Ring Magazine fights of the year
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The Ring was established in 1922 and since 1945, it has named a Fight of the Year.
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[edit] Fights of the year by decade
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 2010s
- 2010 - Giovani Segura KO 8 Ivan Calderon
- 2011 - Victor Ortiz W 12 Andre Berto
