The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year

Updated on Sep 19, 2024

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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's Fighters of the Year:

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

References

The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year Wikipedia

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