Ring Magazine fights of the year

Ring Magazine was established in 1922. Since 1945, it has named a fight as fight of the year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of Ring Magazine's fights of the year:

Contents

1 1940s

2 1950s

1940s

1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane
1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano
1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale
1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale
1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler

1950s

1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille
1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles
1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott
1953: Rocky Marciano KO11 Roland LaStarza
1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles
1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco
1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton
1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson
1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio
1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio

1960s

1960: Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson
1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley
1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank
1963: Cassius Clay W10 Doug Jones
1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston
1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo
1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton
1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith
1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula
1969: Joe Frazier KO7 Jerry Quarry

1970s

1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti
1971: Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali
1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan
1973: George Foreman KO2 Joe Frazier
1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman
1975: Muhammad Ali KO14 Joe Frazier
1976: George Foreman KO4 Ron Lyle
1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman
1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali
1979: Danny Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala

1980s

1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO14 Thomas Hearns
1982: Bobby Chacon W15 Rafael Limon
1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards
1984: Jose Luis Ramirez KO4 Edwin Rosario
1985: Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns
1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan
1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler
1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge
1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley

1990s

1990: Julio Cesar Chavez KO12 Meldrick Taylor (fight #1)
1991: Robert Quiroga W12 Akeem Anifowoshe
1992: Riddick Bowe W12 Evander Holyfield
1993: Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez
1994: Jorge Castro KO9 John David Jackson
1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO7 Humberto Gonzalez
1996: Evander Holyfield KO11 Mike Tyson
1997: Arturo Gatti KO5 Gabriel Ruelas
1998: Ivan Robinson W10 Arturo Gatti (fight #1)
1999: Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia (fight #1)

2000s

2000: Erik Morales W12 Marco Antonio Barrera
2001: Micky Ward W10 Emanuel Burton
2002: Micky Ward W10 Arturo Gatti
2003: Arturo Gatti W10 Micky Ward III
2004: Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Erik Morales

(Note: Those fights with the message fight #1 in parenthesis are fights that had a rematch with the same fighter winning)