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: 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

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

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

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: 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

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

2010: Juan Manuel López vs. Bernabe Concepcion, round 1

2011: James Kirkland vs. Alfredo Angulo, round 1

2012: Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao IV, round 5

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

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

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