Fighter of the Year 2024

[Evander]

Not everyone is entirely convinced Usyk won this fight.
I'm doing a forensic, my sketchy scientific results will be published next few days in the form of a scorecard

It would be hard not to be.

I was scoring as I watched, the commentary on TNT was praising Fury for everything. Even watching that, I had it to Usyk by 2.
After watching it again on YouTube (the version for non-English speakers, the commentary volume is practically muted) I scored it the same, but could easily see it wider for Usyk, whereas I think my card was as legitimately generous to Fury as you could be.

Fury getting that fight would have been an awful decision.

I have seen a lot of what looks like our peoples honest scorecards, boxing people from all over you know what I mean.
Just not got myself into the position to grind it down and take and real honest look at it yet for various reasons.
Don't wanna give a 2nd rate version until I know it's good.

[EdwardRevolver1993]

I posted it under Ring Magazine FB page yesterday, so I'll copy-paste my opinion here.

The way I see it:

- Beterbiev's win over Bivol was disputed by many (not me, necessarily).

- Dubois truly had a revival year. Won twice, while being an underdog. But wins over Hrgovic and Joshua are unlikely to trump Usyk's wins over Fury.

- Parker scrapped by Zhang and, although, a nice win - wasn't it Parker's only appearance in 2024?

- Jesse Rodriguez. Now, in terms of technical execution, Bam was arguably the most impressive of the group. But Estrada is probably a bit oldish at this point. And Guevara wasn't as significant of a win, perhaps.

- Nakatani keeps impressing. Had an active year, but was expected to win his fights.

Conclusion: Usyk would be the popular choice to win the award, but also a right one. Becoming the first undisputed champ since 1999 is quiet a feat. Undisputed championship in the heavyweight division is in itself a tip of the iceberg.

Fury of 2024 is probably not at his best anymore. But in each of these two fights, I'd say we still saw a pretty good version of Fury.

Usyk at 37 years of age is likely not in his prime anymore, too. So, that is.