Ogni anno dal 1922 la rivista Ring Magazine nomina l'incontro di pugilato di maggior spicco e qualità avvenuto nel corso dell'anno come Fight of the Year, basandosi su criteri stabiliti dai giornalisti della redazione.
Fight of the Year per decennio Anni venti 1922 - Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney 1923 - Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Firpo 1924 - Gene Tunney (2) TKO 15 Georges Carpentier 1925 - Harry Greb (2) W 15 Mickey Walker 1926 - Gene Tunney (3) W 10 Jack Dempsey (2) I 1927 - Gene Tunney (4) W 10 Jack Dempsey (3) II — vedi The Long Count Fight 1928 - Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski 1929 - Max Schmeling TKO 9 Johnny Risko
Anni trenta 1930 - Jack Kid Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate I 1931 - Max Schmeling (2) TKO 15 Young Stribling 1932 - Tony Canzoneri W 15 Billy Petrolle II 1933 - Max Baer TKO 10 Max Schmeling (3) 1934 - Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin I 1935 - Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer (2) 1936 - Max Schmeling (4) KO 12 Joe Louis (2) I — vedi Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling 1937 - Joe Louis (3) W 15 Tommy Farr 1938 - Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers I 1939 - Joe Louis (4) KO 11 Bob Pastor II
Anni quaranta 1940 - Ceferino Garcia D 10 Henry Armstrong (2) 1941 - Joe Louis (5) KO 13 Billy Conn I 1942 - Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright I 1943 - Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery II 1944 - Bob Montgomery (2) W 15 Beau Jack (2) III 1945 - Rocky Graziano KO 10 Red Cochrane I 1946 - Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano (2) I 1947 - Rocky Graziano (3) TKO 6 Tony Zale (2) II 1948 - Marcel Cerdan KO 11 Tony Zale (3) 1949 - Willie Pep (2) W 15 Sandy Saddler II
Anni cinquanta 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 (2) I — vedi Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Rocky Marciano 1953 - Rocky Marciano (2) TKO 11 Roland La Starza II 1954 - Rocky Marciano (3) KO 8 Ezzard Charles (2) II — vedi Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles 1955 - Carmen Basilio TKO 12 Tony DeMarco II 1956 - Carmen Basilio (2) TKO 9 Johnny Saxton II 1957 - Carmen Basilio (3) W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson I 1958 - Sugar Ray Robinson (2) W 15 Carmen Basilio (4) II 1959 - Gene Fullmer TKO 14 Carmen Basilio (5) I
Anni sessanta 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 W 10 Doug Jones 1964 - Cassius Clay (2) KO 7 Sonny Liston I — vedi Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay 1965 - Floyd Patterson (2) W 12 George Chuvalo 1966 - José Torres W 15 Eddie Cotton 1967 - Nino Benvenuti W 15 Emile Griffith I — vedi Emile Griffith vs. Nino Benvenuti 1968 - Dick Tiger W 10 Frank DePaula 1969 - Joe Frazier KO 7 Jerry Quarry I
Anni settanta 1970 - Carlos Monzón TKO 12 Nino Benvenuti (2) I — vedi Nino Benvenuti vs. Carlos Monzón 1971 - Joe Frazier (2) W 15 Muhammad Ali (3) I — vedi Fight of the Century 1972 - Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan 1973 - George Foreman TKO 2 Joe Frazier (3) I — vedi Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman 1974 - Muhammad Ali (4) KO 8 George Foreman (2) — vedi The Rumble in the Jungle 1975 - Muhammad Ali (5) KO 14 Joe Frazier (4) III — vedi Thrilla in Manila 1976 - George Foreman (3) KO 5 Ron Lyle 1977 - Jimmy Young W 12 George Foreman (4) 1978 - Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali (6) I 1979 - Danny Lopez KO 15 Mike Ayala
Anni ottanta 1980 - Matthew Saad Muhammad TKO 14 Yaqui López II 1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard TKO 14 Thomas Hearns I — vedi Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns 1982 - Bobby Chacon W 15 Rafael Limón IV 1983 - Bobby Chacon (2) W 12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards II 1984 - José Luis Ramírez TKO 4 Edwin Rosario II 1985 - Marvin Hagler TKO 3 Thomas Hearns (2) — vedi The War 1986 - Stevie Cruz W 15 Barry McGuigan 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard (2) W 12 Marvin Hagler (2) — vedi Marvin Hagler vs. Sugar Ray Leonard 1988 - Tony Lopez W 12 Rocky Lockridge I 1989 - Roberto Durán W 12 Iran Barkley
Anni novanta 1990 - Julio César Chávez TKO 12 Meldrick Taylor I 1991 - Robert Quiroga W 12 Akeem Anifowoshe 1992 - Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield I — vedi Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe 1993 - Michael Carbajal KO 7 Humberto González I 1994 - Jorge Castro KO 9 John David Jackson I 1995 - Saman Sorjaturong TKO 7 Humberto González (2) 1996 - Evander Holyfield (2) TKO 11 Mike Tyson I — vedi Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson 1997 - Arturo Gatti TKO 5 Gabriel Ruelas 1998 - Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti (2) I 1999 - Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Tapia I
Anni duemila 2000 - Érik Morales W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera I 2001 - Micky Ward W 10 Emanuel Augustus 2002 - Micky Ward (2) W 10 Arturo Gatti (3) I 2003 - Arturo Gatti (4) W 10 Micky Ward (3) III 2004 - Marco Antonio Barrera (2) W 12 Érik Morales (2) III 2005 - Diego Corrales TKO 10 José Luis Castillo I 2006 - Somsak Sithchatchawal TKO 10 Mahyar Monshipour 2007 - Israel Vázquez TKO 6 Rafael Márquez II 2008 - Israel Vázquez (2) W 12 Rafael Márquez (2) III 2009 - Juan Manuel Márquez TKO 9 Juan Diaz I
Anni duemiladieci 2010 - Giovani Segura KO 8 Ivan Calderon I 2011 - Victor Ortiz W 12 Andre Berto I 2012 - Juan Manuel Márquez (2) 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 Takeshi Miura 2016 - Francisco Vargas (2) D 12 Orlando Salido 2017 - Anthony Joshua TKO 11 Wladimir Klitschko — vedi Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko 2018 - Saúl Álvarez W 12 Gennady Golovkin II 2019 - Naoya Inoue W 12 Nonito Donaire
Anni duemilaventi 2020 - José Zepeda KO 5 Ivan Baranchyk 2021 - Tyson Fury KO 11 Deontay Wilder III — vedi Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury III 2022 - Leigh Wood TKO 12 Michael Conlan 2023 - Luis Nery KO 11 Azat Hovhannisyan 2024 - Raymond Ford TKO 12 Otabek Kholmatov 2025 - Chris Eubank Jr. W 12 Conor Benn
Voci correlate Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year Ring Magazine Upsets of the Year Harry Markson Award, assegnato annualmente al migliore incontro dalla Boxing Writers Association of America International Boxing Hall of Fame
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