This year's BBN Awards have been announced
It’s been a capricious year for boxing, with big fights teased but not achieved, namely the failed negotiations to make the elusive Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua mega-fight, as well as the craved-for Errol Spence Jr. vs Terence Crawford undisputed clash at welterweight.
Despite these longed-for fights not coming to fruition, the world was treated to some spectacular matches which created some memorable moments.
Tyson Fury sold over 150,000 tickets over two fights in 2022, which shows that boxing is stronger than ever, and both his opponents were not even the fans’ first choices.
Below are the 2022 awards picked by our expert team of writers, as well as significant input from the wider boxing fans’ opinions gathered together via Twitter.
British Boxer of the Year
Tyson Fury
Runner-up: Joe Joyce
British Female Boxer of the Year
Natasha Jonas
Runner-up: Katie Taylor
International Boxer of the Year
Dmitriy Bivol
Runner-up: Naoya Inoue
British Fight of the Year
Leigh Wood vs Michael Conlan
Runner-up: Joe Joyce vs Joseph Parker
British Female Fight of the Year
Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano
Runner-up: Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall
International Fight of the Year
Jermell Charlo vs Brian Carlos Castano
Runner-up: Sebastian Fundora vs Erickson Lubin
British Knockout of the Year
Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte
Runner-up: Joe Cordina vs Kenichi Ogawa
Female Knockout of the Year
Savannah Marshall vs Femke Hermans
Runner-up: Caroline Dubois vs Martina Horgasz
International Knockout of the Year
Caleb Plant vs Anthony Dirrell
Runner-up: Gervonta Davis vs Rolly Romero
British Prospect of the Year
Nick Ball
Runner-up: Ben Whittaker
Female Prospect of the Year
Sandy Ryan
Runner-up: Raven Chapman
International Prospect of the Year
Nico Ali Walsh
Runner-up: Richard Torrez Jr.
