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SPORTSCLOPEDIA 5: NAOYA INOUE AND DMITRY BIVOL ARE TOP CANDIDATES FOR 2022 FIGHTER OF THE YEAR By Maloney L. Samaco PhilBoxing.com Sat, 31 Dec 2022  Naoya Inoue, age 29, of Zama, Kanagawa, Japan and Dmitry Bivol, age 31, of Tokmak, Kirghiz SSR, formerly of Soviet Union, are the top candidates for the 2022 Fighter of the Year Awards. * * * Inoue stopped Nonito Donaire by second round TKO on June 7, 2022 at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan to retain his WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles and won Donaire's WBC bantamweight title. Then he fought for the undisputed title winning over Paul Butler by eleventh round KO on December 13, 2022 at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan to defend his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles and won his WBO bantamweight title * * * Bivol defeated 2021 Fighter of the Year Canelo Álvarez by unanimous decision on May 7, 2022 at T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. and successfully retained his WBA (Super) light-heavyweight title. Then he also won over previously unbeaten Gilberto Ramírez again by unanimous decision on November 5, 2022 at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emiratesto defend his WBA title. * * * The Ring magazine was published starting 1922 and has named a Fighter of the Year since 1928. The awardees are chosen by the magazine editors. The yearly Award winners are as follows: 1928: Gene Tunney 1929: Tommy Loughran 1930: Max Schmeling 1931: Tommy Loughran (2) 1932: Jack Sharkey 1933: no award given 1934: Tony Canzoneri and Barney Ross 1935: Barney Ross (2) 1936: Joe Louis 1937: Henry Armstrong 1938: Joe Louis (2) 1939: Joe Louis (3) 1940: Billy Conn 1941: Joe Louis (4) 1942: Sugar Ray Robinson 1943: Fred Apostoli 1944: Beau Jack 1945: Willie Pep 1946: Tony Zale 1947: Gus Lesnevich 1948: Ike Williams 1949: Ezzard Charles 1950: Ezzard Charles (2) 1951: Sugar Ray Robinson (2) 1952: Rocky Marciano 1953: Bobo Olson 1954: Rocky Marciano (2) 1955: Rocky Marciano (3) 1956: Floyd Patterson 1957: Carmen Basilio 1958: Ingemar Johansson 1959: Ingemar Johansson (2) 1960: Floyd Patterson (2) 1961: Joe Brown 1962: Dick Tiger 1963: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) 1964: Emile Griffith 1965: Dick Tiger (2) 1966: Muhammad Ali (2) (originally not awarded due to his controversial political and religious beliefs but was retroactively awarded in 2016) 1967: Joe Frazier 1968: Nino Benvenuti 1969: José Nápoles 1970: Joe Frazier (2) 1971: Joe Frazier (3) 1972: Muhammad Ali (3) and Carlos Monzón 1973: George Foreman 1974: Muhammad Ali (4) 1975: Muhammad Ali (5) 1976: George Foreman (2) 1977: Carlos Zarate 1978: Muhammad Ali (6) 1979: Sugar Ray Leonard 1980: Thomas Hearns 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard (2) and Salvador Sánchez 1982: Larry Holmes 1983: Marvin Hagler 1984: Thomas Hearns (2) 1985: Marvin Hagler (2) and Donald Curry 1986: Mike Tyson 1987: Evander Holyfield 1988: Mike Tyson (2) 1989: Pernell Whitaker 1990: Julio César Chávez 1991: James Toney 1992: Riddick Bowe 1993: Michael Carbajal 1994: Roy Jones Jr. 1995: Oscar De La Hoya 1996: Evander Holyfield (2) 1997: Evander Holyfield (3) 1998: Floyd Mayweather Jr. 1999: Paulie Ayala 2000: Félix Trinidad 2001: Bernard Hopkins 2002: Vernon Forrest 2003: James Toney (2) 2004: Glen Johnson 2005: Ricky Hatton 2006: Manny Pacquiao 2007: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2) 2008: Manny Pacquiao (2) 2009: Manny Pacquiao (3) 2010: Sergio Martínez 2011: Andre Ward 2012: Juan Manuel Márquez 2013: Adonis Stevenson 2014: Sergey Kovalev 2015: Tyson Fury 2016: Carl Frampton 2017: Vasiliy Lomachenko 2018: Oleksandr Usyk 2019: Canelo Álvarez 2020: Tyson Fury (2) and Teófimo López 2021: Canelo Álvarez (2) Fighter of the Decade 1910s: Sam Langford 1920s: Benny Leonard 1930s: Henry Armstrong 1940s: Sugar Ray Robinson 1950s: Sugar Ray Robinson (2) 1960s: Muhammad Ali 1970s: Roberto Durán 1980s: Sugar Ray Leonard 1990s: Roy Jones Jr. 2000s: Manny Pacquiao 2010s: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Numbers in brackets showed the number of times a boxer has won the award as of that year. Happy New Year! Click here to view a list of other articles written by Maloney L. Samaco.  |
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