Ring Magazine: Fighter of the Year
|
Year |
Boxer |
Birthplace |
Division |
| 2009 |
Manny Pacquiao (3) |
General Santos City, Philippines |
welterweight |
| 2008 |
Manny Pacquiao (2) |
General Santos City, Philippines |
lightweight |
| 2007 |
Floyd Matweather Jr (2) |
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
welterweight |
| 2006 |
Manny Pacquiao |
General Santos City, Philippines |
super featherweight |
| 2005 |
Ricky Hatton |
Manchester, England |
light welterweight |
| 2004 |
Glen Johnson |
Jamaica |
light heavyweight |
| 2003 |
James Toney |
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
cruiserweight |
| 2002 |
Vernon Forest |
Augusta, GA, USA |
welterweight |
| 2001 |
Bernard Hopkins |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
middleweight |
| 2000 |
Felix Trinidad |
Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico |
light middleweight |
| 1999 |
Paulie Ayala |
Fort Worth, TX, USA |
bantamweight |
| 1998 |
Floyd Mayweather Jr |
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
super featherweight |
| 1997 |
Evander Holyfield (3) |
Atmore, Alabama, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1996 |
Evander Holyfield (2) |
Atmore, Alabama, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1995 |
Oscar De La Hoya |
Montebello, CA, USA |
lightwight |
| 1994 |
Roy Jones Jr |
Pensacola, Florida, USA |
middleweight |
| 1993 |
Michael Carbajal |
Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
light flyweight |
| 1992 |
Riddick Bowe |
Brooklyn, New York, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1991 |
James Toney |
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
middleweight |
| 1990 |
Julio Cesar Chavez |
Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico |
light welterweight |
| 1989 |
Pernell Whitaker |
Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
lightweight |
| 1988 |
Mike Tyson (2) |
Brooklyn, New York, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1987 |
Evander Holyfield |
Atmore, Alabama, USA |
cruiserweight |
| 1986 |
Mike Tyson |
Brooklyn, New York, |
heavyweight |
| 1985 |
Marvin Hagler (2) Don Curry |
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA Fort Worth, Texas, |
middleweight welterweight |
| 1984 |
Thomas Hearns (2) |
Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
light middleweight |
| 1983 |
Marvin Hagler |
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA |
middleweight |
| 1982 |
Larry Holmes |
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1981 |
Ray Leonard (2) Salvador Sanchez |
Wilmington, North Carolina Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico |
welterweight featherweight |
| 1980 |
Thomas Hearns |
Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
welterweight |
| 1979 |
Ray Leonard |
Wilmington, North Carolina |
welterweight |
| 1978 |
Muhammad Ali (5) |
Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1977 |
Carlos Zarate |
Tepito, Mexico |
bantamweight |
| 1976 |
George Foreman (2) |
Marshall, Texas, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1975 |
Muhammad Ali (4) |
Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1974 |
Muhammad Ali (3) |
Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1973 |
George Foreman |
Marshall, Texas, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1972 |
Muhammad Ali (2) Carlos Monzon |
Louisville, Kentucky, USA San Javier, Santa Fe, Argentina |
heavyweight middleweight |
| 1971 |
Joe Frazier (3) |
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1970 |
Joe Frazier (2) |
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1969 |
Jose Napoles |
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
welterweight |
| 1968 |
Nino Benvenuti |
Isola d'Istria, Slovenia |
middleweight |
| 1967 |
Joe Frazier |
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1966 |
No Award |
| 1965 |
Dick Tiger (2) |
Amaigbo, Nigeria
|
middleweight |
| 1964 |
Emile Griffith |
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands |
welterweight |
| 1963 |
Cassius Clay |
Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1962 |
Dick Tiger |
Amaigbo, Nigeria |
middleweight |
| 1961 |
Joe Brown |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
lightweight |
| 1960 |
Floyd Patterson (2) |
Waco, North Carolina, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1959 |
Ingemar Johansson (2) |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
heavyweight |
| 1958 |
Ingemar Johansson |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
heavyweight |
| 1957 |
Carmen Basillio |
Canastota, New York, USA |
middleweight |
| 1956 |
Floyd Patterson |
Waco, North Carolina, USA |
heavtweight |
| 1955 |
Rocky Marciano (3) |
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1954 |
Rocky Marciano (2) |
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1953 |
Bobo Olsen |
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
middleweight |
| 1952 |
Rocky Marciano |
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1951 |
Ray Robinson (2) |
Ailey, Georgia, USA |
middleweight |
| 1950 |
Ezzard Charles (2) |
Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1949 |
Ezzard Charles |
Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1948 |
Ike Williams |
Brunswick, Georgia, USA |
lightweight |
| 1947 |
Gus Lesnevich |
Cliffside Park, NJ, USA |
light heavyweight |
| 1946 |
Tony Zale |
Gary, Indiana, USA |
middleweight |
| 1945 |
Willie Pep |
Middletown, Connecticut, USA |
featherweight |
| 1944 |
Beau Jack |
Augusta, Georgia, USA |
lightweight |
| 1943 |
Fred Apostoli |
San Francisco, CA, USA |
middleweight |
| 1942 |
Ray Robinson |
Ailey, Georgia, USA |
welterweight |
| 1941 |
Joe Louis (4) |
LaFayette, Alabama, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1940 |
Billy Conn |
East Liberty, PA, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1939 |
Joe Louis (3) |
LaFayette, Alabama, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1938 |
Joe Louis (2) |
LaFayette, Alabama, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1937 |
Henry Armstrong |
St. Louis, MO, USA |
featherweight |
| 1936 |
Joe Louis |
LaFayette, Alabama, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1935 |
Barney Ross (2) |
New York, NY, USA |
welterweight |
| 1934 |
Tony Canzoneri Barney Ross |
New York, NY, USA New York, NY, USA |
lightweight welterweight |
| 1933 |
No Award |
| 1932 |
Jack Sharkey |
Binghamton, New York, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1931 |
Tommy Loughran |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1930 |
Max Schmeling |
Klein Luckow, Germany |
heavyweight |
| 1929 |
Tommy Loughran |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
heavyweight |
| 1928 |
Gene Tunney |
New York, NY, USA |
heavyweight |
| ( ) Indicates number of times awarded ring magazine fighter of the year |