Ring Magazine upsets of the year
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Ring Magazine was established in 1922. Since 1980, it has named a fight that has resulted in an outcome that was highly contrary to general expectations as upset of the year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of Ring Magazine's upsets of the year:
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[edit] 1980s
- 1980 - Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Sammy Serrano
- 1981 - Roger Stafford UD 10 Pipino Cuevas
- 1982 - Kirkland Laing UD 10 Roberto Duran
- 1983 - Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes
- 1984 - Gene Hatcher TKO 11 Johnny Bumphus
- 1985 - Michael Spinks UD 15 Larry Holmes
- 1986 - Lloyd Honeyghan TKO 6 Donald Curry
- 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard SD 12 Marvin Hagler
- 1988 - Iran Barkley TKO 3 Thomas Hearns
- 1989 - Rene Jacquot UD 12 Donald Curry
[edit] 1990s
- 1990 - Buster Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson
- 1991 - No award given
- 1992 - Azumah Nelson TKO 8 Jeff Fenech
- 1993 - Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris
- 1994 - Vuyani Bungu UD 12 Kennedy McKinney
- 1995 - Willy Salazar TKO 7 Danny Romero
- 1996 - Evander Holyfield TKO 11 Mike Tyson
- 1997 - Vince Phillips TKO 10 Kostya Tszyu
- 1998 - Ivan Robinson SD 10 Arturo Gatti
- 1999 - Willy Wise UD 10 Julio César Chávez
[edit] 2000s
- 2000 - José Luis Castillo MD 12 Stevie Johnston
- 2001 - Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis
- 2002 - Juan Carlos Rubio UD 10 Francisco Bojado
- 2003 - Corrie Sanders TKO 2 Wladimir Klitschko
- 2004 - Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr.
- 2005 - Zahir Raheem UD 12 Erik Morales
[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 upsets of the year:
[edit] 1920s
- 1922 Battling Siki KO 6 Georges Carpentier
- 1923 Gene Tunney W15 Harry Greb
- 1924 Kid Sullivan W10 Johnny Dundee
- 1925 Dave Shade KO3 Jimmy Slattery
- 1926 Pete Latzo W10 Mickey Walker
- 1927 Mike McTigue KO4 Paul Berlenbach
- 1928 Andre Routis W15 Tony Canzoneri
- 1929 Spider Pladner KO1 Frankie Genaro
[edit] 1930s
- 1930 Al Singer KO1 Sammy Mandell
- 1931 Mickey Walker D15 Jack Sharkey
- 1932 Billy Petrolle KO12 Battling Battalino
- 1933 Primo Carnera KO6 Jack Sharkey
- 1934 Steve Hamas W12 Max Schmeling
- 1935 Jimmy Braddock W15 Max Baer
- 1936 Max Schmeling KO12 Joe Louis
- 1937 Lou Ambers W15 Pedro Montanez
- 1938 Max Baer W15 Tommy Farr
- 1939 Lou Ambers W15 Henry Armstrong
[edit] 1940s
- 1940 Fritzie Zivic W15 Henry Armstrong
- 1941 Freddie Red Cochrane W15 Fritzie Zivic
- 1942 Lee Savold KO8 Lou Nova
- 1943 Jake LaMotta W10 Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1944 Juan Zurita W15 Sammy Angott
- 1945 Rocky Graziano KO3 Billy Arnold
- 1946 Rocky Graziano KO2 Marty Servo
- 1947 Harold Dade W15 Manuel Ortiz
- 1948 Sandy Saddler KO4 Willie Pep
- 1949 Robert Villemain W10 Jake LaMotta
[edit] 1950s
- 1950 Vic Toweel W15 Manuel Ortiz
- 1951 Randy Turpin W15 Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1952 Lauro Salas W15 Jimmy Carter (boxer)
- 1953 Bobo Olson W15 Randy Turpin
- 1954 Paddy DeMarco W15 Jimmy Carter (boxer)
- 1955 Ralph Tiger Jones W10 Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1956 Johnny Saxton W15 Carmen Basilio
- 1957 Gene Fullmer W15Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1958 Don Jordan W15 Virgil Akins
- 1959 Ingemar Johansson KO3 Floyd Patterson
[edit] 1960s
- 1960 Eloy Sanchez KO8 Jose Becerra
- 1961 Terry Downes KO10 Paul Pender
- 1962 Fighting Harada KO11 Pone Kingpetch
- 1963 Rubin Carter KO1 Emile Griffith
- 1964 Cassius Clay KO7 Sonny Liston
- 1965 Fighting Harada W15 Eder Jofre
- 1966 Ki Soo Kim W15 Nino Benvenuti
- 1967 Oscar Bonavena W12 Karl Mildenberger
- 1968 Lionel Rose W15 Fighting Harada
- 1969 Leotis Martin KO9 Sonny Liston
[edit] 1970s
- 1970 Billy Backus KO4 Jose Napoles
- 1971 Alfredo Marcano KO10 Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 1972 Esteban DeJesus W10 Roberto Duran
- 1973 Ken Norton W12 Muhummad Ali
- 1974 Muhummad Ali KO8 George Foreman
- 1975 John H. Stracey KO6 Jose Napoles
- 1976 Wilfred Benitez W15 Antonio Cervantes
- 1977 Jorge Lujan KO10 Alfonso Zamora
- 1978 Leon Spinks W15 Muhummad Ali
- 1979 Vito Antuofermo D15 Marvin Hagler