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

Voci correlate

• Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
• Ring Magazine Upsets of the Year
• Harry Markson Award, assegnato annualmente al migliore incontro dalla Boxing Writers Association of America
• International Boxing Hall of Fame

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale, su ringtv.craveonline.com.

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