fighter of the year

NewsJuly 1, 2024

NY Fights 2024 MidYear Boxing Awards

Year-end boxing awards, sure everyone’s got them. But how about those 2024 MidYear Boxing Awards? Surprisingly, it has become more common to assess candidates halfway through...

Boxing Writers 2023 Award Nominees Announced Monday

NewsJanuary 10, 2024

Boxing Writers 2023 Award Nominees Announced Monday

The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) announced its 2023 nominees in its annual year-end awards. In a nomination meeting on Saturday, the BWAA determined the...

Views From The Couch: End Of The Year Edition

WorldwideDecember 21, 2022

Views From The Couch: End Of The Year Edition

If you came here looking for my “Fighter of the Year” and other stock award discussions done around this time of the year, I’m going to...

The NYFIES Are Here: Who Is NY Fights Fighter of the Year? Hint: He Was Born in Brooklyn

WorldwideDecember 26, 2020

The NYFIES Are Here: Who Is NY Fights Fighter of the Year? Hint: He Was Born in Brooklyn

Tis Dec. 26, and yes, there five days and six nights remaining in this year hand-crafted by Satan and his wretched band of advisors and consultants....

NYF Squad Weighs In: Picks Are In For Fighter of the Year, and Boxing Bout of the Year

WorldwideDecember 31, 2019

NYF Squad Weighs In: Picks Are In For Fighter of the Year, and Boxing Bout of the Year

NY Fights tries to be something of a family affair. Yeah, it is “my” site,” so to speak…But not really. This is a team effort, and...

ESPN FOY Canelo Vacates WBO Light Heavyweight Title Won From Kovalev

AnnouncementsDecember 17, 2019

ESPN FOY Canelo Vacates WBO Light Heavyweight Title Won From Kovalev

CANELO ALVAREZ VACATES WBO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE So, maybe you scratch off light heavyweight as the weight class for the next bout to be undertaken...

Boxing Writers Association Nominations Are Live

WorldwideDecember 16, 2019

Boxing Writers Association Nominations Are Live

The Boxing Writers Association of America would like to announce its nominees for its annual year-end awards for 2019. In nomination meetings in Las Vegas and...

The NYFights Fighter of the Year=Usyk, By Unanimous Decision

WorldwideDecember 21, 2018

The NYFights Fighter of the Year=Usyk, By Unanimous Decision

The calendar is getting towards E… Another year down and hasn’t it been…interesting? Within “our” sphere, the world of boxing, it has been a not atypical...

Boxing Writers Awards Winners Announced: Loma Is FOY

WorldwideJanuary 20, 2018

Boxing Writers Awards Winners Announced: Loma Is FOY

The Boxing Writers Association of America is proud to announce that its Sugar Ray Robinson 2017 Fighter of the Year is Vasily “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko, who made...

Vasyl Lomachenko Is 2017 NYFIGHTS Fighter of the Year

WorldwideDecember 20, 2017

Vasyl Lomachenko Is 2017 NYFIGHTS Fighter of the Year

Here is the definition of art, and, also, I offer, the fighting style of NYFIGHTS’ fighter of year for 2017, Vasyl Lomachenko: Something that is created...