There are 5 world champions being thought-about for the ‘2024 Fighter of the Yr’.
Heading the listing is the WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF, and IBO World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 23-0 with 14 stoppages, of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
Usyk defeated WBC World heavyweight champion ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury, 34-2-1 with 24 stoppages, of Morecambe, UK, twice. In June, Usyk unified, defeating WBC champ ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury by a break up choice. Within the rematch in December, he received by unanimous choice over Fury.
WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA, and IBO gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, 21-0 with 20 stoppages in Khasavyurt, Russia, unified the title in October. He defeated the beforehand unbeaten WBA and IBO champion Dmitrii Bivol, 23-1, with 12 stoppages in Tokmak, KYRG, by a disputed choice. In January, he stopped Callum ‘Mundo’ Smith, 29-1, in Liverpool, UK.
WBA and WBO Tremendous World cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, 47-1 with 30 stoppages, of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. He received the WBA title, defeating beforehand unbeaten 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, UK.
WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, 62-2-2, with 39 stoppages, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. In Could, he defeated beforehand unbeaten Jaime Munguia, 43-1, of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In September, he defeated beforehand unbeaten Edgar ‘The Chosen One’ Berlanga, 22-1 with 17 stoppages, of New York, NY.
IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous bantamweight champ Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue, 28-0 with 25 stoppages of Yokohama, Japan. In June, he stopped Louis Nery, 35-2, with 27 stoppages, of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In September, he stopped TJ Doheny, 26-4, of Portlaoise, Eire, and Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia.
There you might have it, 5 nominated for the ‘2024 Fighter of the Yr.’ Usyk and Beterbiev lead the listing. Ramirez, Alvarez, and Inoue comply with.
