Oleksandr Usyk, Canelo Alvarez among the list of top 10 male athletes competing in boxing today

Oleksandr Usyk holds the world championship belts aloft.Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images

• Boxing is having its best year since the coronavirus pandemic reshaped the world of sport.
• Big fights and big wins have seen young talent rise in the rankings that list the best fighters.

LAS VEGAS — Boxing is on an incredible run in 2022.

Insider has been ringside for one of the best brawls of the year — when Sebastian Fundora got up from the canvas to force a stoppage win over Erickson Lubin — and for Dmitry Bivol's impressive victory over the sport's previous No. 1 fighter Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.

But perhaps the most exciting thing about the sport today is the young talent bursting through the ranks, fighters who all seem ready to make a continued impression at the highest echelons of the game.

Athletes like Stephen Fulton, Bam Rodriguez, and Gervonta Davis are banging on the door of the Top 10 in the entire sport.

But it's a testament to how strong the sport really is that those three fighters are not mentioned in the list below.

Keep scrolling to see who Insider considers the 10 best fighters in world boxing right now.