The Ring magazine Round of the Year explained

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a Round of the Year since 1945, which this list covers. The award is based on the magazine's writers' criteria.

Rounds of the Year by decade

1940s

• 1945: Willie Joyce vs. Ike Williams, round 12
• 1946: Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano, round 6
• 1947: Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott, round 4
• 1948: Joe Louis vs. Jersey Joe Walcott II, round 11
• 1949: Rocky Graziano vs. Charley Fusari, round 10

1950s

• 1950: Jake LaMotta vs. Laurent Dauthuille II, round 15
• 1951: Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Louis, round 8
• 1952: Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott, round 13
• 1953: Kid Gavilán vs. Carmen Basilio, round 2
• 1954: Archie Moore vs. Harold Johnson V, round 14
• 1955: Archie Moore vs. Bobo Olson, round 3
• 1956: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Bobo Olson IV, round 4
• 1957: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Gene Fullmer II, round 5
• 1958: Ingemar Johansson vs. Eddie Machen, round 1
• 1959: Ingemar Johansson vs. Floyd Patterson, round 3

1960s

• 1960: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II, round 5
• 1961: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III, round 1
• 1962: Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson, round 1
• 1963: Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson II, round 1
• 1964: José Torres vs. Bobo Olson, round 1
• 1965: José Torres vs. Willie Pastrano, round 6
• 1966: Carlos Ortiz vs. Sugar Ramos, round 5
• 1967: Dick Tiger vs. Roger Rouse, round 12
• 1968: Bob Foster vs. Dick Tiger, round 4
• 1969: Nino Benvenuti vs. Luis Manuel Rodríguez, round 11

1970s

• 1970: Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Bonavena, round 15
• 1971: Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, round 15
• 1972: Muhammad Ali vs. Bob Foster, round 5
• 1973: George Foreman vs. Joe Frazier, round 2
• 1974: Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, round 8
• 1975: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III, round 12
• 1976: George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle, rounds 4 and 5
• 1977: Jimmy Young vs. George Foreman, round 12
• 1978: Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali, round 15
• 1979: Matthew Franklin vs. Marvin Johnson, round 8

1980s

• 1980: Matthew Saad Muhamad vs. Yaqui López, round 8
• 1981: William "Caveman" Lee vs. John LoCicero, round 5
• 1982: Wilfredo Gómez vs. Lupe Pintor, round 3
• 1983: Larry Holmes vs. Tim Witherspoon, round 9
• 1984: Juan Meza vs. Jaime Garza, round 1
• 1985: Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns, round 1
• 1986: Steve Cruz vs. Barry McGuigan, round 15
• 1987: Kelvin Seabrooks vs. Thierry Jacob, round 1
• 1988: Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks, round 1
• 1989: Lupe Gutierrez vs. Jeff Franklin, round 12

1990s

• 1990: Aaron Davis vs. Mark Breland, round 9
• 1991: no award given
• 1992: Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield, round 10
• 1993: Terry Norris vs. Troy Waters, round 2
• 1994: Jorge Castro vs. John David Jackson, round 9
• 1995: Saman Sorjaturong vs. Humberto González, round 7
• 1996: Frankie Liles vs. Tim Littles, round 3
• 1997: Arturo Gatti vs. Gabriel Ruelas, round 5
• 1998: Ivan Robinson vs. Arturo Gatti II, round 3
• 1999: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ike Quartey, round 6

2000s

• 2000: Érik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, round 5
• 2001: Bernard Hopkins vs. Félix Trinidad, round 10
• 2002: Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti, round 9
• 2003: Acelino Freitas vs. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, round 11
• 2004: Érik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III, round 11
• 2005: Diego Corrales vs. José Luis Castillo, round 10
• 2006: Somsak Sithchatchawal vs. Mahyar Monshipour, round 10
• 2007: Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez II, round 3
• 2008: Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez III, round 4
• 2009: Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Ortiz, round 1

2010s

• 2010: Juan Manuel López vs. Bernabe Concepcion, round 1
• 2011: James Kirkland vs. Alfredo Angulo, round 1
• 2012: Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martínez, round 12
• 2013: Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov, round 6
• 2014: Tommy Coyle vs. Daniel Brizuela, round 11
• 2015: Amir Imam vs. Fidel Maldonado, round 3
• 2016: Skender Halili vs. Jason Thompson, round 2
• 2017: Dominic Breazeale vs. Izu Ugonoh, round 3
• 2018: Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury, round 12
• 2019: Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua, round 3

2020s

• 2020: Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk, round 5
• 2021: Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III, round 4
• 2022: Sebastian Fundora vs. Erickson Lubin, round 7
• 2023: O'Shaquie Foster vs. Eduardo Hernandez, round 11

References

• 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.