28 Dec 2022

2022 Club Fighter of the Year: Katsuma Akitsugi

2022 Club Fighter of the Year: Katsuma Akitsugi No previous award given.  We ran a feature on Katsuma Akitsugi a while back. Akitsugi has faced a slew of undefeated fighters, all from the b-side (the wrong corner, the corner that is supposed to lose), and all on short notice.  Whether

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25 Dec 2022

2022 Women’s Boxer of the Year: Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor

2022 Winner: Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor 2021 Winner: Seniesa Estrada Katie Taylor – The most profitable, and marquee fighter of her era, put forth a masterpiece as she fought Amanda Serrano in a modern classic we awarded fight of the year. This was the crowning achievement of Katie Taylor’s

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22 Dec 2017

Northern (and Central) California fighter of the year: Jose Ramirez

Jose Ramirez can sell a lot of tickets and when you do that astute fight fans will become impatient to see just how good the fighter is or even worse assume the fighter is being protected, because of their profit margin for the promoter. Ramirez, who has been selling out

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