For the first time since December 2019, Canelo Alvarez has been unseated atop the Boxing Writers Association of America’s quarterly top-10 pound-for-pound poll. After his loss to WBA light heavyweight Dmitry Bivol, Alvarez dropped to No. 4 and has been replaced as the BWAA’s new No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, WBO welterweight world champion Terence Crawford. The BWAA’s pound-for-pound polls, which was formerly held bimonthly and now will be held quarterly, beginn

It was a rewarding year for Bernard Fernandez, the longtime BWAA president, who received the sport’s highest honor with his enshrinement into the International Boxing Hall of Fame during this year’s induction ceremony. Mr. Fernandez further added to his legacy with a first-place finish for News Story (“Don King at 90: A Legend Nears the Finish Line,” RingTV.com, August 20, 2021), tied for second in Feature (“Evander Holyfield’s Battering of Mike Tyson Proved Again There is No