The Ring magazine Fight of the Year
The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has since named a Fight of the Year.
Fights of the Year by decade
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 The [Long Count Fight|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 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 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 Jersey [Joe Walcott vs. Rocky Marciano|KO 13] Jersey Joe Walcott I
- 1953 Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano vs. [Roland La Starza II|KO 11] Roland La Starza II
- 1954 Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano vs. [Ezzard Charles II|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 Ingemar Johansson vs. [Floyd Patterson II|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 Sugar [Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns|TKO 14] Thomas Hearns I
- 1982 Bobby Chacon Rafael Limón vs. [Bobby Chacon IV|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 Marvin Hagler vs. [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 Julio [César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor|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 (boxer)|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 Erik Morales vs. [Marco Antonio Barrera|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 Erik Morales vs. [Marco Antonio Barrera III|W 12] Erik Morales III
- 2005 Diego Corrales Diego Corrales vs. [Jose Luis Castillo|TKO 10] José Luis Castillo
- 2006 Somsak Sithchatchawal TKO 10 Mahyar Monshipour
- 2007 Israel Vázquez Rafael Márquez vs. [Israel Vázquez II|TKO 6] Rafael Márquez II
- 2008 Israel Vázquez Rafael Márquez III|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 Manny Pacquiao vs. [Juan Manuel Márquez IV|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 Canelo Álvarez vs. [Gennady Golovkin II|W 12] Gennady Golovkin II
- 2019 Naoya Inoue W 12 Nonito Donaire
2020s
- 2020 Jose Zepeda KO 5 Ivan Baranchyk
- 2021 Tyson Fury Tyson Fury vs. [Deontay Wilder III|KO 11] Deontay Wilder 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