Ring_Magazine_fights_of_the_year
The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has since named a Fight of the Year, which this list covers.
1920s
- 1922 –
Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney - 1923 – Jack Dempsey KO 2
Luis Ángel 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 –
Jack 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
- 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 TKO 12 Tony DeMarco II
- 1956 – Carmen Basilio TKO 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
- 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 TKO 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 TKO 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 TKO 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 TKO 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
- 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 TKO 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 TKO 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
- 2022 – Leigh Wood TKO 12 Michael Conlan
- 2023 – Luis Nery KO 11
Azat Hovhannisyan
- Ali–Frazier Award, an equivalent by the Boxing Writers Association of America
- "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.
