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Bad Left Hook's Boxing Year in Review 2015
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January 11, 2016
Year in Review: The Strawweights
A clear top two followed by a talented field make up the 105-pound ranks as we get 2016 going.
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January 10, 2016
Year in Review: The Junior Flyweights
Donnie Nietes emerged from 2015 with an even stronger grip on the division's top spot, thanks to some controversy below him.
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January 9, 2016
Year in Review: The Flyweights
Just like there's a lot more than corn in Indiana, there's a lot more to the flyweight division than Chocolatito Gonzalez. But just as there is mostly corn in Indiana, Gonzalez is the clear ruler of this division.
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January 8, 2016
Year in Review 2015: The Super Flyweights
Naoya Inoue and Carlos Cuadras lead a mixed bag at 115 pounds, with plenty of veteran names mixed in with a lot of young fighters on the way up.
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January 7, 2016
Year in Review 2015: The Bantamweights
Who is this mysterious Shinsuke Yamanaka of the Orient? He's the No. 1 bantamweight in the world, though challengers for the throne are there.
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January 1, 2016
Year in Review: The Super Bantamweights
The top of the division is strong but stayed put this year, and the hope is that youth will add depth to the 122-pound ranks in 2016.
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December 31, 2015
Year in Review 2015: The Featherweights
Vasyl Lomachenko leads a division with plenty of quality fighters, and one that could stand more quality fights.
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December 31, 2015
Year in Review 2015: The Super Featherweights
The 130-pound division doesn't get a lot of publicity, but the Fight of the Year and two more strong Fight of the Year candidates came from this division in 2015.
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December 26, 2015
Year in Review 2015: The Lightweights
The 135-pound ranks have become a highly competitive, pleasantly muddled division that could look totally different by the end of 2016.
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December 24, 2015
Year in Review: The Junior Welterweights
Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol staked their claims as the top guys in another division that experienced some significant changes in 2015.
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December 23, 2015
Year in Review: The Welterweights
We finally got what we wanted in the welterweight division this year, and now major turnover has begun with the top two stars of the era either retired or close to doing so.
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December 22, 2015
Year in Review: The Junior Middleweights
There's no true top star in the 154-pound ranks now that Canelo Alvarez is gone, but there's still talent here, and plenty potentially on the way.
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December 21, 2015
Year in Review: The Middleweights
New stars, new titleholders, big fights, and a big crop of prospects highlighted 2015 in the middleweight division.
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December 21, 2015
Year in Review: The Super Middleweights
Just a few years back, the super middleweight division was one of the deepest in boxing. Now, it's in a state of transition.
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December 20, 2015
Year in Review: The Light Heavyweights
The top light heavyweights were largely stagnant in 2015, but there appears to be change coming in the form of some top prospects and some rising contenders.
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December 20, 2015
Year in Review: The Cruiserweights
Call it boxing's eternally overlooked division (at least north of super flyweight). The cruiserweights provided some thrills again in 2015, and top fighters didn't shy away from tests.
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December 20, 2015
Year in Review: The Heavyweights
It was a year of change for the heavyweights, as Tyson Fury supplanted Wladimir Klitschko at the top of the division, Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz arrived as serious players.