Best Boxing in 2021: Oscar Valdez abruptly ends the Miguel Berchelt Round of the Year

The sport of boxing will continue to provide dramatic theater in any scenario. In addition, there will be big knockouts that send the crowd and the audience crazy. This year was no different, as the 2021 route brought a huge knockout to the wrestling fans as they were taken out of their collective seats.

Boxing also found a way to attract a new client based on the creative ways in which outsiders had to move forward, from YouTube star Jake and Logan Paul to the many variations of Triller Fight Club’s attempt to break the sport. dramatic endings for the fans.

A panel of CBS Sports experts sat down to vote on our chances at some of the highlights of the year, including the best fight, with some very interesting results. Let’s take a closer look at who had the brightest boxing in 2021.

Awards voted by Brian Campbell, Brent Brookhouse, Brandon Wise and Shakiel Mahjouri.

Annual playoffs

Winner: Oscar Valdez KO 10 Miguel Berchelt

Talk about a defining and forward-looking victory. There is no doubt that this was the fight for Valdez (30-0, 23 KOs), against a two-time champion who gave very little against Berchelt’s 130-pound main face (38-2, 34). KOak). But can we also talk about how wild this one-blow knockout was? Valdez had previously received a couple of blows from February to take control of this all-Mexican war held inside the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. However, few could have expected a climactic end, as Valdez connected with a left-handed hook against hell to leave his overly aggressive opponent in the stands with a second to go in the 10th round of the fight.

Second place: Brandun Lee KO3 Samuel Teah

At the age of 22, the mighty Lee (24-0, 22 KOs) led to a three-way elimination in 2021 as he continued to climb the 140-pound perspective. No one was as big as his first attempt at Teah, which had a March ShoBox card at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, Uncasville. Teah opened a left hook in the middle of the ring that caught Lee in the chin. But Lee had already started giving his right hand to the opponent, hit Teah cold in the blow and brought a spectacular drop to the cloth. The fight was called immediately in the 3rd round at 1:43 p.m., with Lee continuing to warn the boxing world.

Third place: Gabriel Rosado KO3 Bektemir Melikuziev

Sometimes the best knockouts are the ones you never thought of. Rosado (26-14-1, 15 KOs), a 35-year-old warrior with a warrior’s heart, has never been known as a powerful single-fist guy. That was especially true when he continued to move his career late in June, tackling the defeated destroyer known as “Bek Bully” to 168 pounds. Melikuziev, a southern bruise, buried Rosado in the opening round and followed in the 3rd round. But Melikuziev grabbed his hand from below as he turned Rosado’s corner and ran into it. An opposite right hand grabbed him by the chin and stunned him. he threw his face under the rope first for the finish line.

Others who receive votes: Jake Paul KO6 Tyron Woodley II (December), Efe Ajagba KO3 Brian Howard (April), Tyson Fury KO11 Deontay Wilder III (October).