The Sports Writers Association of Thailand in the first half of a year annually, the Sports Authority of Thailand decides the winner at the end of December, and the Siam Kela award is given in March annually.
[1] The Sports Writers Association of Thailand started giving out their Fighter of the Year award in 1984.
[9] Coincidentally, Sangmanee is the youngest winner in the history of the award, narrowly beating out Yodwicha by 30 days as they were both 15 years old at the time.
[1] In the history of the award, only two fighters have won it more than once: Nong-O Sit-Or and Sagetdao Petpayathai.
In fact, Muay Thai is only a small part of their award ceremonies.