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''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' magazine was established in 1922 and has since named a '''Fight of the Year''', which this list covers.

==Fights of the Year by decade==
===1920s===
*1922{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Harry Greb]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Tunney]]
*1923{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jack Dempsey]] [[Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo|KO 2]] {{Flagicon|ARG}} [[Luis Ángel Firpo]]
*1924{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Tunney]] KO 15 {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Georges Carpentier]]
*1925{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Harry Greb]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Mickey Walker (boxer)|Mickey Walker]]
*1926{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Tunney]] W 10 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jack Dempsey]] I
*1927{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Tunney]] [[The Long Count Fight|W 10]] {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jack Dempsey]] II
*1928{{snds}}{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tommy Loughran]] W 15 {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Leo Lomski
*1929{{snds}}{{Flagicon|DEU|Weimar}} [[Max Schmeling]] KO 9 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Risko

===1930s===
*1930{{snds}}{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Jack Kid Berg]] W 10 {{Flagicon|CUB}} [[Kid Chocolate]] I
*1931{{snds}}{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Max Schmeling]] KO 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Young Stribling]]
*1932{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tony Canzoneri]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Billy Petrolle]] II
*1933{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]] KO 10 {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Max Schmeling]]
*1934{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Barney Ross]] W 15 {{flagicon|Irish Free State}} [[Jimmy McLarnin]] I
*1935{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Louis]] KO 4 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]]
*1936{{snds}}{{Flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Max Schmeling]] [[Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling|KO 12]] {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Louis]] I
*1937{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Louis]] W 15 {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Tommy Farr]]
*1938{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Henry Armstrong]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lou Ambers]] I
*1939{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Louis]] KO 11 {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Bob Pastor]] II

===1940s===
*1940{{snds}}{{Flagicon|PHL}} [[Ceferino Garcia]] D 10 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Henry Armstrong]]
*1941{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Louis]] KO 13 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Billy Conn]] I
*1942{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Willie Pep]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chalky Wright]] I
*1943{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Beau Jack]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Bob Montgomery (boxer)|Bob Montgomery]] II
*1944{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Bob Montgomery (boxer)|Bob Montgomery]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Beau Jack]] III
*1945{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Rocky Graziano]] KO 10 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Freddie 'Red' Cochrane|Red Cochrane]] I
*1946{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tony Zale]] KO 6 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Rocky Graziano]] I
*1947{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Rocky Graziano]] KO 6 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tony Zale]] II
*1948{{snds}}{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Marcel Cerdan]] KO 12 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tony Zale]]
*1949{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Willie Pep]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sandy Saddler]] II

===1950s===
[[Image:Sugar Ray Robinson 1965.jpg|thumb|[[Sugar Ray Robinson]] being held aloft by [[Gene Fullmer]] and [[Carmen Basilio]] in 1965. Basilio engaged in five straight Fight of the Year contests from 1955 to 1959, with three of them contested against either Robinson or Fullmer.]]
*1950{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jake LaMotta]] KO 15 {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Dauthuille]] II
*1951{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] KO 7 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ezzard Charles]] III
*1952{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Rocky Marciano]] [[Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott|KO 13]]  {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] I
*1953{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Rocky Marciano]] [[Rocky Marciano vs. Roland La Starza|KO 11]] {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Roland La Starza]] II
*1954{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Rocky Marciano]] [[Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles II|KO 8]] {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ezzard Charles]] II
*1955{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Carmen Basilio]] TKO 12 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tony DeMarco]] II
*1956{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Carmen Basilio]] TKO 9 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Saxton]] II
*1957{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Carmen Basilio]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] I
*1958{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Carmen Basilio]] II
*1959{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA|1959}} [[Gene Fullmer]] KO 14 {{Flagicon|USA|1959}} [[Carmen Basilio]] I<!--The fight was on August 28. The 49-star flag was first flown on July 4.-->

