The Ring magazine Fight of the Year

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has since named a Fight of the Year, which this list covers.

1920s

 * 1922 – 🇺🇸 Harry Greb W 15 🇺🇸 Gene Tunney
 * 1923 – 🇺🇸 Jack Dempsey KO 2 🇦🇷 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
 * 1928 – 🇺🇸 Tommy Loughran W 15 🇺🇸 Leo Lomski
 * 1929 – 🇩🇪 Max Schmeling KO 9 🇺🇸 Johnny Risko

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
 * 1937 – 🇺🇸 Joe Louis W 15 🇬🇧 Tommy Farr
 * 1938 – 🇺🇸 Henry Armstrong W 15 🇺🇸 Lou Ambers I
 * 1939 – 🇺🇸 Joe Louis KO 11 🇺🇸 Bob Pastor II

1940s

 * 1940 – 🇵🇭 Ceferino Garcia D 10 🇺🇸 Henry Armstrong
 * 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 KO 10 🇺🇸 Red Cochrane I
 * 1946 – 🇺🇸 Tony Zale KO 6 🇺🇸 Rocky Graziano I
 * 1947 – 🇺🇸 Rocky Graziano KO 6 🇺🇸 Tony Zale II
 * 1948 – 🇫🇷 Marcel Cerdan KO 12 🇺🇸 Tony Zale
 * 1949 – 🇺🇸 Willie Pep W 15 🇺🇸 Sandy Saddler II

1950s

 * 1950 – 🇺🇸 Jake LaMotta KO 15 🇫🇷 Laurent Dauthuille II
 * 1951 – 🇺🇸 Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7 🇺🇸 Ezzard Charles III
 * 1952 – 🇺🇸 Rocky Marciano KO 13 🇺🇸 Jersey Joe Walcott I
 * 1953 – 🇺🇸 Rocky Marciano KO 11 🇺🇸 Roland La Starza II
 * 1954 – 🇺🇸 Rocky Marciano KO 8 🇺🇸 Ezzard Charles II
 * 1955 – 🇺🇸 Carmen Basilio TKO 12 🇺🇸 Tony DeMarco II
 * 1956 – 🇺🇸 Carmen Basilio TKO 9 🇺🇸 Johnny Saxton II
 * 1957 – 🇺🇸 Carmen Basilio W 15 🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Robinson I
 * 1958 – 🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 🇺🇸 Carmen Basilio II
 * 1959 – 🇺🇸 Gene Fullmer KO 14 🇺🇸 Carmen Basilio I

1960s

 * 1960 – 🇺🇸 Floyd Patterson KO 5 🇸🇪 Ingemar Johansson II
 * 1961 – 🇺🇸 Joe Brown W 15 🇬🇧 Dave Charnley II
 * 1962 – 🇺🇸 Joey Giardello W 10 🇺🇸 Henry Hank II
 * 1963 – 🇺🇸 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) W 10 🇺🇸 Doug Jones
 * 1964 – 🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali KO 7 🇺🇸 Sonny Liston I
 * 1965 – 🇺🇸 Floyd Patterson W 12 🇨🇦 George Chuvalo
 * 1966 – 🇵🇷 José Torres W 15 🇺🇸 Eddie Cotton
 * 1967 – 🇮🇹 Nino Benvenuti W 15 🇻🇮 Emile Griffith I
 * 1968 – 🇳🇬 Dick Tiger W 10 🇺🇸 Frank DePaula
 * 1969 – 🇺🇸 Joe Frazier KO 7 🇺🇸 Jerry Quarry I

1970s

 * 1970 – 🇦🇷 Carlos Monzón KO 12 🇮🇹 Nino Benvenuti I
 * 1971 – 🇺🇸 Joe Frazier W 15 🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali I
 * 1972 – 🇺🇸 Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan
 * 1973 – 🇺🇸 George Foreman TKO 2 🇺🇸 Joe Frazier I
 * 1974 – 🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali KO 8 🇺🇸 George Foreman
 * 1975 – 🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali TKO 14 🇺🇸 Joe Frazier III
 * 1976 – 🇺🇸 George Foreman KO 5 🇺🇸 Ron Lyle
 * 1977 – 🇺🇸 Jimmy Young W 12 🇺🇸 George Foreman
 * 1978 – 🇺🇸 Leon Spinks W 15 🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali I
 * 1979 – 🇺🇸 Danny Lopez KO 15 🇺🇸 Mike Ayala

