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Combat magazine award
The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a Round of the Year since 1945, which this list covers. The award is based on the magazine's writers' criteria.
Rounds of the Year by decade
1950:
Jake LaMotta vs.
Laurent Dauthuille II, round 15
1951:
Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Louis, round 8
1952: Rocky Marciano vs.
Jersey Joe Walcott , round 13
1953:
Kid Gavilán vs.
Carmen Basilio , round 2
1954:
Archie Moore vs.
Harold Johnson V, round 14
1955: Archie Moore vs.
Bobo Olson , round 3
1956:
Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Bobo Olson IV, round 4
1957: Sugar Ray Robinson vs.
Gene Fullmer II, round 5
1958:
Ingemar Johansson vs.
Eddie Machen , round 1
1959: Ingemar Johansson vs.
Floyd Patterson , round 3
1960: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II, round 5
1961: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III, round 1
1962:
Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson, round 1
1963: Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson II, round 1
1964:
José Torres vs. Bobo Olson, round 1
1965: José Torres vs.
Willie Pastrano , round 6
1966:
Carlos Ortiz vs.
Sugar Ramos , round 5
1967:
Dick Tiger vs.
Roger Rouse , round 12
1968:
Bob Foster vs. Dick Tiger, round 4
1969:
Nino Benvenuti vs.
Luis Manuel Rodríguez , round 11
1970:
Muhammad Ali vs.
Oscar Bonavena , round 15
1971:
Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali , round 15
1972: Muhammad Ali vs. Bob Foster, round 5
1973:
George Foreman vs. Joe Frazier , round 2
1974:
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman , round 8
1975:
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III , round 12
1976: George Foreman vs.
Ron Lyle , rounds 4 and 5
1977:
Jimmy Young vs. George Foreman, round 12
1978:
Leon Spinks vs. Muhammad Ali , round 15
1979:
Matthew Franklin vs.
Marvin Johnson , round 8
1980:
Matthew Saad Muhamad vs.
Yaqui López , round 8
1981:
William "Caveman" Lee vs.
John LoCicero , round 5
1982:
Wilfredo Gómez vs. Lupe Pintor , round 3
1983:
Larry Holmes vs. Tim Witherspoon , round 9
1984:
Juan Meza vs.
Jaime Garza , round 1
1985:
Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns , round 1
1986:
Steve Cruz vs.
Barry McGuigan , round 15
1987:
Kelvin Seabrooks vs.
Thierry Jacob , round 1
1988:
Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks , round 1
1989:
Lupe Gutierrez vs.
Jeff Franklin , round 12
2000:
Érik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera , round 5
2001:
Bernard Hopkins vs. Félix Trinidad , round 10
2002:
Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti, round 9
2003:
Acelino Freitas vs.
Jorge Rodrigo Barrios , round 11
2004:
Érik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III , round 11
2005:
Diego Corrales vs. José Luis Castillo , round 10
2006:
Somsak Sithchatchawal vs.
Mahyar Monshipour , round 10
2007:
Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez II , round 3
2008:
Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez III , round 4
2009:
Marcos Maidana vs.
Victor Ortiz , round 1
2010:
Juan Manuel López vs.
Bernabe Concepcion , round 1
2011:
James Kirkland vs.
Alfredo Angulo , round 1
2012:
Sergio Gabriel Martinez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr , round 12
2013:
Timothy Bradley vs.
Ruslan Provodnikov , round 6
2014:
Tommy Coyle vs.
Daniel Brizuela , round 11
2015:
Amir Imam vs.
Fidel Maldonado , round 3
2016:
Skender Halili vs.
Jason Thompson , round 2
2017:
Dominic Breazeale vs.
Izu Ugonoh , round 3
2018:
Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury , round 12
2019:
Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua , round 3
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