Russian Bivol became the fighter of the year according to The Ring

The Ring Edition announcedwho received the Fighter of the Year 2022 award. It was received by Russian Dmitry Bivol. The award is given once a year.

Bivol is an undefeated Russian professional boxer in the light heavyweight category. Among the professionals are the current WBA super-world champion and former regular WBA world champion (2017-2019), interim WBA world champion (2016-2017), WBA intercontinental champion (2015-2016), as well as WBC-USNBC US Light Heavyweight Champion (2015-2017)

In addition to Dmitry Bivol, nominees were:

Kenshiro Teraji is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-time unified light heavyweight champion, holding the WBC light heavyweight title from 2017 to 2021 and the unified WBA (Super), WBC and The Ring light heavyweight titles from 2022.

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is an American professional boxer who holds the WBC World Heavyweight Championship in 2022. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Naoya Inoue is a Japanese professional boxer who competes in the first flyweight, second flyweight, and bantamweight divisions. The current absolute world champion in the lightest weight category.

Read about one of the boxer’s victories in the publication “Kommersant” “Year of Bivol”.

Maria Fedotova