Annually, at the end of the year, I assemble the top awards in boxing. Here are my “personal” choices for the year 2024. Also listed are (in order) the runner up’s and a look back at the top winners in each category from the previous four years.

I sincerely respect and openly welcome all opinions of others – thank you!

Respectfully, David Martinez / Boxing Historian

2024 / FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

Oleksandr Usyk (23-0 / 14 by KO)

vs. Tyson Fury (5-18-24) SD-12

vs. Tyson Fury (12-21-24) UD-12

WBA (Super) Heavyweight Champion

WBC Heavyweight Champion

WBO Heavyweight Champion

IBF Heavyweight Champion 

RUNNER UP’S

Naoya Inoue

Vergil Ortiz Jr.

Artur Beterbiev

Jesse Rodriguez  

PAST WINNERS

Naoya Inoue (2023)

Dmitry Bivol (2022)

Canelo Alvarez (2021)

Teofimo Lopez (2020)

2024 / FIGHT OF THE YEAR

Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Serhii Bohachuk (8-10-24) MD-12

RUNNER UP’S

Liam Paro vs. Subriel Matias (6-15-24) UD-12

Raymond Ford vs. Otabek Kholmatov (3-2-24) KO-12

Ekow Essuman vs. Owen Cooper (7-24-24) KO-10

Kenshiro Teraji vs. Carlos Canizales (1-23-24) MD-12

PAST WINNERS

Rafael Espinoza vs. Robeisy Ramirez (2023)

Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castano (2022)

Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. Brando Figueroa (2021)

Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk (2020)

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By David Martinez / www.dmboxing.com

Annually, at the end of the year, I assemble the top awards in boxing. Here are my personal picks for 2023. Also listed are the winners in each category from the previous five years.

I sincerely respect and welcome the opinions of others – thank you!

2023 / FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

Naoya Inoue (26-0 / 23 by KO)

IBF Super Bantamweight Champion

WBA Super Bantamweight Champion

WBC Super Bantamweight Champion

WBO Super Bantamweight Champion

RUNNER UP’S

Devin Haney

David Benavidez

Terence Crawford

THE PAST WINNERS

Dmitry Bivol (2022)

Canelo Alvarez (2021)

Teofimo Lopez (2020)

Naoya Inoue (2019)

Oleksandr Usyk (2018)

2023 / FIGHT OF THE YEAR

Rafael Espinoza vs. Robeisy Ramirez (12-9-23) MD-12

RUNNER UP’S

Emanuel Navarrete vs. Oscar Valdez (8-12-23) UD-12

Jaime Munguia vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko (6-10-23) UD-12

Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko (5-20-23) UD-12

THE PAST WINNERS

Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castano (2022)

Stephen Fulton Jr. vs. Brandon Figueroa (2021)

Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk (2020)

Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire (2019)

Murat Gassiev vs. Yuniel Dorticos (2018)

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By David Martinez / dmboxing.com

I annually assemble the top best awards in boxing … here are my personal picks for the year 2022, in five major categories. I sincerely respect and always welcome the opinions of others – thank you!

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

Dmitry Bivol (21-0 / 11 by KO)

WBA Light Heavyweight Champion

vs. Canelo Alvarez (5-7-22) UD-12

vs. Gilberto Ramirez (11-5-22) UD-12

Runner Up’s:

Naoya Inoue (23-0 / 20 by KO)

Devin Haney (29-0 / 15 by KO)

Jesse Rodriguez (17-0 / 11 by KO)

Shakur Stevenson (19-0 / 9 by KO)

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By David Martinez / dmboxing.com

I have assembled my personal choices in boxing for the past year, 2021, in six selected categories.

The picks are solely my opinion. I sincerely respect and always welcome the opinions of others – thank you!

*** FIGHTER OF THE YEAR ***

Canelo Alvarez (57-1-2 / 39 by KO)

WBC / WBA / IBF / WBO Super Middleweight Champion

vs. Avni Yikdirim (2-27-21) RTD3

vs. Billy Joe Saunders (5-8-21) RTD8

vs. Caleb Plant (11-6-21) KO11

Runner Up’s:

Oleksandr Usyk (19-0 / 13 by KO)

Josh Taylor (18-0 / 13 by KO)

Nonito Donaire (42-6 / 28 by KO)

Conor Benn (20-0 / 13 by KO)

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By David Martinez / dmboxing.com

I have assembled my personal choices in boxing for the past year 2019, in six major categories.  Picks are solely my opinion, and I sincerely respect and welcome the opinions of others – thank you!

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR:
Naoya Inoue (19-0 / 16 by KO)
IBF / WBA (Super) / Bantamweight Champion

5-18-19 / vs. Emmanuel Rodriguez (19-0) / KO 2

11-7-19 / vs. Nonito Donaire (40-5) UD 12

*** Runner Up’s:

Canelo Alvarez (53-1-2 / 36 by KO)

Josh Taylor (16-0 / 12 by KO)

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