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Who named Usyk the 2018 Fighter of the Year?

  • Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The Ring, and BWAA

  • AP, USA Today, FOX, and CBS

  • NBC, ABC, WSJ, NY Times

  • ink, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Billboard

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Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The Ring, and the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) named Oleksandr Usyk the 2018 Fighter of the Year. This was after Usyk won three world titles in 2018, defeating Murat Gassiev by unanimous decision to win the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO cruiserweight titles in July, and then defeating Tony Bellew by seventh-round knockout in November to capture the WBC cruiserweight title.
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