''The Ring'' magazine Fighter of the Year
The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a Fighter of the Year since 1928, which this list covers. The award, selected by the magazine editors, is based on a boxer's performance in the ring.[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
- 1960 –
Floyd Patterson (2) - 1961 –
Joe Brown - 1962 –
Dick Tiger - 1963 –
Muhammad Ali - 1964 –
Emile Griffith - 1965 –
Dick Tiger (2) - 1966 –
Muhammad Ali (2) (retroactively awarded in 2016) - 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 - 2016 –
Carl Frampton - 2017 –
Vasyl Lomachenko
See also
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award, a similar award by the Boxing Writers Association of America
- Best Boxer ESPY Award and its successor, the Best Fighter ESPY Award
References
- ↑ "Past winners of THE RING year-end awards". The Ring. December 19, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
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