Ring Magazine knockouts of the year

Ring Magazine was established in 1922. Since 1989, it has named a knockout as Knockout of the Year based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of Ring Magazine's knockouts of the year:

Knockouts of the Year by decade

1980s

• 1989: Michael Nunn KO 1 Sumbu Kalambay^[1]

1990s

• 1990: Terry Norris KO 1 John Mugabi
• 1991: no award was given
• 1992: Morris East KO 11 Akinobu Hiranaka
  . . .tie: Kennedy McKinney KO 11 Welcome Ncita
• 1993: Gerald McClellan KO 5 Julian Jackson
• 1994: George Foreman KO 10 Michael Moorer
• 1995: Julio César Vásquez KO 11 Carl Daniels
• 1996: Wilfredo Vázquez KO 11 Eloy Rojas
• 1997: Arturo Gatti KO 5 Gabriel Ruelas
• 1998: Roy Jones, Jr. KO 4 Virgil Hill
• 1999: Derrick Jefferson KO 6 Maurice Harris

2000s

• 2000: Ben Tackie KO 10 Roberto Garcia
• 2001: Lennox Lewis KO 4 Hasim Rahman
• 2002: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Mike Tyson – see Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
• 2003: Rocky Juarez KO 10 Antonio Diaz
• 2004: Antonio Tarver KO 2 Roy Jones Jr.
• 2005: Allan Green KO 1 Jaidon Codrington
• 2006: Calvin Brock KO 6 Zuri Lawrence
• 2007: Nonito Donaire KO 5 Vic Darchinyan
• 2008: Edison Miranda KO 3 David Banks
• 2009: Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Ricky Hatton – see Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao

2010s

• 2010: Sergio Gabriel Martínez KO 2 Paul Williams

See also

• Ring Magazine fights of the year
• Ring Magazine fighters of the year
• BWAA Fighter of the Year

Notes