The Ring magazine Upset of the Year
The Ring magazine was established in 1922. Since that year, it has named a fight that has resulted in an outcome that was highly contrary to general expectations as Upset of the Year, based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of The Ring magazine's Upset of the Year:
Upsets of the Year by decade
1970s
- 1970 –
Billy Backus KO 4
Jose Napoles
- 1971 –
Alfredo Marcano KO 10
Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 1972 –
Esteban De Jesús W 10
Roberto Durán
- 1973 –
Ken Norton W 12
Muhammad Ali
- 1974 –
Muhammad Ali KO 8
George Foreman
- 1975 –
John H. Stracey KO 6
Jose Napoles
- 1976 –
Wilfred Benitez W 15
Antonio Cervantes
- 1977 –
Jorge Lujan KO 10
Alfonso Zamora
- 1978 –
Leon Spinks W 15
Muhammad Ali
- 1979 –
Vito Antuofermo D 15
Marvin Hagler
1980s
- 1980 –
Yasutsune Uehara KO 6
Samuel Serrano
- 1981 –
Roger Stafford W 10
Pipino Cuevas
- 1982 –
Kirkland Laing W 10
Roberto Durán
- 1983 –
Gerrie Coetzee KO 10
Michael Dokes
- 1984 –
Gene Hatcher KO 11
Johnny Bumphus
- 1985 –
Michael Spinks W 15
Larry Holmes
- 1986 –
Lloyd Honeyghan KO 6
Donald Curry
- 1987 –
Sugar Ray Leonard W 12
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988 –
Iran Barkley KO 3
Thomas Hearns
- 1989 –
Rene Jacquot W 12
Donald Curry
1990s
- 1990 –
James Douglas KO 10
Mike Tyson – see also Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas
- 1991 – No award given
- 1992 –
Azumah Nelson KO 8
Jeff Fenech
- 1993 –
Simon Brown KO 4
Terry Norris
- 1994 –
Vuyani Bungu W 12
Kennedy McKinney
- 1995 –
Willy Salazar KO 7
Danny Romero
- 1996 –
Evander Holyfield KO 11
Mike Tyson – see also Tyson–Holyfield I
- 1997 –
Vince Phillips KO 10
Kostya Tszyu
- 1998 –
Ivan Robinson W 10
Arturo Gatti
- 1999 –
Willy Wise W 10
Julio César Chávez
2000s
- 2000 –
José Luis Castillo W 12
Stevie Johnston
- 2001 –
Hasim Rahman KO 5
Lennox Lewis
- 2002 –
Juan Carlos Rubio W 10
Francisco Bojado
- 2003 –
Corrie Sanders ТKO 2
Wladimir Klitschko
- 2004 –
Glen Johnson KO 9
Roy Jones, Jr.
- 2005 –
Zahir Raheem W 12
Erik Morales
- 2006 –
Carlos Manuel Baldomir W 12
Zab Judah
- 2007 –
Nonito Donaire KO 5
Vic Darchinyan
- 2008 –
Bernard Hopkins W 12
Kelly Pavlik – see also Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik
- 2009 –
Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1
Jorge Linares
2010s
- 2010 –
Jason Litzau W 10
Celestino Caballero
- 2011 –
Nobuhiro Ishida KO 1
James Kirkland
- 2012 –
Sonny Boy Jaro TKO 6
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
- 2013 –
Marcos Maidana W 12
Adrien Broner
- 2014 –
Chris Algieri W 12
Ruslan Provodnikov
- 2015 –
Tyson Fury W 12
Wladimir Klitschko
References
- "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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