Fighter of the Year - 2025

Inoue for activity alone

 

That's bait.

 

Inoue....he,s doing it

 

I had the same thread two months back. Crawford had just more votes than Inoue. But here Inoue has more votes any the other candidates combined.

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/2025-fighter-of-the-year.743011/

 

Or for his zero wins

 

Inoue and it ain't even close.

 

Inoue should win it but Crawford will get the nod based on the jump in weight, who he beat and the third undisputed weight class championship.

On eight other occasions a boxer won Fighter of the Year despite fighting just once. In fact, the very first winner was Gene Tunney who fought just once in 1928. The most recent men to do were Teofimo Lopez and Tyson Fury who both fought just once and split the award in 2020.

 

Crawford became the first 3-division undisputed champion since 1938, jumping up essentially three weight divisions to dethrone the face of boxing in a fight that tens of millions of people watched on Netflix. If Inoue had beaten a comparable name, then I would give it to him because of that + his activity. Crawford's inactivity is a huge issue, and the fact that he has been allowed to marinate in his own greatness has clearly rubbed some people up the wrong way, but I still think he wins this because of the magnitude of the Canelo win.

As much as I'm a fan of Inoue and his greatness, he beat a late replacement (Kim), who was completely outgunned and not in his league, was dropped by Cardenas, who is not a top-10 fighter at 122, and then had two pretty pedestrian UD wins against MJ and Picasso. If we're going to criticise Canelo for being slow and flat-footed, then the truth is that all of the fighters Inoue has been in with this year have been thoroughly outmatched and didn't have a chance in hell of beating him. He has not challenged himself in anywhere near the same fashion that Crawford did.

 

Yeah, I think so. I remember reading something they posted earlier this month about Inoue being the first fighter in decades to defend the Ring belt 4 times in a calendar year.
He deserves it on activity alone, but he also took care of Akmadaliev, who I recall was meant to be the man to stop Inoue at 122

 

One might say it is Turki's voting for Christmas!

I'll get my coat

 

Inoue but mainly because of activity as others have stated. 4 fights in a year with the low activity fighters of this era is a marvel even though Murodjon was his only proven elite win.

 

Obviously Inoue, the only, current “active” World champion.

 

Inoue for me based off his activity, consistent performances and defending of his undisputed belts