“The heavyweight world champion announced the name of Terence Crawford, who took first place”, — write: sport.ua
WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight title holder Oleksandr Usyk (24–0, 15 KOs) did not make it to the list of nominees, so he could not claim the prestigious award.
However, the Ukrainian went on stage to announce the name of the winner and personally presented the award to Terence, who last year stopped the Mexican Saul Alvarez and took four belts from him.
In January 2026, the 38-year-old boxer announced the end of his professional career.
The second annual The Ring Awards ceremony took place on Friday, January 30, in New York, USA. Terence’s competitors were four boxers:
- WBA, WBO and IBF light heavyweight champion Dmitriy Bivol (24–1, 12 KOs)
- Absolute world champion in the second lightweight Naoya Inoue (32–0, 27 KOs)
- WBC, WBA and WBO bantamweight champion Jesse Rodriguez (23–0, 16 KOs)
- WBO super heavyweight title holder Fabio Wordley (20–0–1, 19 KOs)
— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) January 31, 2026
‼️ Terence Crawford has won The Ring Magazine Male Fighter of the Year awardCrawford 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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— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) January 31, 2026