Ring Magazine upsets of the year
The Ring was established in 1922. Since that year, 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:
Upsets of the Year by decade
1970s
- 1970 - Billy Backus KO 4 Jose Napoles
- 1971 - Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 1972 - Esteban De Jesús W 10 Roberto Durán
- 1973 - Ken Norton W 12 Muhammad Ali
- 1974 - Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman
- 1975 - John H. Stracey KO 6 Jose Napoles
- 1976 - Wilfred Benitez W 15 Antonio Cervantes
- 1977 - Jorge Lujan KO 10 Alfonso Zamora
- 1978 - Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali
- 1979 - Vito Antuofermo D 15 Marvin Hagler
1980s
- 1980 - Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Samuel Serrano
- 1981 - Roger Stafford W 10 Pipino Cuevas
- 1982 - Kirkland Laing W 10 Roberto Durán
- 1983 - Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes
- 1984 - Gene Hatcher KO 11 Johnny Bumphus
- 1985 - Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes
- 1986 - Lloyd Honeyghan KO 6 Donald Curry
- 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988 - Iran Barkley KO 3 Thomas Hearns
- 1989 - Rene Jacquot W 12 Donald Curry
1990s
- 1990 - James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson – see also Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas
- 1991 - No award given
- 1992 - Azumah Nelson KO 8 Jeff Fenech
- 1993 - Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris
- 1994 - Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney
- 1995 - Willy Salazar KO 7 Danny Romero
- 1996 - Evander Holyfield KO 11 Mike Tyson – see also Tyson–Holyfield I
- 1997 - Vince Phillips KO 10 Kostya Tszyu
- 1998 - Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti
- 1999 - Willy Wise W 10 Julio César Chávez
2000s
- 2000: José Luis Castillo W 12 Stevie Johnston
- 2001: Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis
- 2002: Juan Carlos Rubio W 10 Francisco Bojado
- 2003: Corrie Sanders ТKO 2 Wladimir Klitschko
- 2004: Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones, Jr.
- 2005: Zahir Raheem W 12 Erik Morales
- 2006: Carlos Manuel Baldomir W 12 Zab Judah
- 2007: Nonito Donaire KO 5 Vic Darchinyan
- 2008: Bernard Hopkins W 12 Kelly Pavlik – see also Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik
- 2009: Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 Jorge Linares
2010s
- 2010: Jason Litzau W 10 Celestino Caballero
- 2011: Nobuhiro Ishida KO 1 James Kirkland
- 2012: Sonny Boy Jaro TKO 6 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
- 2013: Marcos Maidana W 12 Adrien Broner
- 2014: Chris Algieri W 12 Ruslan Provodnikov
References
- "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.