Paul Fury No I'm kidding, agree with the majority on here Munguia Derev easily....really liked Yarde Beterbiev too.
Haney vs Loma still is my FOTY. Though if Loma had been given the decision, more people would say it's FOTY. A modern Rumble in The Jungle, the older man regaining his titles against the younger champ
Santillan-Rocha was a good fight, even though Rocha got a beatdown, he was competitive in most rounds.
It was a decent fight especially live with all the high stakes but not one you would re watch over & over, the audience was quiet, camera angles made it worse & the action wasn't in abundance not to mention it was one fighter mostly jabbing & the other waiting too long in order for spots to unload here & there.
Both of Cyrus Pattinson's fights this year were FOTY contenders, against Chris Jenkins and Conah Walker.
What an awesome year it's been. Despite some of the bigger notable fights being a bit one sided that doesn't take away from the number of very good/great fights that took place and helped make up for 2022's lackluster year. Here are some of the fights that I think are considered as the best fights of 2023. Artur Beterbiev vs Anthony Yarde Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara Luis Nery vs Azat Hovhannisyan Kenshiro Teraji vs Anthony Olascuaga David Benavidez vs Caleb Plant Subriel Matias vs Jeremías Ponce Jose Ramirez vs Richard Commey Brandon Figueroa vs Mark Magsayo Brandun Lee vs Pedro Campa Emmanuel Navarrete vs Liam Wilson Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang 1 Joe Cordina vs Shavkat Rakhimov Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela vs Steve Spark Botirzhon Akhmedov vs Kenneth Sims Jr Devin Haney vs Vasyl Lomachenko Jaime Munguia vs Sergiy Derevyanchenko Fernando Martínez vs Jade Bornea Joet González vs Enrique Vivas Christian Mbilli vs Carlos Góngora Emmanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez Elijah García vs Armando Resendiz Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington Zurdo Ramirez vs Joe Smith Jr Alexis Rocha vs Giovani Santillan O'Shaquie Dominique Foster vs Eduardo Hernández Joe Cordina vs Edward Vazquez Emanuel Navarrete vs Robson Conceicao Robeisy Ramírez vs. Rafael Espinoza Bam Rodriguez vs Sunny Edwards Seiya Tsutsumi vs Kazuki Anaguchi
Was there any good Heavyweight fight his year? I usually pick best fight for each division, but I struggle with Heavyweights this year. Goodall vs Shaw was pretty good... Miller vs Dubois maybe, although it got sloppy and one-sided late.
Victor Morales vs Jorge Palomares Cody Crawley vs Abel Ramos Chris Colbert vs Jose Valenzuela 1 Tim Tszyu vs Brian Mendoza Frank Martin vs Arem Harutyuyan ...Were all good fights, and fun watches in their own right.
Some other overlooked fights worth checking out: Angel Patron Cruz vs Jaime Ruiz Jacobo George Liddard vs Bas Oosterweghel Cyrus Pattinson vs Chris Jenkins Aaron Silva vs Emiliano Aguillon Angel Ayala vs Felix Alvarado Vladimir Hernandez vs Lorenzo Simpson