In a year in which most of Northern California’s fighters took a step backward in terms of success in professional boxing, Haney had his best year as a pro defeating two worthy adversaries in former world champions, Jorge Linares and Joseph Diaz Jr. Haney is now a legitimate top-5 lightweight

Eddy Reynoso had an incredible year. He started by helping Ryan Garcia get a stoppage win over Luke Campbell, which was then followed by Oscar Valdez’s KO win over Miguel Berchelt. Months later, Reynoso was in Andy Ruiz Jr.’s corner as Ruiz fought Chris Arreola on PPV in the Los

Round Of The Year – Kambosos Jnr vs Teofimo Lopez Rarely do we get a round that makes us jump out of our seat, yet, that is what Kambosos Jnr did in round one by knocking down the dreaded power-puncher Teofimo Lopez, to set the stage for a modern classic. 

No other young fighter is fighting the type of competition that Ramos is facing defeating Brian Mendoza, and former 2008 U.S. Olympian Javier Molina. At only 20-years-old, Ramos Jr. is looking to become a world champion next year, which makes him ripe for the award.  I would have liked to

Manager of the Year: Peter Kahn – Kahn got Kambosos Jnr to become an undisputed world champion. Not many managers will ever be able to do that. The other part to that is he stuck by Kambosos Jnr., for five years which was a long journey, leading to an even

Canelo became the first ever undisputed super middleweight world champion, stopping Billy Joe Saunders for the WBO super middleweight as well as Caleb Plant for the IBF super middleweight title in one calendar year.  Add to the fact, he took a stay-busy fight in February facing Avni Yildirim, stopping him

Jake Paul KOs Tyron Woodley  Pretty much the biggest boxing story of 2022 has been Jake Paul, an entertainer with a huge following, and watching the master marketer, entering the boxing landscape, and ending the year flat-out being accepted as one of our own, as he delivered an embarrassing KO

Jake Paul has graduated from being a YouTuber-to-a-full-fledged boxer as he faced two former world champions of MMA, and left unscathed – a big transition from where he started the year.  Paul entering 2021 was “the guy who KO’ed Nate Robinson”, now he is viewed as a respectable fighter, who