Top Ten Boxers 2017
Wins: Roman Gonzalez (2) This can only go one way for me. Entering the year, the debate was between Andre Ward and Roman Gonzalez for pound for pound number one. Neither man is in that conversation now. Ward retired, while Gonzalez was beaten twice by the same man.
Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs): The two-time Olympic gold medalist from the Ukraine had one of the best years of anybody in boxing, spectacularly knocking out durable Roman Martinez and then forcing Nicholas Walters to quit in their high-profile matchup.
Léodegario Santa Cruz (born August 10, 1988) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a multiple-time world champion in three weight classes, having held the WBA (Super) featherweight title since 2017.
Boxing had a great year in 2017, with numerous outstanding individual performances and many great fights for fans to enjoy.
Keith Thurman Jr. (born November 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title since 2015 (promoted to Super champion in 2017), and previously the WBC title from 2017 to 2018.
Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán (American Spanish: [saˈul ˈalβaɾes]; born July 18, 1990), best known as Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez…
Andre Michael Ward (born February 23, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017.
Daniel "Danny" Jacobs (born February 3, 1987) is an American professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) middleweight title from 2014 to 2017. Nicknamed the "Miracle Man," Jacobs' career was almost cut short in 2011 due to osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.
Carl Frampton, MBE (born 21 February 1987) is a Northern Irish boxer. He is a former two-weight world champion, having held the unified WBA (Super) and IBF super-bantamweight titles between 2014 and 2016, and the WBA (Super) featherweight title from 2016 to 2017.
Danny Óscar García is an American professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA, WBC, Ring magazine and lineal light welterweight titles between 2012 and 2015, and the WBC welterweight title from 2016 to 2017.
Sergey Alexandrovich Kovalev (Russian: Сергей Александрович Ковалёв; born 2 April 1983) is a Russian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships at light heavyweight, including the WBO title since 2017, and previously the unified WBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO titles between 2013 and 2016.