As the year ends, we are taking a moment to look back at all the happenings, the good, the bad, and the unexpected. Let's take a moment to remember our dedicated boxers who gave us the fights of a lifetime, let’s take a look at the boxing gems that we lost in the year 2022.
Indonesian super lightweight champion Tito passed away from injuries that he suffered in a seventh-round knockout loss against James Mokoginta on February 27 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The young undefeated boxer Miracle Amaeze died after a sparring session that ended on a tragic note.
The fighter Simiso Buthelezi died following the 10-round World Boxing Federation All-Africa bout in the eastern city of Durban.
The Junior welterweight Quiñones took his last breath, five days after he was hospitalized following a knockout loss to Jose Muñoz in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Shavers who was regarded as one of the hardest punchers in boxing history, died in Virginia, a day after his 78th birthday.
Can Shaw was a 25-year-old British fighter who died while snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland.
The Mexican boxer, Moises Fuentes died at the age of 37.
A boxer representing Imo State, Chukwuemeka Igboanugo died after losing a fight through knockout to Anambra’s Prince Gaby Amagor. He died in the ring at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State.