Fighter of the year 2025?

[RockyKO]

I wanted to see what everyone thought who deserves the award for this year. In my opinion, Nayo Inoue fought 4 times, retained his belts, albeit in tough fights, but still came out on top. David Benavidez is my second choice after beating highly ranked David Morrell and then dominating a very experienced Anthony Yarde. My third choice would be Bam Rodriguez because of the adjustments he had to make vs Caifu, and then he made Fernando Martinez look like a little kid only a few months later. I didn't put Crawford or Usyk because they only fought once. Despite the magnitude of their victories and what it did for their legacy with everything else. I think a fighter of the year has to be much more active and display his skill on the Championship level.

Previous winners according to the Ring ( I know it's subjective)
1. Muhammad Ali - 6 times in 1963, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978
2. Joe Louis 4 times, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941
3. Rocky Marciano 3 times in 1952, 1954, 1955
Joe Frazier 3 times 1967, 1970, 1971
. Evander Holyfield 3 times in 1987, 1996, 1997
Manny Pacquiao 3 times in 2006, 2008, 2009
4. Oleksandr Usyk 2 times in 2018, 2024.
Canelo Alvarez 2 times in 2019, 2021
Floyd Mayweather 2 times in 1998, 2007
James Toney 2 times in 1991 , 2003.
Mike Tyson 2 times in 1986, 1988
Thomas Hearns 2 1980, 1984
Marvin Hagler 2 times in 1983, 1985
Sugar Ray Leonard 2 times in 1979, 1981
**** Tiger 2 times in 1962, 1965
Floyd Patterson 2 in 1956, 1960
Ingerman Johansson 2 times in 1958, 1959

and others!

[famicommander]

For me it's Bam.

Going by TBRB rankings, his wins were:
vs #2 Cafu TKO 10 (undefeated, reigning WBO champion)
vs #1 Martinez KO 10 (undefeated, reigning WBA champion, former unified champion)

He beat the top two fighters in the division other than himself, took both of their 0s, stopped them both, and took two belts.

Inoue also had a great year, obviously. Wins over an unranked late replacement, then #5, then #1, then the next #5. But Kim, Cardenas, and Picasso were all relatively untested coming in while Bam dethroned two undefeated reigning titlists.

[SouthpawRight]

TBud because he has the best win

runner-up Top Soviet Bivol