On Tuesday, the International Boxing Hall of Fame announced the inductees for the 2022 class and it’s packed with big names. Headliners in the class are Roy Jones Jr., Miguel Cotto and James Toney on the men, with Holly Holm and Regina Halmich on the women. The class will be inducted alongside the 2021 and 2020 classes, both of which have had their ceremonies delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hall of Fame nominees are voted on by members of the Boxing Writers Association of America as well as a panel of boxing historians. The induction ceremony takes place at the Hall of Fame museum in Canastota, New York.

Let’s take a look at the biggest names in the 2022 class.

Roy Jones Jr.

Voted 1990’s Fighter of the Decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America, Jones won the world championships in four weight classes while spending much of his career as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport. Jones’ first championship victory came in May 1993, winning the IBF middleweight title with a victory over Bernard Hopkins. In November 1994, Jones rose to super middleweight to win the IBF title against James Toney. Jones was also a unified light heavyweight champion and only lost one fight in his first 50 games – a disqualification loss to Montell Griffin that Jones avenged in less than one turn in the rematch. Surprisingly, Jones also moved on to heavyweight, where he beat John Ruiz to become WBA champion. Jones holds a career record of 66-9 with 47 KO wins.

Miguel Cotto

Cotto has held titles in four weight classes during his career and has fought in some of the biggest and most important fights of his time. Cotto won the WBO junior welterweight title in 2004, successfully defending the title six times before moving to welterweight to win the WBA belt in 2006. He would defend that title against Zab Judah and Shane Mosley before losing the belt against Antonio Margarito in a bloody war that many question after Margarito is found to have illegally loaded his bandages against Mosley. Cotto would eventually win middleweight and junior middleweight titles. During his career he has fought huge fights against other big names including Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

James toney

Toney has won championships in three weight classes including middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight. Toney went undefeated in the first 46 fights of his career. This included six IBF Middleweight Championship defenses and three IBF Super Middleweight Championship defenses. After losing the super middleweight title in 1994, Toney wouldn’t hold another world title until 2003, when he clinched a big win over Vasiliy Jirov in 2003. Toney would go on to make two heavyweight championship offers. , firing with Hasim Rahman after beating John Ruiz, a victory that was undone after Toney failed a drug test.

Holly holm

While Holm may have caught the attention of the general public at the UFC, where she won the women’s bantamweight championship against Ronda Rousey in a now iconic upheaval, she first used her punching skills on the boxing ring. Holm won the welterweight, welterweight and middleweight championships. She defended her championships 18 times and only lost one fight once she reached championship level. That loss was a brutal knockout at the hands of Anne Sophie Mathis in 2011, although Holm avenged the loss in their rematch, only fighting twice more before moving on to mixed martial arts.

Regina Halmich

Halmich went from a successful kickboxing career to the boxing ring in 1994. In her ninth bout, she lost for the only time in her career, failing to win the IBF Flyweight Title against Yvonne Trevino. She would win the belt on her next outing, successfully defending the belt 15 times. During his reign with the flyweight title, Halmich also added the super flyweight title. and junior flyweight title. She has successfully defended titles 40 times in her career and retired after a 46-fight unbeaten streak.