The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year
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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]
Contents
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
- 1960 –
Floyd Patterson (2)
- 1961 –
Joe Brown
- 1962 –
Dick Tiger
- 1963 –
Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali)
- 1964 –
Emile Griffith
- 1965 –
Dick Tiger (2)
- 1966 – no award was given
- 1967 –
Joe Frazier
- 1968 –
Nino Benvenuti
- 1969 –
José Nápoles
1970s
- 1970 –
Joe Frazier (2)
- 1971 –
Joe Frazier (3)
- 1972 –
Muhammad Ali (2) and
Carlos Monzón
- 1973 –
George Foreman
- 1974 –
Muhammad Ali (3)
- 1975 –
Muhammad Ali (4)
- 1976 –
George Foreman (2)
- 1977 –
Carlos Zarate
- 1978 –
Muhammad Ali (5)
- 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
![](/w/images/thumb/2/29/Manny_Pacquiao_in_Siliman.jpg/300px-Manny_Pacquiao_in_Siliman.jpg)
Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao was named "fighter of the year" in the 2000s for three times.
- 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 Gabriel Martinez
- 2011 –
Andre Ward
- 2012 –
Juan Manuel Marquez
- 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
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