Ring Magazine Fight of the Year
Since 1922, the American magazine The Ring has awarded the prize for the fight of the year on a global basis.
1920s
- 1922: Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney
- 1923: Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Firpo
- 1924: Gene Tunney TKO 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 TKO 9 Johnny Risko
1930s
- 1930: Jackie Kid Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate I.
- 1931: Max Schmeling TKO 15 Young Stribling
- 1932: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Billy Petrolle II
- 1933: Max Baer TKO 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 W15 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 TKO 6 Tony Zale II
- 1948: Marcel Cerdan TKO 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 TKO 11 Roland La Starza I
- 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 TKO 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 W 10 Doug Jones
- 1964: Cassius Clay TKO 7 Sonny Liston I - Clay vs. 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 TKO 7 Jerry Quarry I
1970s
- 1970: Carlos Monzón TKO 12 Nino Benvenuti I
- 1971: Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali I - Fight of the Century
- 1972: Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan
- 1973: George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier I
- 1974: Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman - Rumble in the Jungle
- 1975: Muhammad Ali TKO 14 Joe Frazier III - Thrilla in Manila
- 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 Limón IV
- 1983: Bobby Chacon W 12 Cornelius Boza Edwards II
- 1984: José Luis Ramírez TKO 4 Edwin Rosario II
- 1985: Marvelous Marvin Hagler TKO 3 Thomas Hearns
- 1986: Stevie Cruz W15 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 TKO 9 John David Jackson I
- 1995: Saman Sorjaturong TKO 7 Humberto González
- 1996: Evander Holyfield TKO 11 Mike Tyson I
- 1997: Arturo Gatti TKO 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 I
- 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: Giovanni Segura KO 8 Iván Calderón I
- 2011: Victor Ortiz W 12 Andre Berto
- 2012: Juan Manuel Márquez KO 6 Manny Pacquiao IV
- 2013: Timothy Bradley W 12 Ruslan Prowodnikow
- 2014: Lucas Matthysse KO 11 John Molina
- 2015: Francisco Vargas TKO 9 Takashi Miura
- 2016: Francisco Vargas U 12 Orlando Salido
- 2017: Anthony Joshua TKO 11 Wladimir Klitschko
- 2018: Saúl Álvarez W 12 Gennadi Golowkin
- 2019: Naoya Inoue W 12 Nonito Donaire