# The 15 Best Boxers of the 2020s

> Pound-for-pound kings, pay-per-view draws and a few fighters whose reputations got bigger than their records.

*By YPB Team · Published October 22, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-15-best-boxers-of-the-2020s*

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1. **Oleksandr Usyk** — score 1000/1000
   Ukrainian southpaw who unified the heavyweight division by beating Tyson Fury in 2024.
2. **Tyson Fury** — score 625/1000
   British heavyweight who beat Deontay Wilder in 2021 and lost to Oleksandr Usyk twice.
3. **Naoya Inoue** — score 611/1000
   Japanese champion who became undisputed at bantamweight in 2022 and at super bantamweight in 2023.
4. **Amanda Serrano** — score 559/1000
   Puerto Rican champion who has won titles in seven weight classes.
5. **Anthony Joshua** — score 559/1000
   British heavyweight who fought Usyk twice and knocked out Francis Ngannou in 2024.
6. **Devin Haney** — score 559/1000
   American lightweight who became undisputed champion in 2022.
7. **Canelo Álvarez** — score 500/1000
   Mexican headliner who beat Caleb Plant, Gennady Golovkin and Jaime Munguía in the decade and lost to Dmitry Bivol and Terence Crawford.
8. **Shakur Stevenson** — score 500/1000
   Newark southpaw and three-division champion known for defensive skill.
9. **Errol Spence Jr.** — score 500/1000
   Texas welterweight who unified the division and lost to Terence Crawford in 2023.
10. **Terence Crawford** — score 433/1000
   Omaha fighter who beat Errol Spence Jr. in 2023 and Canelo Álvarez in 2025.
11. **Gervonta Davis** — score 269/1000
   Baltimore lightweight known for knockouts, including a 2023 win over Ryan Garcia.
12. **Ryan Garcia** — score 269/1000
   California puncher whose 2024 win over Devin Haney was later changed to a no contest.
13. **Claressa Shields** — score 269/1000
   American champion who became undisputed in several weight classes and moved into heavyweight.
14. **Katie Taylor** — score 167/1000
   Irish champion who headlined women's boxing's biggest cards, including two fights with Amanda Serrano.
15. **Vasiliy Lomachenko** — score 0/1000
   Ukrainian two-time Olympic champion who won titles in three weight classes.

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