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:

Contents 1 Fights of the year by decade 1.1 1920s 1.2 1930s 1.3 1940s 1.4 1950s 1.5 1960s 1.6 1970s 1.7 1980s 1.8 1990s 1.9 2000s 2 See also

[edit] Fights of the year by decade

[edit] 1920s

• 1922 -- Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney I
• 1923 -- Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Ángel Firpo — see Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel 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 — see The Long Count Fight
• 1928 -- Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski
• 1929 -- Max Schmeling KO 9 Johnny Risko

[edit] 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 — see Joe Louis versus Max Schmeling
• 1937: Joe Louis W 15 Tommy Farr
• 1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers I
• 1939: Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor II

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 1990s

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

[edit] 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
• 2008: Israel Vazquez W12 Rafael Marquez III

[edit] See 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