Terence Crawford’s achievement was simply too great to ignore.
2025 has almost concluded, meaning award season is underway in the MMA and boxing worlds as fans, fighters, and analysts make their picks for categories such as Knockout of the Year and Fight of the Year.
The top accolade each calendar year is always the best overall competitor in each sport. In the cage, there is little doubt that Merab Dvalishvili earned Fighter of the Year after he defended his UFC bantamweight title a record four times in 2025 to make history.
While the Georgian did not really have a close second as he picked up Bloody Elbow’s crown, boxing’s award was not quite as straightforward. Two names in the pound-for-pound discussion have strong claims, and they do so for very different reasons.
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Terence Crawford beats Naoya Inoue to become Bloody Elbow’s ‘Boxer of the Year’
When choosing this year’s top boxer, Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue stand above the rest as the two standout options.
That leads to a debate between individual achievements and overall activity, with Crawford making history in his one fight compared to Inoue stringing together wins in a manner like no one else at his level.
Inoue already has three victories in 2025 thus far and could actually add a fourth to his tally before the year is out.
Naoya Inoue’s 2025 opponentsDateResultKim Ye-joonJanuary 24, 2025KO (Round 4)Ramon CardenasMay 4, 2025TKO (Round 8)Murodjon AkhmadalievSeptember 14,…
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