Tyson Fury is named the best boxer of the year at the prestigious ESPY Awards. Vitali Klitschko is honoured for his fight against Ukraine.

TYSON FURY was named best boxer of year at ESPN's prestigious ESPY Awards for the second consecutive time.

The Gypsy King - who retained the WBC heavyweight title by beating Dillian Whyte in April – won the ESPY award for Best Boxer of the Year at the annual Los Angeles ceremony of the sports network on Wednesday.

Fury was unable to accept the award.

Many boxing fans commented on the Brit's recent accolade with one saying, "Well deserved !!!!." '"

Another one said, "Peoples are the best!" @Tyson_Fury, congratulations!

Another said, "Best in the World."

One person commented, "Simply the Best."

Another voiced his opinion: "Well done fury by a country mile best HW, and he is British too so it's even better." The king is back.

Fury won the award but not all boxing fans were happy with it. One fan said, "That's crazy."

"No disrespect for fury, but you got fighters such as Jermell [Charlo] or Devin [Haney] who legit went undisputed in this year."

Another one said, "What the hell?" "Man, this is a terrible sport."

At the ceremony, Vitali Klitschko, a former WBC heavyweight champion was also honored.

Dr. Ironfist, who is now Mayor of Kiev, was awarded the Arthur Ashe Award For Courage for his contribution to defending Ukraine against the ongoing Russian invasion.

Klitschko spoke by video message, and stated that it was a great honor to be awarded this award.

"I believe that this is a recognition and appreciation of the courage of the Ukrainian people who have bravely resisted the Russian aggressor.

"This award is for all those who support the independence and freedom in Ukraine."

Fury, 33 years old, is currently enjoying his retirement in boxing after he suffered a devastating stoppage at Whyte at Wembley.

He recently said that he is willing to put on the gloves once again in order to film a blockbuster Battle of Britain movie with Anthony Joshua.