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Ali–Frazier Award

American boxing award

Field	Value
name	Ali–Frazier Award
sport	Boxing
givenfor	"Fight of the Year"
presenter	Boxing Writers Association of America
country	U.S.

The Ali–Frazier Award, known alternatively as the Boxing Writers of America Fight of the Year and previously known as the Harry Markson Award prior to 2009, has been conferred annually since the BWAA's awards dinner in 2003. The BWAA votes on the best fight of each year regardless of the weight class or nationality of the fighters.

The award was originally named for Harry Markson, a boxing promoter and publicist who served for five years as the president of boxing operations at Madison Square Garden. In 2009, the award was renamed the Ali–Frazier Award in honor of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and their epic fight trilogy including the Fight of the Century. The award is presented with other honors given by the BWAA at an annual awards dinner.

Past recipients

Year	Date	Location	Winner
2002	May 18	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States	Micky Ward
Arturo Gatti
Majority decision after 10 rounds (95-93, 94-93, 94-94)	Welterweight	None	First fight in Gatti-Ward trilogy
2003	April 26	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	James Toney
Vassily Jirov
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (117-109, 117-109, 116-110)	Cruiserweight	IBF cruiserweight title (Jirov)
2004	November 27	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales
Majority decision after 12 rounds (115-113, 115-114, 114-114)	Super featherweight	WBC super featherweight (Barrera)	Final fight of trilogy between the two
2005	May 7	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Diego Corrales
José Luis Castillo
Technical knockout,
in tenth of 12 rounds	Lightweight	WBC lightweight title (Castillo)
WBO lightweight title (Corrales)	First of two 2005 fights between the two
2006	March 18	Levallois-Perret, France	Somsak Sithchatchawal
Mahyar Monshipour
Technical knockout,
in tenth of 12 rounds	Super bantamweight	WBA super bantamweight title (Monshipour)
2007	September 29	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Kelly Pavlik
Jermain Taylor
Technical knockout,
in seventh of 12 rounds	Middleweight	WBC and WBO middleweight titles (Taylor)	First of two fights between the two
2008	March 1	Carson, California, United States	Israel Vázquez
Rafael Márquez
Split decision after 12 rounds (114-111, 113-112, 111-114)	Super bantamweight	WBC super bantamweight title (Vázquez)	Third fight of the Márquez–Vázquez rivalry
2009	February 28	Houston, Texas, United States	Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Díaz
Technical knockout,
in ninth of 12 rounds	Lightweight	WBO lightweight title (vacant)
WBA (Super) lightweight title (vacant)	First of two fights between the two
2010	December 11	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Amir Khan
Marcos Maidana
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (114-111, 114-111, 113-112)	Light welterweight	WBA light welterweight title (Khan)	Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana
2011	July 15	New York, New York, United States	Majority draw after ten rounds (97-93, 95-95, 95-95)
between DOM Delvin Rodriguez and POL Pawel Wolak	Super welterweight	None	First of two fights between the two
2012	December 8	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Juan Manuel Marquez
Manny Pacquiao
Knockout,
in the sixth of 12 rounds	Welterweight	None	Fourth fight between the two
2013	March 16	Carson, California, United States	Timothy Bradley
Ruslan Provodnikov
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (115-112, 114-113, 114-113)	Welterweight	WBO welterweight title (Bradley)
2014	April 26	Carson, California, United States	Lucas Matthysse
John Molina, Jr.
Knockout,
in the eleventh of 12 rounds	Light welterweight	None
2015	November 21	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Francisco Vargas
Takashi Miura
Technical knockout,
in the ninth of 12 rounds	Super featherweight	WBC super featherweight title (Miura)	Takashi Miura vs. Francisco Vargas
2016	June 4	StubHub Center, Carson, California, United States	Majority draw after 12 rounds (115-113, 114-114, 114-114)
between MEX Francisco Vargas and MEXOrlando Salido	Super featherweight	WBC super featherweight title (Vargas)
2017	April 29	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Anthony Joshua
Wladimir Klitschko
Knockout, after 11 rounds	Heavyweight	IBF heavyweight title (Joshua)
WBA (Super) heavyweight title (vacant)	Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko
2018	April 7	The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, United States	Jarrett Hurd
Erislandy Lara
Split decision
after 12 rounds (113-114, 114-113, 114-113)	Super welterweight	WBA (Super) super welterweight title (Lara)
IBF super welterweight title (Hurd)
2019	November 7	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan	Naoya Inoue
Nonito Donaire
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (117-109, 116-111, 114-113)	Bantamweight	WBA (Super) bantamweight title (Donaire)
IBF bantamweight title (Inoue)	2018-19 World Boxing Super Series Bantamweight final, Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire
2020	October 3	MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada	Jose Zepeda
Ivan Baranchyk
Knockout,
in the fifth of 10 rounds	Light welterweight	None	Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk
2021	October 9	T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada	Tyson Fury
Deontay Wilder
Knockout,
in the eleventh of 12 rounds	Heavyweight	WBC heavyweight title (Fury)	Final fight of trilogy between the two
2022	March 12	Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England	Leigh Wood
Michael Conlan
Technical knockout,
in the twelfth of 12 rounds	Featherweight	WBA (Regular) featherweight title (Wood)
2023	June 10	Toyota Arena, Ontario, California	Jaime Munguía
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (115-112, 114-113, 114-113)	Super Middleweight	None
2024	May 18	Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Oleksandr Usyk
Tyson Fury
Split decision after 12 rounds (115–112, 114–113, 113–114)	Heavyweight	WBC (Fury)
WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring (Usyk)	First of two fights between the two
2025	April 26	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England	Chris Eubank Jr
Conor Benn
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (116–112, 116–112, 116–112)	Middleweight	None	First of two fights between the two

References

"Muhammad Ali – Joe Frazier Award Fight of the Year". Boxing Writers Association of America.
"Vargas vs. Salido Named as BWAA "Fight of The Year"". BoxingScene.
"BWAA List Of Award Winners For The 2018 Dinner". Boxing Writers Association of America.
"Canelo Alvarez Is The BWAA 2019 Fighter Of The Year".

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