The boxers to watch in 2025

Heavyweight champion and former cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 22-0 with 14 knockouts from Ukraine.

The next opponent could be the WBO interim champion, Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois, 22-2 with 21 knockouts from the United Kingdom. Dubois will fight former champion Joseph Parker 35-3 with 23 knockouts on February 22.

Both light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, 21-0, with 29 knockouts from Russia and Montreal, Canada, and his upcoming rematch fight with former champion Dmitrii Bivol, 23-1, with 12 knockouts from Kyrgyzstan and Indio, California. Both fighters to watch.

On February 25 they will have their revenge after a fight that could have gone either way.

WBC, WBO and IBF super bantamweight champion Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue, 28-0 with 25 knockouts from Japan.

He was scheduled to fight on January 24 against Australian Sam Goodman, who is 19-0 with eight knockouts. However, that fight has now been canceled due to Goodman suffering an eye injury during training.

Inoue, the four-division world champion, is arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter.

WBC Super Flyweight Champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez 21-0 with 14 knockouts from San Antonio, Texas.

WBA Lightweight Champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis 30-0 with 28 knockouts from Baltimore, Maryland.

Fight with Lamont Roach, 25-1-1, now postponed to August 1 in Brooklyn, New York.

WBC bantamweight champion Junto Natatani is 29-0 with 22 knockouts from Japan.

Planned to face Daniel ‘El General’ Cuéllar, 28-0, with 18 knockouts from Mexico.

Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight champion, 62-2-2 with 39 knockouts from Mexico.

Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford, interim WBA Super Welterweight and WBO champion, 41-0 with 31 knockouts from Omaha, Nebraska.

Crawford is seeking a fight with Alvarez for his super middleweight title.

Possible next fight between WBA and WBO Cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramírez, 44-1 with 30 knockouts from Mexico, and IBF champion Jai Opetaia, 27-0 with 21 knockouts from Australia.