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]
Award winners
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) (Originally not awarded, 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 –
Vasiliy Lomachenko - 2018 – Oleksandr Usyk
- 2019 – Canelo Álvarez
2020s
- 2020 – Tyson Fury (2) and Teófimo López
- 2021 – Canelo Álvarez (2) and Teófimo López
Fighter of the Decade
- 1910s: Sam Langford
- 1920s: Benny Leonard
- 1930s: Henry Armstrong
- 1940s: Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1950s: Sugar Ray Robinson (2)
- 1960s: Muhammad Ali
- 1970s:
Roberto Durán - 1980s: Sugar Ray Leonard
- 1990s: Roy Jones Jr.
- 2000s: Manny Pacquiao
- 2010s: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ Daniel, Dan (March 1967). "No Fighter of the Year: Clay's Fine 1966 Record Discounted by Refusal to Accept Army Draft". THE RING. pp. 6, 58.
