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Northern California Knockout of the Year: Ricardo Pinell
Though many fighters had stunning performances including Jose Ramirez put together two solid knockout wins as well as Luis Garcia and many others, we choose to go with the violent and brutal knockout Ricardo Pinell put together over Roberto Yong on the undercard of ALA Promotions debut in the Bay Area
Knockout of the Year: Murat Gassiev KOs Jordan Shimmell
In what was an under-the-radar match that snuck onto a Fox Sports 1 Tuesday night Premier Boxing Champions card, cruiserweight Murat Gassiev secured his shot at a world title (one that he would later win that year) by destroying Jordan Shimmell in the knockout of the year. Shimmell, a decent
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Northern California Fight of the Year: Jonathan Chicas vs. Bilal Mahasin
In a trend that seemingly happens more and more as of late, the best fight in the whole Northern California region took place in the month of January nearly a year ago to this day. The bout which was put together by matchmaker Andy Nance as well as promoter Osric
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Fight of the Year: Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter
In a year filled with good fights such as Orlando Salido and Francisco Vargas going life or death with one and another, Andre Ward barely pulling off a win over Sergey Kovalev and Jermall Charlo knocking out Julian Williams, one fight to me stands out above the rest – Keith