Usyk delivers Fighter of the Year award to Crawford at The Ring Awards
Oleksandr Usyk (photo: Getty Images)
Ukrainian champion Oleksandr Usyk took part in The Ring Awards ceremony in New York, where he personally presented Terence Crawford with the title of 2025 Fighter of the Year, according to The Ring.
Usyk on stage at The Ring Awards
World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk attended The Ring Awards 2025 ceremony, which took place on January 30 in New York.
Despite not being among the nominees, the Ukrainian boxer was invited to the event and personally presented the evening’s main individual award.
Oleksandr Usyk was on hand to give Terence Crawford his Male Fighter of The Year award
— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) January 31, 2026
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Crawford named Fighter of the Year
American boxer Terence Crawford received the “Fighter of the Year 2025” award. Usyk has previously called Crawford the strongest boxer of the modern era on multiple occasions.
In the race for the honor, Crawford beat out Dmitry Bivol, Naoya Inoue, Jesse Rodriguez, and Fabio Wardley.
Terence Crawford has won The Ring Magazine Male Fighter of the Year award
— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) January 31, 2026
Crawford dethroned Canelo Alvarez to become a three-weight undisputed world champion and then retired from boxing as pound-for-pound king
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One fight and a historic achievement
In 2025, Crawford fought just once, defeating Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez.
That victory made him the first boxer in the four-belt era to become an undisputed world champion in three weight divisions under the WBO, WBC, WBA, and IBF versions.
Following the fight, the American announced his retirement from professional boxing. Later, the WBO stripped him of his championship belt after he refused to pay mandatory sanctioning fees.
It is worth noting that Usyk previously topped the pound-for-pound rankings by ESPN and The Ring, but was not included among the nominees for Boxer of the Year 2025.
Earlier, it was reported that the WBC approved Usyk’s title defense in a bout against Deontay Wilder.
It was also revealed how Usyk could headline a record-breaking boxing event in the United States.
