The Ring magazine Upset of the Year
The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has since named an Upset of the Year since 1970. The award, based on the magazine's writers' criteria, is given to a fight that resulted in an outcome that was highly contrary to general expectations.[1]
Upsets of the Year by decade[edit]
1970s[edit]
- 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 Benítez W 15
Antonio Cervantes - 1977 – Jorge Luján KO 10
Alfonso Zamora - 1978 – Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali
- 1979 –
Vito Antuofermo D 15 Marvin Hagler
1980s[edit]
- 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 TKO 11 Johnny Bumphus
- 1985 – Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes
- 1986 – Lloyd Honeyghan RTD 6 Donald Curry
- 1987 – Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988 – Iran Barkley TKO 3 Thomas Hearns
- 1989 –
Rene Jacquot W 12 Donald Curry
1990s[edit]
- 1990 – James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson
- 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 TKO 11 Mike Tyson
- 1997 – Vince Phillips KO 10 Kostya Tszyu
- 1998 – Ivan Robinson W 10
Arturo Gatti - 1999 – Willy Wise W 10 Julio César Chávez
2000s[edit]
- 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
- 2009 – Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 Jorge Linares
2010s[edit]
- 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 - 2015 – Tyson Fury W 12 Wladimir Klitschko
- 2016 – Joe Smith Jr. TKO 1
Andrzej Fonfara - 2017 – Sadam Ali W 12 Miguel Cotto
- 2018 –
Cristofer Rosales TKO 9 Daigo Higa - 2019 – Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO 7 Anthony Joshua
2020s[edit]
- 2020 – Teófimo López W 12 Vasiliy Lomachenko
- 2021 – George Kambosos Jr W 12 Teófimo López
- 2022 – Jai Opetaia W 12
Mairis Briedis - 2023 – Rafael Espinoza W 12 Robeisy Ramírez
References[edit]
- ^ "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
