The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a Round of the Year since 1945, which this list covers. The award is based on the magazine's writers' criteria.
Rounds of the Year by decade
[edit]1940s
[edit]- 1945: Willie Joyce vs. Ike Williams, round 12
- 1946: Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano, round 6
- 1947: Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott, round 4
- 1948: Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott II, round 11
- 1949: Rocky Graziano vs. Charley Fusari, round 10
1950s
[edit]- 1950: Jake LaMotta vs. Laurent Dauthuille II, round 15
- 1951: Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Louis, round 8
- 1952: Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott, round 13
- 1953: Kid Gavilán vs. Carmen Basilio, round 2
- 1954: Archie Moore vs. Harold Johnson V, round 14
- 1955: Archie Moore vs. Bobo Olson, round 3
- 1956: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Bobo Olson IV, round 4
- 1957: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Gene Fullmer II, round 5
- 1958: Ingemar Johansson vs. Eddie Machen, round 1
- 1959: Ingemar Johansson vs. Floyd Patterson, round 3
1960s
[edit]- 1960: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II, round 5
- 1961: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III, round 1
- 1962: Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson, round 1
- 1963: Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson II, round 1
- 1964: José Torres vs. Bobo Olson, round 1
- 1965: José Torres vs. Willie Pastrano, round 6
- 1966: Carlos Ortiz vs. Sugar Ramos, round 5
- 1967: Dick Tiger vs. Roger Rouse, round 12
- 1968: Bob Foster vs. Dick Tiger, round 4
- 1969: Nino Benvenuti vs. Luis Manuel Rodríguez, round 11
1970s
[edit]- 1970: Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Bonavena, round 15
- 1971: Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, round 15
- 1972: Muhammad Ali vs. Bob Foster, round 5
- 1973: George Foreman vs. Joe Frazier, round 2
- 1974: Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, round 8
- 1975: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III, round 12
- 1976: George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle, rounds 4 and 5
- 1977: Jimmy Young vs. George Foreman, round 12
- 1978: Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali, round 15
- 1979: Matthew Franklin vs. Marvin Johnson, round 8
1980s
[edit]- 1980: Matthew Saad Muhamad vs. Yaqui López, round 8
- 1981: William "Caveman" Lee vs. John LoCicero, round 5
- 1982: Wilfredo Gómez vs. Lupe Pintor, round 3
- 1983: Larry Holmes vs. Tim Witherspoon, round 9
- 1984: Juan Meza vs. Jaime Garza, round 1
- 1985: Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns, round 1
- 1986: Steve Cruz vs. Barry McGuigan, round 15
- 1987: Kelvin Seabrooks vs. Thierry Jacob, round 1
- 1988: Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks, round 1
- 1989: Lupe Gutierrez vs. Jeff Franklin, round 12
1990s
[edit]- 1990: Aaron Davis vs. Mark Breland, round 9
- 1991: no award given
- 1992: Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield, round 10
- 1993: Terry Norris vs. Troy Waters, round 2
- 1994: Jorge Castro vs. John David Jackson, round 9
- 1995: Saman Sorjaturong vs. Humberto González, round 7
- 1996: Frankie Liles vs. Tim Littles, round 3
- 1997: Arturo Gatti vs. Gabriel Ruelas, round 5
- 1998: Ivan Robinson vs. Arturo Gatti II, round 3
- 1999: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ike Quartey, round 6
2000s
[edit]- 2000: Érik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, round 5
- 2001: Bernard Hopkins vs. Félix Trinidad, round 10
- 2002: Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti, round 9
- 2003: Acelino Freitas vs. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, round 11
- 2004: Érik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III, round 11
- 2005: Diego Corrales vs. José Luis Castillo, round 10
- 2006: Somsak Sithchatchawal vs. Mahyar Monshipour, round 10
- 2007: Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez II, round 3
- 2008: Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez III, round 4
- 2009: Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Ortiz, round 1
2010s
[edit]- 2010: Juan Manuel López vs. Bernabe Concepcion, round 1
- 2011: James Kirkland vs. Alfredo Angulo, round 1
- 2012: Sergio Gabriel Martinez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, round 12
- 2013: Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov, round 6
- 2014: Tommy Coyle vs. Daniel Brizuela, round 11
- 2015: Amir Imam vs. Fidel Maldonado, round 3
- 2016: Skender Halili vs. Jason Thompson, round 2
- 2017: Dominic Breazeale vs. Izu Ugonoh, round 3
- 2018: Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury, round 12
- 2019: Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua, round 3
2020s
[edit]- 2020: Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk, round 5
- 2021: Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III, round 4
- 2022: Sebastian Fundora vs. Erickson Lubin, round 7
- 2023: O'Shaquie Foster vs. Eduardo Hernandez, round 11
References
[edit]- "Past Winners of The Ring's Year-End Awards". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
