Who's the frontrunner for fighter of the year?

Hopkins is definitely the front runner because he not only became champion but he made history. One fight will not earn him the honors though, he will have to continue to defend the championship. If he loses he will lose the honor of the championship as well. Jorge Arce should be in the running as well as he beat a younger undefeated 2nd generation champion in Wilfred Vazquez Jr. Other fighters to watch will include Andre Ward if he is able to win the super six, Kelly Pavlik if he stays busy and is able to win another championship this year and the Klitchko's who are finally getting some long awaited fights with David Haye and Tomasz Adamek which quite certainly will have cleaned out the heavyweight division. Of course Manny Pacquiao will always be in the conversation as long as he keeps winning and a dominant win over Juan Manuel Marquez will definitely not hurt his chances either.