Ring Magazine fighters of the year
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Ring Magazine was established in 1922. Since 1928, it has named a fighter as fighter of the year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of Ring Magazine's fighters of the year:
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[edit] 1920s
[edit] 1930s
- 1930 - Max Schmeling
- 1931 - Tommy Loughran
- 1932 - Jack Sharkey
- 1933 - No award was given
- 1934 - Tony Canzoneri & Barney Ross
- 1935 - Barney Ross
- 1936 - Joe Louis
- 1937 - Henry Armstrong
- 1938 - Joe Louis
- 1939 - Joe Louis
[edit] 1940s
- 1940 - Billy Conn
- 1941 - Joe Louis
- 1942 - Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1943 - Fred Apostoli
- 1944 - Beau Jack
- 1945 - Willie Pep
- 1946 - Tony Zale
- 1947 - Gus Lesnevich
- 1948 - Ike Williams
- 1949 - Ezzard Charles
[edit] 1950s
- 1950 - Ezzard Charles
- 1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1952 - Rocky Marciano
- 1953 - Bobo Olson
- 1954 - Rocky Marciano
- 1955 - Rocky Marciano
- 1956 - Floyd Patterson
- 1957 - Carmen Basilio
- 1958 - Ingemar Johansson
- 1959 - Ingemar Johansson
[edit] 1960s
- 1960 - Floyd Patterson
- 1961 - Joe Brown
- 1962 - Dick Tiger
- 1963 - Cassius Clay
- 1964 - Emile Griffith
- 1965 - Dick Tiger
- 1966 - No award was given
- 1967 - Joe Frazier
- 1968 - Nino Benvenuti
- 1969 - Jose Napoles
[edit] 1970s
- 1970 - Joe Frazier
- 1971 - Joe Frazier
- 1972 - Muhammad Ali & Carlos Monzon
- 1973 - George Foreman
- 1974 - Muhammad Ali
- 1975 - Muhammad Ali
- 1976 - George Foreman
- 1977 - Carlos Zarate
- 1978 - Muhammad Ali
- 1979 - Sugar Ray Leonard
[edit] 1980s
- 1980 - Thomas Hearns
- 1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard & Salvador Sanchez
- 1982 - Larry Holmes
- 1983 - Marvin Hagler
- 1984 - Thomas Hearns
- 1985 - Marvin Hagler & Donald Curry
- 1986 - Mike Tyson
- 1987 - Evander Holyfield
- 1988 - Mike Tyson
- 1989 - Pernell Whitaker
[edit] 1990s
- 1990 - Julio César Chávez
- 1991 - James Toney
- 1992 - Riddick Bowe
- 1993 - Michael Carbajal
- 1994 - Roy Jones Jr.
- 1995 - Oscar de la Hoya
- 1996 - Evander Holyfield
- 1997 - Evander Holyfield
- 1998 - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- 1999 - Paulie Ayala
[edit] 2000s
- 2000 - Félix Trinidad
- 2001 - Bernard Hopkins
- 2002 - Vernon Forrest
- 2003 - James Toney
- 2004 - Glen Johnson
- 2005 - Ricky Hatton
[edit] Ring Magazine 75th Anniversary Updates
The following awards were granted in retrospect by the magazine in their 75th Anniversary Issue. The magazine listed its Fight of the Year, Fighter of the Year, Upset of the Year, and Round of the Year going back to the magazine's inception in 1922. Below are the additional fighters of the year: