It's the holiday season. But if you think that means folks won't be gloving up and punching one another for money, you couldn't be more incorrect.

December is shaping up to be a particularly busy month in the ring, with a high-profile fight card next weekend in San Francisco, a scheduled appearance by Jake Paul in the middle of the month and the next belt-copping quest of a 122-pound "Monster" set for the day after Christmas in his Tokyo stomping grounds.

Put it all together and it's high time for the B/R combat staff to get together to discuss the best of the best in the sport, which we've done by applying our own eye test and gauging the opinions of respected sources such as The Ring.