The Ring magazine Prospect of the Year

The Ring magazine was established in 1922. Since 1983, it has named a boxer who had the most potential to become a future star in the sport as Prospect of the Year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. However, it had been discontinued between 1989 and 2010. Here is a list of The Ring magazine's Prospects of the Year:

1983 –  Kenny Baysmore
1984 –  Mark Breland
1985 –  Mike Tyson
1986 –  Michael Williams
1987 –  Engels Pedroza
1988 –  Michael Moorer
2011 –  Gary Russell, Jr.
2012 –  Keith Thurman
2013 –  Vasyl Lomachenko
2014 –  Anthony Joshua
2015 –  Takuma Inoue
2016 –  Erickson Lubin