Boxing’s Best of 2022: East Side Boxing Hands Out its Annual Awards!

Boxing’s Best of 2022: East Side Boxing Hands Out its Annual Awards!

By Paul R. Jones!  Each year, EAST SIDE BOXING  hands out its “ESBY” awards to honor boxing’s best fighters, fights, knockouts, and moments.

Here are our 2022 ESBY Award Winners and Nominees:

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR, MALE

Boxing’s Best of 2022: East Side Boxing Hands Out its Annual Awards!

🏆 WINNER: DMITRY BIVOL

Our top honor, Fighter of the Year, goes to DMITRY BIVOL, a fighter who ratcheted up his level of competition and took significant risks in 2022.… read more “Boxing’s Best of 2022: East Side Boxing Hands Out its Annual Awards!”

Bivol vs Ramirez: Another Fight That Proves The Best Still Fight The Best

Bivol vs Ramirez: Another Fight That Proves The Best Still Fight The Best

This Saturday’s big light-heavyweight fight between unbeaten duo Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramirez has come at just the right time. With big fights falling apart left and right (see Fury-Joshua, Crawford-Spence, Garcia-Tank), this clash of skilled and hungry fighters is a reminder that, when two fighters really do want to fight each other, when things do go right in negotiations, the kind of fights the fans want to see can still happen.… read more “Bivol vs Ramirez: Another Fight That Proves The Best Still Fight The Best”

Canelo Signs Two-Fight Deal With DAZN – Bivol Then GGG 3 (If Canelo Beats Bivol and GGG Beats Murata)

Canelo Signs Two-Fight Deal With DAZN – Bivol Then GGG 3 (If Canelo Beats Bivol and GGG Beats Murata)

ESPN reported yesterday how “sources” had informed them with the news that Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez had agreed to a deal with DAZN, the two-fight deal to see the 31 year old pound-for-pound star face Dmitry Bivol in a light-heavyweight encounter on May 7, and then – providing Bivol does not score the upset, and providing Gennady Golovkin defeats Ryota Murata in their April fight – face GGG in a third fight on September 17, this at 168 pounds.… read more “Canelo Signs Two-Fight Deal With DAZN – Bivol Then GGG 3 (If Canelo Beats Bivol and GGG Beats Murata)”