# Ring Magazine fight of the year

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