A really good year for boxing. The poll allows ten options and these were the ten I thought were best/that would represent most peoples' picks. I'd probably go for Usyk vs Fury 1 as the best fight of the year - it somehow lived up to the hype - but Chev Clarke vs Mosquea from just a week or two ago was probably the most fun I had watching a fight this year. Interested to hear more obscure fights that are worth a watch too.
From the listed fights, my pick would be Teraji vs Canizales. Although another fight which deserves to be mentioned is Ford vs Kholmatov.
Out of the fights listed I would say Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Serhii Bohachuk. 2024 was an excellent year for amazing fights.
All the fight of the year candidates of 2024. What a crazy year. Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 1 & 2 Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Serhii Bohachuk Takuma Inoue vs Seiya Tsutsumi Brian Norman Jr vs Giovanni Santillan Nathan Heaney vs Brad Pauls 1 & 2 Kenshiro Teraji vs Carlos Canizales Sivenathi Nontshinga vs Adrien Curiel 2 Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke 1 Jason Moloney vs Saul Sanchez Yoshiki Takei vs Daigo Higa Kosei Tanaka vs Phumele Cafu William Zepeda vs Tevin Farmer Zurdo Ramirez vs Chris Billiam Smith Ryan Garcia vs Devin Haney Luis Alberto Lopez vs Angelo Leo Joe Joyce vs Derek Chisora Tim Tszyu vs Sebastian Fundora Raymond Ford vs Kholmatov Nick Ball vs Raymond Ford Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic Oscar Valdez vs Liam Wilson Owen Cooper vs Ekow Essuman Caleb Plant vs Trevor McCumby Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol Alexis Rocha vs Raul Curiel Mario Barrios vs Abel Ramos Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 2 Seniesa Estrada vs Yokasta Valle Jack Catterall vs Josh Taylor 2 James Bernadin vs Matt Conway Pedro Taduran vs Ginjiro Shigeoka Nikita Tszyu vs Koen Mazoudier Carlos Canizales vs Ivan Garcia Balderas Bakhram Murtazaliev vs Jack Culcay Liam Dillon vs Reece Bellotti Jesse Rodriguez vs Juan Francisco Estrada Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson Abdullah Mason vs Yohan Vazquez Seigo Yuri Akui vs Thananchai Charunphak Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Breidis 2
Usyk vs Fury 1 When Usyk landed the left hook that rocked Fury and nearly stopped him, I haven’t felt that excited watching a boxing match in a long time.
Altough fighter of the year is Usyk and I felt the strongest emotions through Usyk vs Fury 1 (super quality fight), I have to say Bivol vs Beterbiev is number one. Bivol vs Beterbiev was the most top top quality fight I saw in years. That's a fight which could be in a "the best fight of the decade poll". The reason why is that it was a clash of two guys and both have an all time great skills (I do not say they are ATG boxers, not yet), but it was just toe to toe.... You know fight is great when 50 percent of fans say right decision and another 50 % say "robbery".
I voted for Usyk Fury 1 I really enjoyed Opetaia Breidis 2 and on the local scene Nikita Tszyu v Koen Mazoudier was a hell of a fight in Sydney.
Jason Moloney vs Saul Sanchez is an underrated fight, an incredibly exciting phone-booth brawl. It definitely deserves to be in contention for FOTY imo. Ryosuke Nishida vs Manny Rodriguez was also a very fun scrap. Yudai Shigeoka vs Melvin Jerusalem was a really good fight too.