1980s

 * 1980 – 🇺🇸 Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 🇲🇽 Yaqui Lopez II
 * 1981 – 🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Leonard TKO 14 🇺🇸 Thomas Hearns I
 * 1982 – 🇺🇸 Bobby Chacon UD 15 🇲🇽 Rafael Limon IV
 * 1983 – 🇺🇸 Bobby Chacon W 12 🇺🇬 Cornelius Boza-Edwards II
 * 1984 – 🇲🇽 José Luis Ramírez KO 4 🇵🇷 Edwin Rosario II
 * 1985 – 🇺🇸 Marvelous Marvin Hagler TKO 3 🇺🇸 Thomas Hearns
 * 1986 – 🇺🇸 Stevie Cruz W 15 🇮🇪 Barry McGuigan
 * 1987 – 🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 🇺🇸 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
 * 1988 – 🇺🇸 Tony Lopez W 12 🇺🇸 Rocky Lockridge I
 * 1989 – 🇵🇦 Roberto Durán W 12 🇺🇸 Iran Barkley

1990s

 * 1990 – 🇲🇽 Julio César Chávez TKO 12 🇺🇸 Meldrick Taylor I
 * 1991 – 🇺🇸 Robert Quiroga W 12 🇳🇬 Akeem Anifowoshe
 * 1992 – 🇺🇸 Riddick Bowe W 12 🇺🇸 Evander Holyfield I
 * 1993 – 🇺🇸 Michael Carbajal KO 7 🇲🇽 Humberto González I
 * 1994 – 🇦🇷 Jorge Castro KO 9 🇺🇸 John David Jackson I
 * 1995 – 🇹🇭 Saman Sorjaturong TKO 7 🇲🇽 Humberto González
 * 1996 – 🇺🇸 Evander Holyfield TKO 11 🇺🇸 Mike Tyson I
 * 1997 – 🇨🇦 Arturo Gatti KO 5 🇲🇽 Gabriel Ruelas
 * 1998 – 🇺🇸 Ivan Robinson W 10 🇨🇦 Arturo Gatti I
 * 1999 – 🇺🇸 Paulie Ayala W 12 🇺🇸 Johnny Tapia I

2000s

 * 2000 – 🇲🇽 Erik Morales W 12 🇲🇽 Marco Antonio Barrera I
 * 2001 – 🇺🇸 Micky Ward W 10 🇺🇸 Emanuel Augustus
 * 2002 – 🇺🇸 Micky Ward W 10 🇨🇦 Arturo Gatti I
 * 2003 – 🇨🇦 Arturo Gatti W 10 🇺🇸 Micky Ward III
 * 2004 – 🇲🇽 Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 🇲🇽 Erik Morales III
 * 2005 – 🇺🇸 Diego Corrales TKO 10 🇲🇽 José Luis Castillo
 * 2006 – 🇹🇭 Somsak Sithchatchawal TKO 10 🇫🇷 Mahyar Monshipour
 * 2007 – 🇲🇽 Israel Vázquez TKO 6 🇲🇽 Rafael Márquez II
 * 2008 – 🇲🇽 Israel Vázquez W 12 🇲🇽 Rafael Márquez III
 * 2009 – 🇲🇽 Juan Manuel Márquez TKO 9 🇺🇸 Juan Diaz I

2010s

 * 2010 – 🇲🇽 Giovani Segura KO 8 🇵🇷 Ivan Calderon I
 * 2011 – 🇺🇸 Victor Ortiz W 12 🇺🇸 Andre Berto I
 * 2012 – 🇲🇽 Juan Manuel Márquez KO 6 🇵🇭 Manny Pacquiao IV
 * 2013 – 🇺🇸 Timothy Bradley W 12 🇷🇺 Ruslan Provodnikov
 * 2014 – 🇦🇷 Lucas Matthysse KO 11 🇺🇸 John Molina, Jr.
 * 2015 – 🇲🇽 Francisco Vargas TKO 9 🇯🇵 Takashi Miura
 * 2016 – 🇲🇽 Francisco Vargas D 12 🇲🇽 Orlando Salido
 * 2017 – Anthony Joshua TKO 11 🇺🇦 Wladimir Klitschko
 * 2018 – 🇲🇽 Canelo Álvarez W 12 🇰🇿 Gennady Golovkin II
 * 2019 – 🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue W 12 🇵🇭 Nonito Donaire

2020s

 * 2020 – 🇺🇸 Jose Zepeda KO 5 🇧🇾 Ivan Baranchyk
 * 2021 – 🇬🇧 Tyson Fury KO 11 🇺🇸 Deontay Wilder III
 * 2022 – 🇬🇧 Leigh Wood TKO 12 Michael Conlan
 * 2023 – 🇲🇽 Luis Nery KO 11 🇦🇲 Azat Hovhannisyan