Ring Magazine ble etablert i 1922 og siden 1945 har det kåret «fight of the year» («årets kamp»), basert på kriterier fastsatt av magasinets skribenter. Følgende er en liste over Ring Magazines «fights of the year»:
1940-tallet 1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane 1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano 1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale 1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale 1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler
1950-tallet 1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille 1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles 1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott 1953: Rocky Marciano KO11 Roland LaStarza 1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles 1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco 1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton 1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson 1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio 1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio
1960-tallet 1960: Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson 1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley 1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank 1963: Cassius Clay W10 Doug Jones 1964: Cassius Clay KO7 Sonny Liston 1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo 1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton 1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith 1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula 1969: Joe Frazier KO7 Jerry Quarry
1970-tallet 1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti 1971: Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali 1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan 1973: George Foreman KO2 Joe Frazier 1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman 1975: Muhammad Ali KO14 Joe Frazier 1976: George Foreman KO4 Ron Lyle 1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman 1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali 1979: Danny Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala
1980-tallet 1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO14 Thomas Hearns 1982: Bobby Chacon W15 Rafael Limon 1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards 1984: Jose Luis Ramirez KO4 Edwin Rosario 1985: Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns 1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan 1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler 1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge 1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley
1990-tallet 1990: Julio Cesar Chavez KO12 Meldrick Taylor (fight #1) 1991: Robert Quiroga W12 Akeem Anifowoshe 1992: Riddick Bowe W12 Evander Holyfield 1993: Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez 1994: Jorge Castro KO9 John David Jackson 1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO7 Humberto Gonzalez 1996: Evander Holyfield KO11 Mike Tyson 1997: Arturo Gatti KO5 Gabriel Ruelas 1998: Ivan Robinson W10 Arturo Gatti (fight #1) 1999: Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia (fight #1)
2000-tallet mini|Arturo Gatti under pressekonferansen 7. juni 2003 etter hans tredje kamp mot Micky Ward. 2000: Erik Morales W12 Marco Antonio Barrera 2001: Micky Ward W10 Emanuel Burton 2002: Micky Ward W10 Arturo Gatti 2003: Arturo Gatti W10 Micky Ward III 2004: Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Erik Morales 2005: Diego Corrales KO10 Jose Luis Castillo 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 I
2010-tallet 2010 - Giovani Segura KO 8 Iván Calderón I 2011 - Victor Ortiz W 12 Andre Berto 2012 - Juan Manuel Marquez KO 6 Manny Pacquiao 2013 - Timothy Bradley W 12 Ruslan Provodnikov 2014 - Lucas Matthysse KO 11 John Molina jr. 2015 - Francisco Vargas TKO 9 Takashi Miura
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