The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year
The Ring magazine was established in 1922. Since 1928, it has named a Fighter of the Year. The award, selected by the magazine editors, is based on performance in the ring.
Here is a list of The Ring magazine's Fighters of the Year:[1]
Fighters of the Year by decade
1920s
- 1928 –
Gene Tunney - 1929 – Tommy Loughran
1930s
- 1930 –
Max Schmeling - 1931 – Tommy Loughran (2)
- 1932 – Jack Sharkey
- 1933 – no award was given
- 1934 – Tony Canzoneri and Barney Ross
- 1935 – Barney Ross (2)
- 1936 – Joe Louis
- 1937 – Henry Armstrong
- 1938 – Joe Louis (2)
- 1939 – Joe Louis (3)
1940s
- 1940 – Billy Conn
- 1941 – Joe Louis (4)
- 1942 – Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1943 – Fred Apostoli
- 1944 – Beau Jack
- 1945 – Willie Pep
- 1946 – Tony Zale
- 1947 – Gus Lesnevich
- 1948 – Ike Williams
- 1949 – Ezzard Charles
1950s
- 1950 – Ezzard Charles (2)
- 1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson (2)
- 1952 – Rocky Marciano
- 1953 – Bobo Olson
- 1954 – Rocky Marciano (2)
- 1955 – Rocky Marciano (3)
- 1956 – Floyd Patterson
- 1957 – Carmen Basilio
- 1958 –
Ingemar Johansson - 1959 – Ingemar Johansson (2)
1960s
Muhammad Ali, who was named 'fighter of the year' more times than any other fighter. Was not awarded the honor in 1966 due to draft controversy. Ali won the award six times in total.
- 1960 – Floyd Patterson (2)
- 1961 – Joe Brown
- 1962 –
Dick Tiger - 1963 – Muhammad Ali
- 1964 –
Emile Griffith - 1965 – Dick Tiger (2)
- 1966 –
No award - 1967 – Joe Frazier
- 1968 –
Nino Benvenuti - 1969 –
José Nápoles
1970s
- 1970 – Joe Frazier (2)
- 1971 – Joe Frazier (3)
- 1972 – Muhammad Ali (3) and
Carlos Monzón - 1973 – George Foreman
- 1974 – Muhammad Ali (4)
- 1975 – Muhammad Ali (5)
- 1976 – George Foreman (2)
- 1977 –
Carlos Zarate - 1978 – Muhammad Ali (6)
- 1979 – Sugar Ray Leonard
1980s
- 1980 – Thomas Hearns
- 1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard (2) and Salvador Sánchez
- 1982 – Larry Holmes
- 1983 – Marvin Hagler
- 1984 – Thomas Hearns (2)
- 1985 – Marvin Hagler (2) and Donald Curry
- 1986 – Mike Tyson
- 1987 – Evander Holyfield
- 1988 – Mike Tyson (2)
- 1989 – Pernell Whitaker
1990s
- 1990 – Julio César Chávez
- 1991 – James Toney
- 1992 – Riddick Bowe
- 1993 – Michael Carbajal
- 1994 – Roy Jones Jr.
- 1995 – Oscar De La Hoya
- 1996 – Evander Holyfield (2)
- 1997 – Evander Holyfield (3)
- 1998 – Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- 1999 – Paulie Ayala
2000s
- 2000 –
Félix Trinidad - 2001 – Bernard Hopkins
- 2002 – Vernon Forrest
- 2003 – James Toney (2)
- 2004 –
Glen Johnson - 2005 –
Ricky Hatton - 2006 –
Manny Pacquiao - 2007 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)
- 2008 – Manny Pacquiao (2)
- 2009 – Manny Pacquiao (3)
2010s
- 2010 – Sergio Martínez
- 2011 – Andre Ward
- 2012 – Juan Manuel Márquez
- 2013 –
Adonis Stevenson - 2014 –
Sergey Kovalev - 2015 – Tyson Fury
See also
- Best Boxer ESPY Award and its successor, Best Fighter ESPY Award
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award
- The Ring magazine Fight of the Year
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year
References
- ↑ "Past winners of THE RING year-end awards". The Ring. December 19, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
External links
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