Boxing News’ Fighter of the Year for 2022: Dmitry Bivol

Boxing News' Fighter of the Year for 2022: Dmitry Bivol

1 Dmitry Bivol Not content with beating just one Mexican star in 2022, Russia’s Dmitry Bivol managed to follow up a breakout performance against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in May with an equally convincing thrashing of Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in November. Indeed, despite what some of the scorecards may have said, Bivol lost very few of … Read more

Panel: What was the most exciting fight or moment of 2022 and why?

Michael Conlan (Featherweight contender) It’s hard to argue against my own fight with Leigh Wood. It had everything you look for in an instant classic. I suppose that fight was that makes boxing what it is: anything can happen. Wayne Alexander (Former European super-welterweight champion) I would have to choose the Leigh Wood vs. Michael … Read more

Nanaimo News Bulletin’s top 10 most-read sports stories of 2022

1. Veteran Nanaimo bathtubber wins his first great race, July 24 A veteran tubber achieved a goal two decades in the making and became a bathtubbing champion. Jaime Garcia won the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race in July, making it back to the beach in two hours, six minutes and four seconds. This year’s … Read more

The Bromance: Carl Froch and George Groves kiss and make up

SOPHIE GROVES enters the ballroom at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington, approaches her husband George, and is warmly greeted by Carl Froch making a beeline towards her in the fashion of someone reacquainting themselves with an old friend. “Who’s got the kids?” he asks. The two retired fighters had arrived together with Carl’s older … Read more

Brentford hand West Ham 5th straight Premier League loss

West Ham slumped to a fifth straight Premier League loss and was booed off the field by the home crowd following a 2-0 defeat to Brentford on Friday. First-half goals from Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva inflicted another damaging loss on manager David Moyes, whose team could find itself in the relegation zone — or … Read more

Wolves vs Gillingham Prediction: EFL Match | 20.12.2022

Julen Lopetegui begins his reign at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday, as the Premier League giants play in the round of 16 against Gillingham. The pressure will be on the top-flight team as they look to recover after an extremely slow start to the Premier League season. EFL Cup Preview The round of 16 in the … Read more

George Groves: “Carl Froch nailed it”

Interview – Declan Warrington  BN: Would this tour be happening – would you be friends like you are – if you’d won that night at Wembley? GG: [Pauses] I’m not sure. I don’t know whether Carl would be proud of the achievement [of the occasion], like I’m proud of the achievement, if it was the … Read more