The Ring magazine Event of the Year explained

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a notable boxing Event of the Year since 1993, based on the magazine's writers' criteria.^[1]

Event of the Year by decade

1990s

• 1993Fan Man at Bowe-Holyfield II
• 1994
• 1995Tyson returns
• 1996Riot at the Garden (see Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota)
• 1997The Bite
• 1998Tyson's reinstatement
• 1999The IBF indictments

2000s

• 2000Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley
• 2001Middleweight World Championship Series
• 2002The Lewis–Tyson press conference brawl
• 2003Roy Jones fights at heavyweight
• 2004Lennox Lewis retirement
• 2005The Contender
• 2006Corrales-Castillo III weigh-in
• 2007Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
• 2008The retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
• 2009Antonio Margarito caught cheating

2010s

• 2010The failure to make Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
• 2011Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III
• 2012September 15: HBO and Showtime both hold boxing events in Las Vegas: Chávez Jr. vs. Martínez and Álvarez vs. López
• 2013Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez
• 2014Carl Froch vs. George Groves II
• 2015Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
• 2016 The death of Muhammad Ali
• 2017 Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin
• 2018 HBO leaves boxing (see HBO World Championship Boxing and Boxing After Dark)
• 2019 Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II

2020s

• 2020 COVID-19
• 2021 Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk
• 2022 Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano
• 2023 Day of Reckoning

Notes and References

1. PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS. February 24, 2012. The Ring. March 11, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130307004617/http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/171651-past-winners-of-the-rings-year-end-awards. March 7, 2013. mdy-all.