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There are five world champions considered for ‘Fighter of the Year 2024’.
Topping the list is WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk, 23-0 with 14 knockouts, from Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
Usyk defeated WBC world heavyweight champion ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury, 34-2-1 with 24 knockouts, of Morecambe, United Kingdom, twice. In June, Usyk unified, defeating WBC champion ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury via split decision. In their December rematch, he won a unanimous decision over Fury.
WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA and IBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, 21-0 with 20 knockouts in Khasavyurt, Russia, unified the title in October. Defeated previously undefeated WBA and IBO champion Dmitrii Bivol, 23-1, with 12 knockouts in Tokmak, KYRG, by a disputed decision. In January, he stopped Callum ‘Mundo’ Smith, 29-1, in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
WBA and WBO cruiser super world champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramírez, 47-1 with 30 knockouts, from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He won the WBA title, defeating previously undefeated Arsen ‘Feroz’ Goulamirian, 27-0, in Yerevan, Armenia, in March. In November, he defeated WBO champion Chris ‘The Gentleman’ Billam-Smith, 20-1, of Bournemouth, United Kingdom.
Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, super middleweight champion of the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, 62-2-2, with 39 knockouts, from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. In May, he defeated previously undefeated Jaime Munguía, 43-1, of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In September, he defeated the previously undefeated Edgar ‘El Elegido’ Berlanga, 22-1 with 17 knockouts, of New York, NY.
Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super bantamweight champion, 28-0 with 25 knockouts over Yokohama, Japan. In June, he stopped Louis Nery, 35-2, with 27 knockouts, of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In September, he stopped TJ Doheny, 26-4, of Portlaoise, Ireland, and Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia.
There you have it, five nominees for ‘Fighter of the Year 2024’. Usyk and Beterbiev top the list. They are followed by Ramírez, Álvarez and Inoue.
