Harry Markson Award

The "Ali-Frazier Award" (formerly known as the "Harry Markson Award") is given annually to the fighters who compete in the Boxing Writers Association of America's Fight of the Year. The award has been conferred annually since the BWAA's awards dinner in 2003. The BWAA votes on the best fight of each year regardless of the weight class or nationality of the fighters.

The award was originally named for Harry Markson, a boxing promoter and publicist who served for five years as the president of boxing operations at Madison Square Garden. The 2009 award was renamed the "Ali-Frazier Award" in honor of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and their epic fight trilogy. The award is presented with other honors given by the BWAA at an annual awards dinner.

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List of winners

Year Date Location Winner Loser Result Weight class World title belt(s) at issue Notes
2002 May 18, 2002 Uncasville, Connecticut, United States Micky Ward
 United States		 Arturo Gatti
 Canada		 Majority decision after ten rounds (95-93, 94-93, 94-94) Welterweight None First fight in Gatti-Ward trilogy
2003 April 26, 2003 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States James Toney
 United States		 Vassily Jirov
 Kazakhstan		 Unanimous decision after twelve rounds (117-109, 117-109, 116-110) Cruiserweight IBF cruiserweight title (Jirov)
2004 November 27, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Marco Antonio Barrera
 Mexico		 Erik Morales
 Mexico		 Majority decision after twelve rounds (115-113, 115-114, 114-114) Super featherweight WBC super featherweight title (Barrera) Final fight of trilogy between the two
2005 May 7, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Diego Corrales
 United States		 José Luis Castillo
 Mexico		 Technical knockout,
in tenth of twelve rounds		 Lightweight WBC lightweight title (Castillo)
WBO lightweight title (Corrales)		 First of two 2005 fights between the two
2006 March 18, 2006 Levallois-Perret, France Somsak Sithchatchawal
 Thailand		 Mahyar Monshipour
 France		 Technical knockout,
in tenth of twelve rounds		 Super bantamweight WBA super bantamweight title (Monshipour)
2007 September 29, 2007 Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Kelly Pavlik
 United States		 Jermain Taylor
 United States		 Technical knockout,
in seventh of twelve rounds		 Middleweight WBC and WBO middleweight titles (Taylor) First of two fights between the two
2008 March 1, 2008 Carson, California, United States Israel Vázquez
 Mexico		 Rafael Márquez
 Mexico		 Split decision after twelve rounds (114-111, 113-112, 111-114) Super bantamweight WBC super bantamweight title (Vázquez) Third fight of the Israel Vázquez-Rafael Márquez rivalry
2009 February 28, 2009 Houston, Texas, United States Juan Manuel Márquez
 Mexico		 Juan Díaz
 United States		 Technical knockout,
in ninth of twelve rounds		 Lightweight WBO lightweight title (Vacant)
WBA "Super" lightweight title (Vacant)		 First of two fights between the two
2010 December 11, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Amir Khan
 United Kingdom		 Marcos Maidana
 Argentina		 Unanimous decision after twelve rounds (114-111, 114-111, 113-112) Super lightweight WBA super lightweight title (Khan) Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana
2011 July 15, 2011 New York, New York, United States N/A N/A Majority draw after ten rounds (97-93, 95-95, 95-95) between Dominican Republic Delvin Rodriguez and Poland Pawel Wolak Super welterweight None First of two fights between the two
2012 December 8, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Juan Manuel Marquez
 Mexico		 Manny Pacquiao
 Philippines		 Knockout,
in the sixth of twelve rounds		 Welterweight None Fourth fight between the two
2013 March 16, 2013 Carson, California, United States Timothy Bradley
 United States		 Ruslan Provodnikov
 Russia		 Unanimous decision after twelve rounds (115-112, 114-113, 114-113) Welterweight WBO welterweight title (Bradley)
2014 April 26, 2014 Carson, California, United States Lucas Matthysse
 Argentina		 John Molina, Jr.
 United States		 Knockout,
in the eleventh of twelve rounds		 Junior welterweight None
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