The Ring magazine Event of the Year

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a notable boxing Event of the Year since 1993, based on the magazine's writers' criteria.

1990s

 * 1993 – Fan Man at Bowe-Holyfield II
 * 1994 – Revenge: The Rematches
 * 1995 – Tyson returns
 * 1996 – Riot at the Garden (see Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota)
 * 1997 – The Bite
 * 1998 – Tyson's reinstatement
 * 1999 – The IBF indictments

2000s

 * 2000 – Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley
 * 2001 – Middleweight World Championship Series
 * 2002 – The Lewis–Tyson press conference brawl
 * 2003 – Roy Jones fights at heavyweight
 * 2004 – Lennox Lewis retirement
 * 2005 – The Contender
 * 2006 – Corrales-Castillo III weigh-in
 * 2007 – Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
 * 2008 – The retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
 * 2009 – Antonio Margarito caught cheating

2010s

 * 2010 – The failure to make Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
 * 2011 – Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III
 * 2012 – September 15: HBO and Showtime both hold boxing events in Las Vegas: Chávez Jr. vs. Martínez and Álvarez vs. López
 * 2013 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez
 * 2014 – Carl Froch vs. George Groves II
 * 2015 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
 * 2016 – The death of Muhammad Ali
 * 2017 – Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin
 * 2018 – HBO leaves boxing (see HBO World Championship Boxing and Boxing After Dark)
 * 2019 – Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II

2020s

 * 2020 – COVID-19
 * 2021 – Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk
 * 2022 – Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano
 * 2023 – Day of Reckoning