Ring Magazine fights of the year

The Ring was established in 1922 and since 1945, it has named a Fight of the Year.

Contents

1 Fights of the year by decade
- 1.1 1940s
- 1.2 1950s
- 1.3 1960s
- 1.4 1970s
- 1.5 1980s
- 1.6 1990s
- 1.7 2000s
- 1.8 2010s
2 See also

Fights of the year by decade

1940s

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 KO 12 Tony DeMarco II
1956 - Carmen Basilio KO 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 W 10 Doug Jones
1964 - Muhammad Ali KO 7 Sonny Liston I — see Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston
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 — see Fight of the Century
1972 - Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan
1973 - George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier I
1974 - Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman — see The Rumble in the Jungle
1975 - Muhammad Ali TKO 14 Joe Frazier III — see Thrilla in Manila
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 KO 14 Thomas Hearns I — see Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns
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 KO 3 Thomas Hearns — see The War
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 KO 12 Meldrick Taylor I — see Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor
1991 - Robert Quiroga W 12 Akeem Anifowoshe
1992 - Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield I
1993 - Michael Carbajal KO 7 Humberto González I — see Michael Carbajal vs. Humberto Gonzalez I
1994 - Jorge Castro KO 9 John David Jackson I
1995 - Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Humberto González
1996 - Evander Holyfield KO 11 Mike Tyson I — see Tyson-Holyfield 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 — see Barrera vs. Morales trilogy
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 — see Barrera vs. Morales trilogy
2005 - Diego Corrales KO 10 José Luis Castillo I
2006 - Somsak Sithchatchawal KO 10 Mahyar Monshipour
2007 - Israel Vázquez KO 6 Rafael Márquez II
2008 - Israel Vázquez W 12 Rafael Márquez III
2009 - Juan Manuel Marquez KO 9 Juan Diaz

2010s

2010 - Giovani Segura KO 8 Ivan Calderon

See also