WHAT will you remember about the boxing year of 2022?
As always, there were enough heart-thumping moments to remind us why we gave those hearts to boxing all those years ago. Leigh Wood’s last-ditch victory over Michael Conlan was thrilling from start to finish, their efforts awe-inspiring.
We thought nobody could compete with the violent dance between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano until Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall locked arms to run them close.
Out in Japan, Kenshiro Teraji overcame Hiroto Kyaguchi in a pulsating affair while, in America, fighters like Dmitry Bivol and Shakur Stevenson emerged as superstars in waiting. Back home, Tyson Fury thrashed Dillian Whyte with such aplomb people were mentioning the “Gypsy King” in the same breath as heavyweight