The Ring magazine Fight of the Year
The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has since named a Fight of the Year, which this list covers.
Fights of the Year by decade[]
1920s[]
- 1922 –
Harry Greb W 15
Gene Tunney
- 1923 –
Jack Dempsey KO 2
Luis Firpo
- 1924 –
Gene Tunney KO 15
Georges Carpentier
- 1925 –
Harry Greb W 15
Mickey Walker
- 1926 –
Gene Tunney W 10
Jack Dempsey I
- 1927 –
Gene Tunney W 10
Jack Dempsey II
- 1928 –
Tommy Loughran W 15
Leo Lomski
- 1929 –
Max Schmeling KO 9
Johnny Risko
1930s[]
- 1930 –
Jackie Kid Berg W 10
Kid Chocolate I
- 1931 –
Max Schmeling KO 15
Young Stribling
- 1932 –
Tony Canzoneri W 15
Billy Petrolle II
- 1933 –
Max Baer KO 10
Max Schmeling
- 1934 –
Barney Ross W 15
Jimmy McLarnin I
- 1935 –
Joe Louis KO 4
Max Baer
- 1936 –
Max Schmeling KO 12
Joe Louis I
- 1937 –
Joe Louis W 15
Tommy Farr
- 1938 –
Henry Armstrong W 15
Lou Ambers I
- 1939 –
Joe Louis KO 11
Bob Pastor II
1940s[]
- 1940 –
Ceferino Garcia D 10
Henry Armstrong
- 1941 –
Joe Louis KO 13
Billy Conn I
- 1942 –
Willie Pep W 15
Chalky Wright I
- 1943 –
Beau Jack W 15
Bob Montgomery II
- 1944 –
Bob Montgomery W 15
Beau Jack III
- 1945 –
Rocky Graziano KO 10
Red Cochrane I
- 1946 –
Tony Zale KO 6
Rocky Graziano I
- 1947 –
Rocky Graziano KO 6
Tony Zale II
- 1948 –
Marcel Cerdan KO 12
Tony Zale
- 1949 –
Willie Pep W 15
Sandy Saddler II
1950s[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Sugar_Ray_Robinson_1965.jpg/220px-Sugar_Ray_Robinson_1965.jpg)
Sugar Ray Robinson being held aloft by Gene Fullmer and Carmen Basilio in 1965. Basilio engaged in five consecutive Fight of the Year contests from 1955 to 1959, with three of them contested against either Robinson or Fullmer.
- 1950 –
Jake LaMotta KO 15
Laurent Dauthuille II
- 1951 –
Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7
Ezzard Charles III
- 1952 –
Rocky Marciano KO 13
Jersey Joe Walcott I
- 1953 –
Rocky Marciano KO 11
Roland La Starza II
- 1954 –
Rocky Marciano KO 8
Ezzard Charles II
- 1955 –
Carmen Basilio KO 12
Tony DeMarco II
- 1956 –
Carmen Basilio KO 9
Johnny Saxton II
- 1957 –
Carmen Basilio W 15
Sugar Ray Robinson I
- 1958 –
Sugar Ray Robinson W 15
Carmen Basilio II
- 1959 –
Gene Fullmer KO 14
Carmen Basilio I
1960s[]
- 1960 –
Floyd Patterson KO 5
Ingemar Johansson II
- 1961 –
Joe Brown W 15
Dave Charnley II
- 1962 –
Joey Giardello W 10
Henry Hank II
- 1963 –
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) W 10
Doug Jones
- 1964 –
Muhammad Ali KO 7
Sonny Liston I
- 1965 –
Floyd Patterson W 12
George Chuvalo
- 1966 –
José Torres W 15
Eddie Cotton
- 1967 –
Nino Benvenuti W 15
Emile Griffith I
- 1968 –
Dick Tiger W 10
Frank DePaula
- 1969 –
Joe Frazier KO 7
Jerry Quarry I
1970s[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ali.jpg/220px-Ali.jpg)
Muhammad Ali was involved in more Fight of the Year contests than any other boxer in history; six spanning almost two decades.
