Boxing Day Special 🥊: The Top 10 Pound-For-Pound Boxers in the World

Boxing Day Special 🥊: The Top 10 Pound-For-Pound Boxers in the World 🌎 

A thread of the top 10 boxers in the world (according to The Ring Magazine)

1. Oleksandr Usyk 🇺🇦 

Record: 23-0 (14 KOs)

WBA Heavy 👑

WBC Heavy 👑

WBO Heavy 👑

The Ring 👑

Usyk fought twice this year beating Tyson Fury twice. He became the undisputed heavyweight champion in May and then defended his titles in December! 🥊

2. Naoya Inoue 🇯🇵

Record: 28-0 (25 KOs)

WBA Super Bantam 👑

IBF Super Bantam 👑

WBO Super Bantam 👑

WBC Super Bantam 👑

The Ring 👑 

Inoue fought twice this year, stopping both mandatory challengers Luis Nery and TJ Doheny in good fashion! 💥

3. Terence Crawford 🇺🇸

Record: 41-0 (31 KOs) 

WBA Light Middle 👑

Crawford moved up to his 4th weight class and beat champion Israil Madrimov in a great tactical battle! ♟️

4. Artur Beterbiev 🇷🇺

Record: 21-0 (20 KOs)

WBA Light Heavy 👑

WBO Light Heavy 👑

WBC Light Heavy 👑

IBF Light Heavy 👑

The Ring 👑

Beterbiev fought twice, dismantled Smith in January and then became undisputed beating Dmitry Bivol in an elite fight! 🥊

5. Dmitry Bivol 🇷🇺🇰🇬

Record: 23-1 (11 KOs)

Bivol started the year with a KO over Zinad and then just lost a decision to P4P elite Beterbiev for undisputed! ♟️

6. Canelo Alvarez 🇲🇽

Record: 62-2-2 (39 KOs)

WBA Super Middle 👑

WBO Super Middle 👑

WBC Super Middle 👑

The Ring 👑

Canelo beat young contenders Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlanga. He dropped both of them and went onto win a competitive but clear decision!

7. Jesse Rodriguez 🇺🇸

Record: 21-0 (14 KOs)

WBC Super Fly 👑

The Ring 👑

Bam had an elite year, becoming the first boxer to stop Juan Francisco Estrada and Pedro Guevara 💥

8. Gervonta Davis 🇺🇸

Record: 30-0 (28 KOs)

WBA Light 👑

Tank returned to the ring after a year out and put a stop to Frank Martin in the 8th round! 💥

9. Junto Nakatani 🇯🇵

Record: 29-0 (22 KOs)

WBC Bantam 👑

Junto made his Bantamweight debut in 2024 and won a title in his 3rd division, he also defended it twice and won ALL by KO! 💥

10. Devin Haney 🇺🇸

Record: 31-0 (1) (15 KOs) 

This is a bit of a controversial one. Haney fought Ryan Garcia and initially lost by MD after getting dropped 3 times but due to a failed drugs test, the decision was turned to a NC 😳