The Ring Announces 2023 'Best of' Winners: Best Boxer, Fight of the Year, and Other Awards

The oldest boxing magazine in history, The Ring, has given its final say on the best of boxing for 2023.

Boxer of the Year: Naoya Inoue

The Japanese fighter moved up to a new weight class and became the undisputed champion in two fights, defeating Stephen Fulton and Marlon Tapales, both by knockout. Inoue is the second two-time undisputed world champion in history, with the first being Terence Crawford.

Fight of the Year: Luis Nery KO 11 Azat Hovhannisyan.

Knockout of the Year: Junto Nakatani KO 12 Andrew Moloney.

Performance of the Year: Terence Crawford

With a stoppage victory over Errol Spence, Crawford secured the title of the first-ever two-time undisputed world champion in the era of four major titles.

Trainer of the Year: Brian McIntyre

The coach of Terence Crawford, Brian also prepared Chris Eubank Jr. for a rematch with Liam Smith, where Eubank won by TKO in the 11th round.

Upset of the Year: Rafael Espinoza MD 12 Robeisy Ramirez.

Round of the Year: 11th round of the O'Shaquie Foster vs. Eduardo Hernandez fight.

Event of the Year: Day of Reckoning (tournament on December 23 in Saudi Arabia).

Prospect of the Year: Bruce Carrington (10-0, 6 KOs).

In 2023, he had 5 fights, winning three of them by knockout.

Comeback of the Year: Joseph Parker

Joseph had four fights in the year, winning twice by knockout against Faiga Opelu and Simon Kina and twice by decision against Jack Massie and Deontay Wilder. In 2022, Parker had only one fight – a knockout loss to Joe Joyce.