Complete History of WBN Fighter of the Year Awards & All Winners Complete WBN Fighter of the Year History & Winners List World Boxing News provides a complete history of the WBN Fighter of the Year Award, including every winner who has claimed the sport’s most consistent annual honor since 2010. From the prestigious WBN Fighter of the Year Trophy to World Title Prospect and Young Fighter of the Year, the annual World Boxing News Awards have recognized standout boxing achievements since the website’s launch in 2010. WBN Fighter of the Year History Since 2010, the WBN Awards have celebrated boxing excellence. Initially, readers voted for the Fighter of the Year, but over time, the awards expanded to a ten-category honor roll, ranging from Fight of the Year to Young Fighter of the Year. Key milestones in trophy history: 2010: First awards—Amir Khan named Fighter of the Year (certificate only). 2012: Physical trophy introduced; Carl Froch receives first fan-voted award. 2013: Gennadiy Golovkin wins his first of four awards; certificates are replaced with glass trophies. 2014–2015: Golovkin wins consecutively; WBN sends three glass trophies to commemorate the wins, then retires the design. 2016: New Gaudio Awards design introduced with the ‘three stripes’ logo; Vasiliy Lomachenko was the first to receive it. 2017–2020: Gaudio design remains; a smaller trophy commissioned for the original winner, Amir Khan. Winners include Golovkin (4th), Manny Pacquiao, and Teofimo Lopez. 2020: Upright trophy specially crafted for Floyd Mayweather as Fighter of the Decade (2010–2019). 2021–2024: Trophy upgraded alongside new Meris Designs logo; awarded to Canelo Alvarez (2021), Oleksandr Usyk (2022), Naoya Inoue (2023), and Usyk again (2024). World Boxing News Awards Honor Roll The complete list of WBN Award winners from 2010 to present. Initially fan-voted (2010–2021), now WBN selects winners directly. WBN Fighter of the Year Winners 2010: Amir Khan (Fan Vote 33%) 2011: Andre Ward (51%) 2012: Carl Froch (21%) 2013: Gennadiy Golovkin (74%) 2014: Gennadiy Golovkin (73%) 2015: Gennadiy Golovkin (94%) 2016: Vasiliy Lomachenko (37%) 2017: Gennadiy Golovkin (48%) 2018: Tyson Fury (40%) 2019: Manny Pacquiao (86%) 2020: Teofimo Lopez (29%) 2021: Canelo Alvarez 2022: Oleksandr Usyk 2023: Naoya Inoue 2024: Oleksandr Usyk WBN Women’s Fighter of the Year Winners 2018: Cecilia Braekhus 2019: Amanda Serrano 2020: Jessica McCaskill 2021: Amanda Serrano 2022: Claressa Shields 2023: Amanda Serrano 2024: Gabriela Fundora WBN Fight of the Year Winners 2010: Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana 2011: Delvin Rodriguez vs. Pawel Wolak I 2012: Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao 4 2013: Tim Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov 2014: Lucas Matthysse vs. John Molina 2015: Francisco Vargas vs. Takashi Miura 2016: Francisco Vargas vs. Orlando Salido 2017: Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko 2018: Canelo vs. Gennadiy Golovkin 2019: Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire 2020: Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk 2021: Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III 2022: Leigh Wood vs. Michael Conlan 2023: Rafael Espinoza vs. Robeisy Ramírez 2024: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury I WBN Young Fighter of the Year Winners (23 or under) 2010: Saul Alvarez 2011: Adrien Broner 2012: Adrien Broner 2013: Tomoki Kameda 2014: Naoya Inoue 2015: Kosei Tanaka 2016: Kosei Tanaka 2017: Daigo Higa 2018: Kosei Tanaka 2019: Kosei Tanaka 2020: Teofimo Lopez 2021: Devin Haney 2022: Jesse Rodriguez 2023: Jesse Rodriguez 2024: Brian Norman Jr. Pound for Pound Breakthrough Winners 2012: Danny Garcia 2013: Guillermo Rigondeaux 2014: Sergey Kovalev 2015: Roman Gonzalez 2016: Vasiliy Lomachenko 2017: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 2018: Oleksandr Gvozdyk 2019: Errol Spence Jr. 2020: Teofimo Lopez 2021: George Kambosos Jr. 2022: Devin Haney 2023: Gervonta Davis 2024: Junto Nakatani Knockout of the Year Winners 2010: Sergio Martinez vs. Paul Williams 2011: Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel 2012: Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao 4 2013: Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Abner Mares 2014: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Kubrat Pulev 2015: Canelo Alvarez vs. James Kirkland 2016: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Roman Martinez 2017: Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne II 2018: Naoya Inoue vs. Juan Carlos Payano 2019: Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II 2020: Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte 2021: Oscar Valdez vs. Miguel Berchelt 2022: Leigh Wood vs. Michael Conlan 2023: Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. 2024: Lucas Bahdi vs. Ashton Sylve Trainer of the Year Winners 2010: Freddie Roach 2011: Virgil Hunter 2012: Nacho Beristain 2013: Floyd Mayweather Sr. 2014: Freddie Roach 2015: Floyd Mayweather Sr. 2016: Arnulfo Obando (posthumously) 2017: Anatoly Lomachenko 2018: Anatoly Lomachenko 2019: Chepo and Eddy Reynoso 2020: Teofimo Lopez Sr. 2021: Eddy Reynoso 2022: Derrick James 2023: Shingo Inoue 2024: Rudy Hernandez Boxing Comeback of the Year Winners 2010: Cornelius “K9” Bundrage 2011: Erik Morales 2012: Daniel Jacobs 2013: Bernard Hopkins 2014: Lucas Matthysse 2015: Nonito Donaire 2016: Manny Pacquiao 2017: Floyd Mayweather 2018: Tyson Fury 2019: Floyd Mayweather 2020: Errol Spence Jr. 2021: Nonito Donaire 2022: Canelo Alvarez 2023: Anthony Joshua 2024: Daniel Dubois World Title Prospect of the Year Winners 2010: Saul Alvarez 2011: Gilberto Ramirez 2012: Julio Ceja 2013: Vasiliy Lomachenko 2014: Keith Thurman 2015: Oleksandr Usyk 2016: Errol Spence Jr. 2017: Nicola Adams 2018: Ryan Garcia 2019: Ryan Garcia 2020: Edgar Berlanga 2021: Jaron Ennis 2022: Sebastian Fundora 2023: Angel Lardizabal 2024: Xander Zayas Boxing Upset of the Year Winners 2019: Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua 2020: Jessica McCaskill vs. Katie Taylor 2021: Sandor Martin vs. Mikey Garcia 2022: Dmitry Bivol vs. Canelo Alvarez 2023: Joseph Parker vs. Deontay Wilder 2024: Bruno Surace vs. Jaime Munguia World Boxing News Fighter of the Decade Winners 2000–2009: Manny Pacquiao 2010–2019: Floyd Mayweather Stay updated with WBN: Subscribe to the WBN Newsletter – Free daily news and fight results, and join our WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts.

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