RING MAGAZINE FIGHTS OF THE YEAR

Every year since 1945, '''The Ring''' magazine has named a fight as 'fight of the year', based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of fights of the year as selected by ''The Ring'':
==1920s==

★ 1922 -- Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney

★ 1923 -- Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Angel Firpo

★ 1924 -- Gene Tunney KO 15 Georges Carpentier

★ 1925 -- Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker

★ 1926 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey

★ 1927 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey

★ 1928 -- Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski

★ 1929 -- Max Schmeling KO 9 Johnny Risko
==1930s==

★ 1930 -- Jack Kid Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate

★ 1931 -- Max Schmeling KO 15 Young Stribling

★ 1932 -- Tony Canzoneri W 15 Billy Petrolle

★ 1933 -- Max Baer KO 10 Max Schmeling

★ 1934 -- Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin

★ 1935 -- Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer

★ 1936 -- Max Schmeling KO 12 Joe Louis

★ 1937 -- Joe Louis W 15 Tommy Farr

★ 1938 -- Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers

★ 1939 -- Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor
==1940s==

★ 1940 -- Ceferino Garcia D 10 Henry Armstrong

★ 1941 -- Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn

★ 1942 -- Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright

★ 1943 -- Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery

★ 1944 -- Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack

★ 1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane

★ 1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano

★ 1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale

★ 1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale

★ 1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler
==1950s==

★ 1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille

★ 1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles

★ 1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott

★ 1953: Rocky Marciano KO11 Roland La Starza

★ 1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles

★ 1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco

★ 1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton

★ 1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson

★ 1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio

★ 1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio
==1960s==

★ 1960: Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson

★ 1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley

★ 1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank

★ 1963: Cassius Clay W10 Doug Jones

★ 1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston, see Ali versus Liston

★ 1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo

★ 1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton

★ 1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith

★ 1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula

★ 1969: Joe Frazier KO7 Jerry Quarry
==1970s==

★ 1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti

★ 1971: Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali (first fight), see Fight of the Century

★ 1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan

★ 1973: George Foreman KO2 Joe Frazier

★ 1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman, see The Rumble in the Jungle

★ 1975: Muhammad Ali KO14 Joe Frazier (third fight), see Thrilla in Manila

★ 1976: George Foreman KO5 Ron Lyle

★ 1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman

★ 1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali

★ 1979: Danny Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala
==1980s==

★ 1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez

★ 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO14 Thomas Hearns, see Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns

★ 1982: Bobby Chacon W15 Rafael Limon, see Chacon vs. Limon

★ 1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards

★ 1984: Jose Luis Ramirez KO4 Edwin Rosario

★ 1985: Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns, see The War

★ 1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan

★ 1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler

★ 1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge

★ 1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley
==1990s==

★ 1990: Julio César Chávez KO12 Meldrick Taylor (fight #1), see Thunder Meets Lightning

★ 1991: Robert Quiroga W12 Akeem Anifowoshe

★ 1992: Riddick Bowe W12 Evander Holyfield I

★ 1993: Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez I

★ 1994: Jorge Castro KO9 John David Jackson

★ 1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO7 Humberto Gonzalez

★ 1996: Evander Holyfield KO11 Mike Tyson (fight #1)

★ 1997: Arturo Gatti KO5 Gabriel Ruelas

★ 1998: Ivan Robinson W10 Arturo Gatti (fight #1)

★ 1999: Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia (fight #1)
==2000s==

★ 2000: Erik Morales W12 Marco Antonio Barrera I, see Barrera versus Morales trilogy

★ 2001: Micky Ward W10 Emanuel Burton

★ 2002: Micky Ward W10 Arturo Gatti I

★ 2003: Arturo Gatti W10 Micky Ward III

★ 2004: Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Erik Morales III, see Barrera versus Morales trilogy

★ 2005: Diego Corrales KO10 José Luis Castillo I

★ 2006: Somsak Sithchatchawal KO10 Mahyar Monshipour

★ 2007: darrell woods UD over samuel miller
(Note: Those fights with the message ''fight #1'' in parenthesis are fights that had a rematch with the same fighter winning)