# The Ring magazine Round of the Year

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
### 1940s

* 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

* 1950: Jake LaMotta vs. Laurent Dauthuille II, round 15
* 1951: Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Louis, round 8
* 1952: Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Rocky Marciano, 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

* 1960: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II, round 5
* 1961: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III, round 1
* 1962: Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston, 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

* 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: Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman, 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: Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks, round 15
* 1979: Matthew Franklin vs. Marvin Johnson, round 8

### 1980s

* 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

* 1990: Aaron Davis vs. Mark Breland, round 9
* 1991: no award given
* 1992: Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe, 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

* 2000: Erik 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: Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III, round 11
* 2005: José Luis Castillo vs. Diego Corrales, round 10
* 2006: Somsak Sithchatchawal vs. Mahyar Monshipour, round 10
* 2007: Rafael Márquez vs. Israel Vázquez II, round 3
* 2008: Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez III, round 4
* 2009: Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Ortiz, round 1

### 2010s

* 2010: Juan Manuel López vs. Bernabe Concepcion, round 1
* 2011: Alfredo Angulo vs. James Kirkland, round 1
* 2012: Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martínez, 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: Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr., round 3

### 2020s

* 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
* 2024: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, round 9