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] 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
- 1953 Bobo Olson W15 Randy Turpin
- 1954 Paddy DeMarco W15 Jimmy Carter
- 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
[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
- 2006 - Carlos Baldomir UD12 Zab Judah
- 2007 - Nonito Donaire KO 5 Vic Darchinyan