===1960s===
*1960{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Floyd Patterson]] KO 5 {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Ingemar Johansson]] II
*1961{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Brown (boxer)|Joe Brown]] W 15 {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Dave Charnley]] II
*1962{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joey Giardello]] W 10 {{Flagicon|USA}} Henry Hank II
*1963{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)]] [[Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones|W 10]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Jones (boxer)|Doug Jones]]
*1964{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Muhammad Ali]] [[Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston|KO 7]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sonny Liston]] I
*1965{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Floyd Patterson]] W 12 {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[George Chuvalo]]
*1966{{snds}}{{Flagicon|PRI}} [[José Torres (boxer)|José Torres]] W 15 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cotton]]
*1967{{snds}}{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Nino Benvenuti]] W 15 {{Flagicon|VIR}} [[Emile Griffith]] I
*1968{{snds}}{{Flagicon|NGA}} [[Dick Tiger]] W 10 {{Flagicon|USA}} Frank DePaula
*1969{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Frazier]] KO 7 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Quarry]] I

===1970s===
[[Image:Ali.jpg|thumb|[[Muhammad Ali]] was involved in more Fight of the Year contests than any other boxer in history; six spanning almost two decades.]]
*1970{{snds}}{{Flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Monzón]] KO 12 {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Nino Benvenuti]] I
*1971{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Frazier]] [[Fight of the Century|W 15]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Muhammad Ali]] I
*1972{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Foster (boxer)|Bob Foster]] KO 14 {{Flagicon|UK}} [[Chris Finnegan]]
*1973{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[George Foreman]] [[Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman|TKO 2]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Frazier]] I
*1974{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Muhammad Ali]] [[The Rumble in the Jungle|KO 8]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[George Foreman]]
*1975{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Muhammad Ali]] [[Thrilla in Manila|TKO 14]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Frazier]] III
*1976{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[George Foreman]] KO 5 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ron Lyle]]
*1977{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Young (boxer)|Jimmy Young]] W 12 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[George Foreman]]
*1978{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Leon Spinks]] [[Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks|W 15]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Muhammad Ali]] I
*1979{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Danny Lopez (boxer)|Danny Lopez]] KO 15 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Ayala]]

===1980s===
*1980{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Matthew Saad Muhammad]] KO 14 {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Yaqui Lopez]] II
*1981{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sugar Ray Leonard]] [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns|TKO 14]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hearns]] I 
*1982{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Chacon]] [[Rafael Limón vs. Bobby Chacon IV|UD 15]] {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Limon]] IV
*1983{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Chacon]] W 12 {{Flagicon|UGA}} [[Cornelius Boza-Edwards]] II
*1984{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[José Luis Ramírez]] KO 4 {{Flagicon|PRI}} [[Edwin Rosario]] II
*1985{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler]] [[Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns|TKO 3]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hearns]] 
*1986{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Cruz (Boxer)|Stevie Cruz]] W 15 {{Flagicon|IRL}} [[Barry McGuigan]]
*1987{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sugar Ray Leonard]] [[Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard|W 12]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler]]
*1988{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Lopez (boxer)|Tony Lopez]] W 12 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Rocky Lockridge]] I
*1989{{snds}}{{Flagicon|PAN}} [[Roberto Durán]] [[Iran Barkley vs. Roberto Durán|W 12]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Iran Barkley]]

===1990s===
*1990{{snds}}{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Julio César Chávez]] [[Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor|TKO 12]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Meldrick Taylor]] I
*1991{{snds}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Quiroga]] W 12 {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Akeem Anifowoshe]]
*1992{{snds}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Riddick Bowe]] [[Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe|W 12]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Evander Holyfield]] I 
*1993{{snds}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Carbajal]] [[Michael Carbajal vs. Humberto González|KO 7]] {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Humberto González]] I
*1994{{snds}}{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Jorge Castro (boxer)|Jorge Castro]] [[Jorge Castro vs. John David Jackson|KO 9]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[John David Jackson (boxer)|John David Jackson]] I
*1995{{snds}}{{flagicon|THA}} [[Saman Sorjaturong]] TKO 7 {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Humberto González]]
*1996{{snds}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Evander Holyfield]] [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield|TKO 11]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Tyson]] I
*1997{{snds}}{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Arturo Gatti]] KO 5 {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Gabriel Ruelas]]
*1998{{snds}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ivan Robinson]] W 10 {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Arturo Gatti]] I
*1999{{snds}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Paulie Ayala]] W 12 {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny Tapia]] I

