Ring Magazine comeback of the year
The Ring was established in 1922. Since 1980, it has named a fighter who has come back from adversity or reversed a career decline as Comeback of the Year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of Ring Magazine's Comebacks of the Year:
Comebacks of the Year by decade
1980s
- 1980:
Shoji Oguma - 1981:
Jimmy Young - 1982: Bobby Chacon
- 1983:
Roberto Durán - 1984: Marvin Johnson
- 1985:
Lupe Pintor - 1986:
Edwin Rosario - 1987: Frankie Duarte
- 1988: Michael Dokes
- 1989: Roberto Durán
1990s
- 1990: Tony Lopez
- 1991: Vinny Pazienza
- 1992: Iran Barkley
- 1993: Zack Padilla
- 1994: George Foreman
- 1995:
Azumah Nelson - 1996: Danny Romero
- 1997: Vince Phillips
- 1998:
Kostya Tszyu - 1999: Michael Carbajal
2000s
- 2000: Virgil Hill
- 2001: John Michael Johnson
- 2002:
Arturo Gatti - 2003: James Toney
- 2004: Marco Antonio Barrera
- 2005: Ike Quartey
- 2006:
Oleg Maskaev - 2007: Paul Malignaggi
- 2008:
Vitali Klitschko - 2009: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2010s
- 2010: Bernard Hopkins
- 2011: Erik Morales
- 2013:
Marcos Maidana - 2014: Miguel Cotto
References
- "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.