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Today, we celebrate boxing by presenting the top performers in the sport with the awards that they deserve for outshining the rest!

Without further ado, let’s get to it!

Pound-for-Pound King : Terence Crawford

I mean, is there any explanation required? Terence “Bud” Crawford ascended multiple weight divisions to dethrone the undisputed, face of boxing, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at super middleweight! Doing so, he became the first male boxer to become 3x undisputed in the four belt era; that comes after already being the first to do it 2x as well.

Crawford has since retired, and couldn’t have picked a better way to hang up the gloves. BTF, say hello to your P4P King, Terence “Bud” Crawford.

Let’s look at the runner-ups:

Female & Male Fighter of the Year

This was a difficult one on both counts…and the crazy part is that the women were actually more difficult of a choice than their male counterparts! Nevertheless, a choice was made, albeit a difficult choice, a choice was made nonetheless. Let’s get to it.

FOTY (Female): Claressa “GWOAT” Shields

As stated, this was a difficult decision…so difficult that I made a poll on the DBT YouTube channel and the BTF have spoken! I personally went with Tiara Brown, for her three victories this year, including upsetting Skye Nicolson for her WBC title and defending it. However, this is a democracy, not an autocracy, and BTF voted for one of my favorite fighters in the game, The GWOAT, Claressa Shields, as the Female Fighter of the Year. Below are the other nominees.

FOTY (Male): Terence “Bud” Crawford

This one was also a tough choice, but as already explained above, Terence Crawford’s one fight was THE ONE FIGHT that every fighter wish they could have. However, Bam Rodriguez is a guy that I feel deserves it second most. Two fights against two undefeated champions, and stopped them both!? Doesn’t get much better than that. Hopefully, he can get a shot at that IBF strap, too, and achieve undisputed glory. Of course, Naoya Inoue had a MONSTER year, four fights in twelve months!? That’s amazing, but I prioritize quality over quantity. Out of those four fights, only one was of quality opposition, that was his WBA ORDERED mandatory, MJ Akhmadaliev. For me, that’s not enough to put him over the aforementioned fighters. Let’s check out the nominees.

This next one is why you can’t sleep on the smaller divisions! There were plenty of great fights, and I don’t intend to disrespect any of those bangers that aren’t included, but this one in Japan stole the show! Kenshiro Teraji vs. Seigo Akui went down to the wire and saw The Amazing Boy come out victorious, but WE SAW a fantastic fight! Here are the other nominees.

This is everybody’s FAVORITE category, right? You know what it is… Knockout of the Year! This one was pretty straightforward for me…and the BTF agrees via poll on the DBT YouTube channel. The KO of the Year was none other than Brian Norman Jr.’s DEVASTATING ONE PUNCH stoppage of Jin Sasaki. Still, it wasn’t exactly easy selecting this one; check out the other nominees below.

I did a breakdown on this exact concept on the Doctor Boxing Talk channel —
Watch here: https://youtu.be/JH_ja1yREe0

See you next year! (wink, wink)

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