Posted on 02/25/2021
By: Hans Themistode
August 8, 2018; Chicago, IL, USA; Eddie Hearn speaks at the press conference announcing the October 6, 2018 Matchroom Boxing USA card at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing USA
For the most part, promoter Eddie Hearn simply couldn’t understand what everyone was talking about. Sure former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was winning, but the manner in which he was doing was so was vastly unimpressive to the long-time headman over at Matchroom.
To Hearn, Wilder’s saving grace always has and always will be his devastating power. However, as illustrated in his last fight against Tyson Fury, that vaunted power doesn’t mean a thing if it doesn’t land.
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As we wave goodbye to an extraordinary and difficult year, the Bad Left Hook staffers have revealed their picks for the 2020 awards. Scott Christ, Wil Esco, Patrick Stumberg and myself were given a free rein over five key categories, with the award going to the majority vote.
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: Teofimo Lopez
This award was deemed as a no-brainer amongst the four of us. Teofimo Lopez’s upset over Vasiliy Lomachenko was
the outstanding performance of the year, in a year where most of the top-tier fighters only took to the ring once.