Salazar factor.

Ennis-Hill and Rutherford have turned in one good performance in 12 months to win their respective titles due to maternity leave and injury.

Personally, I'd give it to Froome. To go through what he went through and come out at the other end with his second TdF win was an outstanding achievement.

I don't agree with this. Klitschko has fought the same way for a decade. Simply unwilling to take any risks, and totally unable to adapt. Yes, he's fought big opponents before, like Mariusz Wach, and he's fought quick fighters who move well, like Haye, but he's never fought a fighter with both attributes. Of course, Fury isn't the second coming of Cassius Clay, but he moves very well for a man his size. He also is adept at keeping distance, and using all of that reach. Those factors added together meant Klitschko was going to have to adapt his style, and take risks against Fury in order to win the fight, he wasn't willing to do that. He fought in a similar way to how Haye fought against him.
Fury still had to go over there in front of 55,000 German's (and Rod Stewart), with a K2 referee, and fight a guy with 20+ defences, who was in the top 3 p4p, with one of the best KO ratios in history. He managed to do what nobody else has ever done, and beat Wladimir at his own game, and become only the second British HW to win the lineal HW title.
Obviously, it comes nowhere near to the achievement of winning a 3rd place playoff in a world cup, but it's still a tremendous achievement to do what Fury did, and he deserves all the recognition he gets.
He's also one of the few people in the list with an actually personality, whether you like that personality is another matter.

I'm sure the 'personality' part is just a way of stating person rather than man or woman. I'm not sure the award would have credibility for either awarding or not awarding depending on their actual personality.

Here's one for you. Brian McDermott has just picked up the UK Coach of the Year at the Coaching Awards 2015.

Chance for him to replicate that with the Coach of the Year award at SPOTY?

Not bad for a McDonut who has too big an ego to hire an assistant which has held us back yet at the same time is weak enough to cave into player pressure to pick certain guys week after week.

I'm biased, so Kev would be my number one choice, but close behind would be Adam Peaty. Triple world champion and world record holder. There is no greater competitor on the planet, he's an absolute beast, and knowing how hard he's had to train since probably the age of 8/9 to get where he is he deserves his nomination.

It's a great 12 though, I remember some of the nominees in the 80's and the quality was truly dire.

I couldn't give it to Fury though, made the mistake of watching him talk. I don't think there are scales big enough to weigh how much $h1t his 6'9" inch body is full of.

Of course it is just a way of stating person. When I was much younger I used to think it referred to the actual personality of an individual and often wondered why some won it on that basis

The whole thing is flawed anyway when relying on the public vote....some very deserving individuals (not least our Kevin) have simply no chance of winning it because the majority of the great British voting public are truly ignorant of all the facts (whatever they might be voting for).
The winner will be the most high profile; most in the news at the time of voting.

In other words democracy sucks?

Unfortunately it does....somebody once said to me people should have to pass an IQ/and or knowledge of basic facts test first before they are allowed to vote. That I think would leave about 2% of the population in a position to do so. ..the forthcoming vote on EU membership is a nightmare fulfilled. Instead of a referendum we should all just ask Murdoch what he wants: it will save a lot of wasted time and effort.

In all seriousness my ex father in law always advocated we should all look no further than Singapore for the ideal model of government rule - i.e. benevolent dictatorship. Saves all this lottery of placing important decisions in the hands of bigots, buffoons and sheep.