===2000s===
[[File:Arturo Gatti.jpg|thumb|[[Arturo Gatti]] at the post-fight press conference after his third fight with [[Micky Ward]], 2003]]
*2000{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Erik Morales]] [[Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera|W 12]] {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Marco Antonio Barrera]] I
*2001{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Micky Ward]] W 10 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Emanuel Augustus]]
*2002{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Micky Ward]] W 10 {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Arturo Gatti]] I
*2003{{snds}}{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Arturo Gatti]] W 10 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Micky Ward]] III
*2004{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Marco Antonio Barrera]] [[Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III|W 12]] {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Erik Morales]] III
*2005{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Diego Corrales]] [[Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo|TKO 10]] {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[José Luis Castillo]]
*2006{{snds}}{{Flagicon|THA}} [[Somsak Sithchatchawal]] TKO 10 {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Mahyar Monshipour]]
*2007{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Israel Vázquez]] TKO 6 {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Márquez (boxer)|Rafael Márquez]] II
*2008{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Israel Vázquez]] W 12 {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Márquez (boxer)|Rafael Márquez]] III
*2009{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Juan Manuel Márquez]] [[Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Díaz|TKO 9]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Juan Díaz (boxer)|Juan Diaz]] I

===2010s===
*2010{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Giovani Segura]] KO 8 {{Flagicon|PRI}} [[Iván Calderón (boxer)|Ivan Calderon]] I
*2011{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Victor Ortiz]] [[Andre Berto vs. Victor Ortiz|W 12]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Berto]] I
*2012{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Juan Manuel Márquez]] [[Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV|KO 6]] {{Flagicon|PHL}} [[Manny Pacquiao]] IV
*2013{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Timothy Bradley]] W 12 {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Ruslan Provodnikov]]
*2014{{snds}}{{Flagicon|ARG}} [[Lucas Matthysse]] KO 11 {{Flagicon|USA}} [[John Molina, Jr.]]
*2015{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Francisco Vargas (Mexican boxer)|Francisco Vargas]] [[Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez#Vargas vs. Miura fight|TKO 9]] {{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Takashi Miura]]
*2016{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Francisco Vargas (Mexican boxer)|Francisco Vargas]] D 12 {{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Orlando Salido]]
*2017{{snds}}{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Anthony Joshua]] [[Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko|TKO 11]] {{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Wladimir Klitschko]]
*2018{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Canelo Álvarez]] [[Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II|W 12]] {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Gennady Golovkin]] II
*2019{{snds}}{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Naoya Inoue]] [[Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire|W 12]] {{Flagicon|PHL}} [[Nonito Donaire]]

===2020s===
*2020{{snds}}{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jose Zepeda]] [[Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk|KO 5]] {{Flagicon|BLR}} [[Ivan Baranchyk]]
*2021{{snds}}{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Tyson Fury]] [[Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III|KO 11]] {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Deontay Wilder]] III
*2022{{snds}}{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Leigh Wood (boxer)|Leigh Wood]] TKO 12 {{Flagicon|IRE}} [[Michael Conlan (boxer)|Michael Conlan]]
*2023{{snds}}{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis Nery (boxer)|Luis Nery]] KO 11 {{Flagicon|ARM}} [[Azat Hovhannisyan]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports}}
*[[Ali–Frazier Award]], an equivalent by the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

* {{cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/171651-past-winners-of-the-rings-year-end-awards|title=PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS|date=February 24, 2012|work=[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]|access-date=March 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307004617/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/171651-past-winners-of-the-rings-year-end-awards|archive-date=March 7, 2013|df=mdy-all}}

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