Ring Magazine fights of the year

Ring Magazine fights of the year

Every year since 1945, "The Ring" magazine has named a fight as fight of the year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of fights of the year as selected by "The Ring":

Fights of the year by decade

1920s

*1922 -- Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney I
*1923 -- Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Angel Firpo
*1924 -- Gene Tunney KO 15 Georges Carpentier
*1925 -- Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker
*1926 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey I
*1927 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey II
*1928 -- Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski
*1929 -- Max Schmeling KO 9 Johnny Risko

1930s

*1930: Jack Kid Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate I
*1931: Max Schmeling KO 15 Young Stribling
*1932: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Billy Petrolle II
*1933: Max Baer KO 10 Max Schmeling
*1934: Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin I
*1935: Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer
*1936: Max Schmeling KO 12 Joe Louis I
*1937: Joe Louis W 15 Tommy Farr
*1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers I
*1939: Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor II

1940s

*1940: Ceferino Garcia D 10 Henry Armstrong II
*1941: Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn I
*1942: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright I
*1943: Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery II
*1944: Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack III
*1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane I
*1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano I
*1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale II
*1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale
*1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler II

1950s

*1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille II
*1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles III
*1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott I
*1953: Rocky Marciano KO11 Roland La Starza II
*1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles II
*1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco II
*1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton II
*1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson I
*1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio II
*1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio I

1960s

*1960: Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson II
*1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley II
*1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank II
*1963: Cassius Clay W10 Doug Jones
*1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston I, see Muhammad Ali versus Sonny Liston
*1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo
*1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton
*1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith I
*1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula
*1969: Joe Frazier KO7 Jerry Quarry I

1970s

*1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti I
*1971: Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali I, see Fight of the Century
*1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan
*1973: George Foreman KO2 Joe Frazier I
*1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman, see The Rumble in the Jungle
*1975: Muhammad Ali KO14 Joe Frazier III, see Thrilla in Manila
*1976: George Foreman KO5 Ron Lyle
*1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman
*1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali I
*1979: Danny Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala

1980s

*1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez II
*1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO14 Thomas Hearns I, see Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns
*1982: Bobby Chacon W15 Rafael Limon IV, see Chacon vs. Limon
*1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards II
*1984: Jose Luis Ramirez KO4 Edwin Rosario II
*1985: Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns, see The War
*1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan
*1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler
*1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge I
*1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley

1990s

*1990: Julio César Chávez KO12 Meldrick Taylor I, see Thunder Meets Lightning
*1991: Robert Quiroga W12 Akeem Anifowoshe
*1992: Riddick Bowe W12 Evander Holyfield I
*1993: Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez I
*1994: Jorge Castro KO9 John David Jackson I
*1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO7 Humberto Gonzalez
*1996: Evander Holyfield KO11 Mike Tyson I
*1997: Arturo Gatti KO5 Gabriel Ruelas
*1998: Ivan Robinson W10 Arturo Gatti I
*1999: Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia I

2000s

*2000: Erik Morales W12 Marco Antonio Barrera I, see Barrera versus Morales trilogy
*2001: Micky Ward W10 Emanuel Burton
*2002: Micky Ward W10 Arturo Gatti I
*2003: Arturo Gatti W10 Micky Ward III
*2004: Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Erik Morales III, see Barrera versus Morales trilogy
*2005: Diego Corrales KO10 José Luis Castillo I
*2006: Somsak Sithchatchawal KO10 Mahyar Monshipour
*2007: Israel Vazquez KO 6 Rafael Marquez II

ee also

*Ring Magazine fighters of the year
*Harry Markson Award, given annually to the fight adjudged by the Boxing Writers Association of America to be the best


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