The Ring magazine has published the names of the winners of all this year's nominations. Earlier it became known that Teofimo Lopez and Tyson Fury became the Best fighters of the year.
The fight of Jose Zepeda (33-2, 26 KOs) and Ivan Baranchyk (20-2, 13 KOs), which took place in October, was named by The Ring magazine as the best fight of 2020. The battle took place as an open war on both sides. Fighters have been on the floor eight times.
Video of the fight, which took place on October 3 in Las Vegas, and in which the former two-time title contender Jose Zepeda (32-2, 26 KOs) and the former world champion Ivan Baranchyk (20-1, 13 KOs) met in the WBC super lightweight final eliminator. According to many, this fight has become one of the most spectacular in the past few years and it is one of the main candidates for the title of Best fight of the year.
On July 9, at the Top Rank boxing event in Las Vegas, former super lightweight champion Ivan Baranchik (20-1, 13 KOs) will face Jose Zepeda (31-2, 25 KOs). The event will be held without the participation of spectators and will be shown in the US on ESPN.
A live webcast of the boxing evening from SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, in the main event of which there will be the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS). The light welterweight silver WBC champion Josh Taylor (14-0, 12 KOs) will meet IBF champion Ivan Baranchyk (19-0, 12 KOs), while IBF bantamweight champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) will face the regular WBA champion Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KOs).