The Race For 2018 Fighter Of The Year: Who has taken the lead?

BGB's pick for 2017 fighter of the year: Vasyl Lomachenko, with Terence Crawford the runner-up
BGB's current leader for fighter of the year: Vasyl Lomachenko, with Wisaksil Wangek aka Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Nakornl and Terence Crawford as runners-up, close by: Oleksandr Usyk, Murat Gassiev, Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford
First call:
27th of January:
Usyk takes the lead for me because of his defeating the undefeated Mairis Briedis in Briedis' home country to unify major world titles in his fourteenth professional match. That was a big one.

1st Update:
3rd of February:
Murat Gassiev takes runner-up status.

2nd Update:
24th of February:
Wisaksil Wangek's close victory over Juan Francisco Estrada has taken the lead, I'm thinking. This fight was incredible.

3rd Update:
12th of May
Vasyl Lomachenko takes on lightweight champion and titlists Jorge Linares in his third titlist and first true championship weight class and stops him on a terrific body shot in a very good fight where he needed to come off the deck.  It's big enough to regain the lead. Lomachenko in the lead with Wangek as runner-up, for me. A great achievement for Lomachenko. Crawford, Donnie Nietes and the winner of Usyk/Gassiev are going for it too with their own big fights.

4th Update:
26th of May
Naoya Inoue moves up in weight to shut down Ring's #2, and I believe TBR's #5 ranked Bantamweight and take his major title from him...IN ONE ROUND.  In his 16th professional fight, making him a major titlist at Light Flyweight, Super Flyweight and Bantamweight.  He is in the race.

5th Update:
Ninth of June

Terence Crawford enters the race by technically dominating and physically beating up undefeated Jeff Horn by ninth round TKO and capturing his WBO welterweight title to make three major title weight classes for Bud.



Comment and we'll talk as it progresses.


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