Ring Magazine Fight of the Year

Det amerikanske boksemagasin Ring Magazine (eller blot The Ring) har siden siden 1945 udnævnt Fight of the Year (dansk "Årets Kamp").

Nedenståede kampe er af The Ring kåret som Årets Kamp:

Årets Kamp efter årti

1940'erne

• 1945 – Rocky Graziano KO 10 Red Cochrane I
• 1946 – Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano I
• 1947 – Rocky Graziano KO 6 Tony Zale II
• 1948 – Marcel Cerdan KO 12 Tony Zale
• 1949 – Willie Pep W 15 Sandy Saddler II

1950s

Sugar Ray Robinson løftes op af Gene Fullmer og Carmen Basilio i 1965. Basilio deltog i fem "Fight of the Year" i træk, tre af disse mod enten Robinson eller Fullmer.

• 1950 – Jake LaMotta KO 15 Laurent Dauthuille II
• 1951 – Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7 Ezzard Charles III
• 1952 – Rocky Marciano KO 13 Jersey Joe Walcott I
• 1953 – Rocky Marciano KO 11 Roland La Starza II
• 1954 – Rocky Marciano KO 8 Ezzard Charles II
• 1955 – Carmen Basilio KO 12 Tony DeMarco II
• 1956 – Carmen Basilio KO 9 Johnny Saxton II
• 1957 – Carmen Basilio W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson I
• 1958 – Sugar Ray Robinson W 15 Carmen Basilio II
• 1959 – Gene Fullmer KO 14 Carmen Basilio

1960s

• 1960 – Floyd Patterson KO 5 Ingemar Johansson II
• 1961 – Joe Brown W 15 Dave Charnley II
• 1962 – Joey Giardello W 10 Henry Hank II
• 1963 – Cassius Clay W 10 Doug Jones
• 1964 – Muhammad Ali KO 7 Sonny Liston I
• 1965 – Floyd Patterson W 12 George Chuvalo
• 1966 – José Torres W 15 Eddie Cotton
• 1967 – Nino Benvenuti W 15 Emile Griffith I
• 1968 – Dick Tiger W 10 Frank DePaula
• 1969 – Joe Frazier KO 7 Jerry Quarry I

1970s

Muhammad Ali er den bokser, der har deltaget i flest "Fight of the Year". Ali opnåede 6 af disse kampe fordelt over to årtier.

• 1970 – Carlos Monzón KO 12 Nino Benvenuti I
• 1971 – Joe Frazier W 15 Muhammad Ali I — se Fight of the Century
• 1972 – Bob Foster KO 14 Chris Finnegan
• 1973 – George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier I
• 1974 – Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman — se The Rumble in the Jungle
• 1975 – Muhammad Ali TKO 14 Joe Frazier III
• 1976 – George Foreman KO 5 Ron Lyle
• 1977 – Jimmy Young W 12 George Foreman
• 1978 – Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali I
• 1979 – Danny Lopez KO 15 Mike Ayala

1980s

• 1980 – Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez II
• 1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard KO 14 Thomas Hearns I
• 1982 – Bobby Chacon UD 15 Rafael Limon IV
• 1983 – Bobby Chacon W 12 Cornelius Boza Edwards II
• 1984 – José Luis Ramírez KO 4 Edwin Rosario II
• 1985 – Marvelous Marvin Hagler KO 3 Thomas Hearns
• 1986 – Stevie Cruz W 15 Barry McGuigan
• 1987 – Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
• 1988 – Tony Lopez W 12 Rocky Lockridge I
• 1989 – Roberto Durán W 12 Iran Barkley

1990s

• 1990 – Julio César Chávez KO 12 Meldrick Taylor I
• 1991 – Robert Quiroga W 12 Akeem Anifowoshe
• 1992 – Riddick Bowe W 12 Evander Holyfield I
• 1993 – Michael Carbajal KO 7 Humberto González I
• 1994 – Jorge Castro KO 9 John David Jackson I
• 1995 – Saman Sorjaturong KO 7 Humberto González
• 1996 – Evander Holyfield KO 11 Mike Tyson I
• 1997 – Arturo Gatti KO 5 Gabriel Ruelas
• 1998 – Ivan Robinson W 10 Arturo Gatti I
• 1999 – Paulie Ayala W 12 Johnny Tapia I

2000s

Arturo Gatti ved pressekonference efter kampen den 7. juni 2003 mod Micky Ward.

• 2000 – Erik Morales W 12 Marco Antonio Barrera I
• 2001 – Micky Ward W 10 Emanuel Augustus
• 2002 – Micky Ward W 10 Arturo Gatti I
• 2003 – Arturo Gatti W 10 Micky Ward III
• 2004 – Marco Antonio Barrera W 12 Erik Morales III
• 2005 – Diego Corrales KO 10 José Luis Castillo I
• 2006 – Somsak Sithchatchawal KO 10 Mahyar Monshipour
• 2007 – Israel Vázquez KO 6 Rafael Márquez II
• 2008 – Israel Vázquez W 12 Rafael Márquez III
• 2009 – Juan Manuel Marquez KO 9 Juan Diaz

2010s

• 2010 – Giovani Segura KO 8 Iván Calderón

Se også

• Ring Magazine knockout of the year
• Årets boksere i Ring Magazine

Kilder

• Liste over tildelte Awards på Ring Magazines hjemmeside