Ring Magazine upsets of the year
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The Ring was established in 1922. Since 1980, 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:
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[edit] 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
[edit] 1990s
- 1990 - James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson – see also Tyson vs. 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
[edit] 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 KO 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
[edit] 2010s
- 2010: Jason Litzau W 10 Celestino Caballero
