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The Ring magazine Upset of the Year

Combat magazine award

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has since named an Upset of the Year since 1970. The award, based on the magazine's writers' criteria, is given to a fight that resulted in an outcome that was highly contrary to general expectations.

Upsets of the Year by decade

1970s

1970USA Billy Backus KO 4 CUB Jose Napoles
1971VEN Alfredo Marcano KO 10 JPN Hiroshi Kobayashi
1972PRI Esteban De Jesús W 10 PAN Roberto Durán
1973USA Ken Norton W 12 USA Muhammad Ali
1974USA Muhammad Ali KO 8 USA George Foreman
1975GBR John H. Stracey KO 6 CUB Jose Napoles
1976PRI Wilfred Benítez W 15 COL Antonio Cervantes
1977PAN Jorge Luján KO 10 MEX Alfonso Zamora
1978USA Leon Spinks W 15 USA Muhammad Ali
1979ITA Vito Antuofermo D 15 USA Marvin Hagler

1980s

1980JPN Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 PRI Samuel Serrano
1981USA Roger Stafford W 10 MEX Pipino Cuevas
1982GBR Kirkland Laing W 10 PAN Roberto Durán
1983ZAF Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 USA Michael Dokes
1984USA Gene Hatcher TKO 11 USA Johnny Bumphus
1985USA Michael Spinks W 15 USA Larry Holmes
1986GBR Lloyd Honeyghan RTD 6 USA Donald Curry
1987USA Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 USA Marvelous Marvin Hagler
1988USA Iran Barkley TKO 3 USA Thomas Hearns
1989FRA Rene Jacquot W 12 USA Donald Curry

1990s

1990USA James Douglas KO 10 USA Mike Tyson
1991No award given
1992GHA Azumah Nelson KO 8 AUS Jeff Fenech
1993USA Simon Brown KO 4 USA Terry Norris
1994ZAF Vuyani Bungu W 12 USA Kennedy McKinney
1995MEX Willy Salazar KO 7 USA Danny Romero
1996USA Evander Holyfield TKO 11 USA Mike Tyson
1997USA Vince Phillips KO 10 AUS Kostya Tszyu
1998USA Ivan Robinson W 10 CAN Arturo Gatti
1999USA Willy Wise W 10 MEX Julio César Chávez

2000s

2000MEX José Luis Castillo W 12 USA Stevie Johnston
2001USA Hasim Rahman KO 5 GBR Lennox Lewis
2002MEX Juan Carlos Rubio W 10 MEX Francisco Bojado
2003ZAF Corrie Sanders ТKO 2 UKR Wladimir Klitschko
2004JAM Glen Johnson KO 9 USA Roy Jones Jr.
2005USA Zahir Raheem W 12 MEX Erik Morales
2006ARG Carlos Manuel Baldomir W 12 USA Zab Judah
2007PHL Nonito Donaire KO 5 ARM Vic Darchinyan
2008USA Bernard Hopkins W 12 USA Kelly Pavlik
2009MEX Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 VEN Jorge Linares

2010s

2010USA Jason Litzau W 10 PAN Celestino Caballero
2011JPN Nobuhiro Ishida KO 1 USA James Kirkland
2012PHL Sonny Boy Jaro TKO 6 THA Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
2013ARG Marcos Maidana W 12 USA Adrien Broner
2014USA Chris Algieri W 12 RUS Ruslan Provodnikov
2015GBR Tyson Fury W 12 UKR Wladimir Klitschko
2016USA Joe Smith Jr. TKO 1 POL Andrzej Fonfara
2017USA Sadam Ali W 12 PUR Miguel Cotto
2018NIC Cristofer Rosales TKO 9 JP Daigo Higa
2019USA Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO 7 UK Anthony Joshua

2020s

2020USA Teófimo López W 12 UKR Vasiliy Lomachenko
2021AUS George Kambosos Jr W 12 USA Teófimo López
2022AUS Jai Opetaia W 12 LAT Mairis Briedis
2023MEX Rafael Espinoza W 12 Cuba Robeisy Ramírez
2024FRA Bruno Surace KO 6 MEX Jaime Munguía
2025MEX Armando Reséndiz SD 12 USA Caleb Plant

References

(February 24, 2012). "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS".

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