The Ring magazine Upset of the Year
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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.[1]
Upsets of the Year by decade
1970s
- 1970 – United States Billy Backus KO 4 Cuba Jose Napoles
- 1971 – Venezuela Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Japan Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 1972 – Puerto Rico Esteban De Jesús W 10 Panama Roberto Durán
- 1973 – United States Ken Norton W 12 United States Muhammad Ali
- 1974 – United States Muhammad Ali KO 8 United States George Foreman
- 1975 – United Kingdom John H. Stracey KO 6 Cuba Jose Napoles
- 1976 – Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez W 15 Colombia Antonio Cervantes
- 1977 – Panama Jorge Luján KO 10 Mexico Alfonso Zamora
- 1978 – United States Leon Spinks W 15 United States Muhammad Ali
- 1979 – Italy Vito Antuofermo D 15 United States Marvin Hagler
1980s
- 1980 – Japan Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Puerto Rico Samuel Serrano
- 1981 – United States Roger Stafford W 10 Mexico Pipino Cuevas
- 1982 – United Kingdom Kirkland Laing W 10 Panama Roberto Durán
- 1983 – South Africa Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 United States Michael Dokes
- 1984 – United States Gene Hatcher TKO 11 United States Johnny Bumphus
- 1985 – United States Michael Spinks W 15 United States Larry Holmes
- 1986 – United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan RTD 6 United States Donald Curry
- 1987 – United States Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 United States Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988 – United States Iran Barkley TKO 3 United States Thomas Hearns
- 1989 – France Rene Jacquot W 12 United States Donald Curry
1990s
- 1990 – United States James Douglas KO 10 United States Mike Tyson
- 1991 – No award given
- 1992 – Ghana Azumah Nelson KO 8 Australia Jeff Fenech
- 1993 – United States Simon Brown KO 4 United States Terry Norris
- 1994 – South Africa Vuyani Bungu W 12 United States Kennedy McKinney
- 1995 – Mexico Willy Salazar KO 7 United States Danny Romero
- 1996 – United States Evander Holyfield TKO 11 United States Mike Tyson
- 1997 – United States Vince Phillips KO 10 Australia Kostya Tszyu
- 1998 – United States Ivan Robinson W 10 Canada Arturo Gatti
- 1999 – United States Willy Wise W 10 Mexico Julio César Chávez
2000s
- 2000 – Mexico José Luis Castillo W 12 United States Stevie Johnston
- 2001 – United States Hasim Rahman KO 5 United Kingdom Lennox Lewis
- 2002 – Mexico Juan Carlos Rubio W 10 Mexico Francisco Bojado
- 2003 – South Africa Corrie Sanders ТKO 2 Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko
- 2004 – Jamaica Glen Johnson KO 9 United States Roy Jones Jr.
- 2005 – United States Zahir Raheem W 12 Mexico Erik Morales
- 2006 – Argentina Carlos Manuel Baldomir W 12 United States Zab Judah
- 2007 – Philippines Nonito Donaire KO 5 Armenia Vic Darchinyan
- 2008 – United States Bernard Hopkins W 12 United States Kelly Pavlik
- 2009 – Mexico Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 Venezuela Jorge Linares
2010s
- 2010 – United States Jason Litzau W 10 Panama Celestino Caballero
- 2011 – Japan Nobuhiro Ishida KO 1 United States James Kirkland
- 2012 – Philippines Sonny Boy Jaro TKO 6 Thailand Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
- 2013 – Argentina Marcos Maidana W 12 United States Adrien Broner
- 2014 – United States Chris Algieri W 12 Russia Ruslan Provodnikov
- 2015 – United Kingdom Tyson Fury W 12 Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko
- 2016 – United States Joe Smith Jr. TKO 1 Poland Andrzej Fonfara
- 2017 – United States Sadam Ali W 12 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto
- 2018 – Nicaragua Cristofer Rosales TKO 9 Japan Daigo Higa
- 2019 – United States Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO 7 United Kingdom Anthony Joshua
2020s
- 2020 – United States Teófimo López W 12 Ukraine Vasiliy Lomachenko
- 2021 – Australia George Kambosos Jr W 12 United States Teófimo López
- 2022 – Australia Jai Opetaia W 12 Latvia Mairis Briedis
- 2023 – Mexico Rafael Espinoza W 12 Cuba Robeisy Ramírez
References
- ↑ "PAST WINNERS OF THE RING'S YEAR-END AWARDS". The Ring. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
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