Best of Boxing in 2021: Canelo Alvarez runs away with Fighter of the Year honors

Alvarez was the clear-cut choice for the award this year after achieving undisputed status in the super middleweight division

The sport of boxing was Canelo Alvarez's world in 2021 and the rest of us just existed in it. 

Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs), the 31-year-old Mexican superstar, lived up to his lofty reputation as the simultaneous pound-for-pound king and the sport's biggest draw by winning three fights and unifying all four super middleweight world titles in less than one calendar year.  

This turned out to be as clear-cut a runaway vote as this award has seen in years. Let's take a closer look at why Alvarez deserved such accolades and who else was in contention for honorable mention.