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 – see also The Rumble in the Jungle
- 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 Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
- 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 – see also Lennox Lewis vs. Hasim Rahman
- 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 – see also Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury
References
- "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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