The Ring magazine Event of the Year

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a notable boxing Event of the Year since 1993, based on the magazine's writers' criteria.^[1]

Event of the Year by decade[]

1990s[]

1993 – Fan Man at Bowe-Holyfield II
1994 – Revenge: The Rematches
1995 – Tyson returns
1996 – Riot at the Garden (see Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota)
1997 – The Bite
1998 – Tyson's reinstatement
1999 – The IBF indictments

2000s[]

2000 – Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley
2001 – Middleweight World Championship Series
2002 – The Lewis–Tyson press conference brawl
2003 – Roy Jones fights at heavyweight
2004 – Lennox Lewis retirement
2005 – The Contender
2006 – Corrales-Castillo III weigh-in
2007 – Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2008 – The retirement of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
2009 – Antonio Margarito caught cheating

2010s[]

2010 – The failure to make Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
2011 – Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III
2012 – September 15: HBO and Showtime both hold boxing events in Las Vegas: Chávez Jr. vs. Martínez and Álvarez vs. López
2013 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez
2014 – Carl Froch vs. George Groves II
2015 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
2016 – The death of Muhammad Ali
2017 – Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin
2018 – HBO leaves boxing (see HBO World Championship Boxing and Boxing After Dark)
2019 – Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II

2020s[]

2020 – COVID-19
2021 – Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk

References[]

^ "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

External links[]

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[1] "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

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