- 1970 –
Carlos Monzón KO 12
Nino Benvenuti I
- 1971 –
Joe Frazier W 15
Muhammad Ali I
- 1972 –
Bob Foster KO 14
Chris Finnegan
- 1973 –
George Foreman KO 2
Joe Frazier I
- 1974 –
Muhammad Ali KO 8
George Foreman
- 1975 –
Muhammad Ali TKO 14
Joe Frazier III
- 1976 –
George Foreman KO 5
Ron Lyle
- 1977 –
Jimmy Young W 12
George Foreman
- 1978 –
Leon Spinks W 15
Muhammad Ali I
- 1979 –
Danny Lopez KO 15
Mike Ayala
1980s[]
- 1980 –
Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14
Yaqui Lopez II
- 1981 –
Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14
Thomas Hearns I
- 1982 –
Bobby Chacon UD 15
Rafael Limon IV
- 1983 –
Bobby Chacon W 12
Cornelius Boza-Edwards II
- 1984 –
José Luis Ramírez KO 4
Edwin Rosario II
- 1985 –
Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3
Thomas Hearns
- 1986 –
Stevie Cruz W 15
Barry McGuigan
- 1987 –
Sugar Ray Leonard W 12
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988 –
Tony Lopez W 12
Rocky Lockridge I
- 1989 –
Roberto Durán W 12
Iran Barkley
1990s[]
- 1990 –
Julio César Chávez TKO 12
Meldrick Taylor I
- 1991 –
Robert Quiroga W 12
Akeem Anifowoshe
- 1992 –
Riddick Bowe W 12
Evander Holyfield I
- 1993 –
Michael Carbajal KO 7
Humberto González I
- 1994 –
Jorge Castro KO 9
John David Jackson I
- 1995 –
Saman Sorjaturong KO 7
Humberto González
- 1996 –
Evander Holyfield TKO 11
Mike Tyson I
- 1997 –
Arturo Gatti KO 5
Gabriel Ruelas
- 1998 –
Ivan Robinson W 10
Arturo Gatti I
- 1999 –
Paulie Ayala W 12
Johnny Tapia I
2000s[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Arturo_Gatti.jpg/220px-Arturo_Gatti.jpg)
- 2000 –
Erik Morales W 12
Marco Antonio Barrera I
- 2001 –
Micky Ward W 10
Emanuel Augustus
- 2002 –
Micky Ward W 10
Arturo Gatti I
- 2003 –
Arturo Gatti W 10
Micky Ward III
- 2004 –
Marco Antonio Barrera W 12
Erik Morales III
- 2005 –
Diego Corrales KO 10
José Luis Castillo
- 2006 –
Somsak Sithchatchawal TKO 10
Mahyar Monshipour
- 2007 –
Israel Vázquez TKO 6
Rafael Márquez II
- 2008 –
Israel Vázquez W 12
Rafael Márquez III
- 2009 –
Juan Manuel Márquez KO 9
Juan Diaz I
2010s[]
- 2010 –
Giovani Segura KO 8
Ivan Calderon I
- 2011 –
Victor Ortiz W 12
Andre Berto I
- 2012 –
Juan Manuel Márquez KO 6
Manny Pacquiao IV
- 2013 –
Timothy Bradley W 12
Ruslan Provodnikov
- 2014 –
Lucas Matthysse KO 11
John Molina, Jr.
- 2015 –
Francisco Vargas TKO 9
Takashi Miura
- 2016 –
Francisco Vargas D 12
Orlando Salido
- 2017 –
Anthony Joshua TKO 11
Wladimir Klitschko
- 2018 –
Canelo Álvarez W 12
Gennady Golovkin II
- 2019 –
Naoya Inoue W 12
Nonito Donaire
2020s[]
- 2020 –
Jose Zepeda KO 5
Ivan Baranchyk
- 2021 –
Tyson Fury KO 11
Deontay Wilder III
See also[]
- Ali–Frazier Award, an equivalent by the Boxing Writers Association of America
References[]
- "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
External links[]
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- Boxing matches
- Boxing awards
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