The Ring magazine, one of boxing's oldest magazines (first published in 1922) picks each year the best fighters. On Saturday, The Ring will announce who they've picked this year as the best fighter of 2024, male and female, as well as other interesting categories including the best KO.
On Instagram (their website is currently down, "coming soon"), the magazine announced the nominees. There are six candidates for each category:
Female Fighter of the Year:
Katie Taylor
Claressa Shields
Amanda Serrano
Mikaela Mayer
Seniesa Estrada
Gabriela Fundora
Male Fighter of the Year:
Oleksandr Usyk
Artur Beterbiev
Daniel Dubois
Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez
Junto Nakatani
Oscar Collazo
Fight of the Year
Oleksandr Usyk SD12 Tyson Fury
Artur Beterbiev UD12 Dmitry Bivol
Vergil Ortiz Jr MD12 Serhii Bohachuk
Raymond Ford TKO12 Otabek Kholmatov
Fernando Martinez UD12 Kazuto Ioka
Fabio Wardley Draw Frazer Clarke
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Knockout of the Year
Daniel Dubois KO5 Anthony Joshua
Gervonta Davis KO8 Frank Martin
Bruno Surace KO6 Jaime Munguia
Angelo Leo KO10 Luis Alberto Lopez
Lucas Bahdi KO6 Ashton Sylve
On social media like Instagram, you can check the rest of nominations for The Ring awards. The winners will be announced on Saturday, Jan 11.