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In a year unlike any other in recent memory, the 2020 Yahoo Sports Fighter of the Year in boxing is a man unlike any other. There was no elite high-end fighter who put together multiple impressive wins in 2020. The 10 men who make up the Yahoo Sports’ pound-for-pound fought a combined total of nine times. Only No. 10 Shakur Stevenson fought twice, and No. 7 Manny Pacquiao and No. 9 Artur Beterbiev did not compete. And so it’s a lot harder to come up with a clear choice for Fighter of the… Source link

Anthony Joshua officially, firmly and finally put Andy Ruiz Jr. in the rearview mirror on Saturday. For most people, 2020 has been the nightmare year of their lives. For Joshua, the 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, it was 2019 that was the disastrous year. Joshua was stunningly knocked out by Ruiz on June 1 in one of the sport’s biggest upsets. He regained the IBF-WBA-WBO heavyweight titles on Dec. 7 by outpointing a chubby and overweight Ruiz, but he fought timidly and… Source link