Honours & Awards

The Ring — Fighter of the Year

The Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year, 1928–present · 102 awards recorded

1. 2025Terence Crawford
2. 2024Oleksandr Usyk
3. 2023Naoya Inoue
4. 2022Dmitry Bivol
5. 2021Canelo Alvarez
6. 2020Tyson FuryTeofimo Lopez
7. 2019Canelo Alvarez
8. 2018Oleksandr Usyk
9. 2017Vasiliy Lomachenko
10. 2016Carl Frampton
11. 2015Tyson Fury
12. 2014Sergey Kovalev
13. 2013Adonis Stevenson
14. 2012Juan Manuel Marquez
15. 2011Andre Ward
16. 2010Sergio Martinez
17. 2009Manny Pacquiao
18. 2008Manny Pacquiao
19. 2007Floyd Mayweather Jr
20. 2006Manny Pacquiao
21. 2005Ricky Hatton
22. 2004Glen Johnson
23. 2003James Toney
24. 2002Vernon Forrest
25. 2001Bernard Hopkins
26. 2000Felix Trinidad
27. 1999Paulie Ayala
28. 1998Floyd Mayweather Jr
29. 1997Evander Holyfield
30. 1996Evander Holyfield
31. 1995Oscar De La Hoya
32. 1994Roy Jones Jr
33. 1993Michael Carbajal
34. 1992Riddick Bowe
35. 1991James Toney
36. 1990Julio Cesar Chavez
37. 1989Pernell Whitaker
38. 1988Mike Tyson
39. 1987Evander Holyfield
40. 1986Mike Tyson
41. 1985Marvin HaglerDonald Curry
42. 1984Thomas Hearns
43. 1983Marvin Hagler
44. 1982Larry Holmes
45. 1981Sugar Ray LeonardSalvador Sanchez
46. 1980Thomas Hearns
47. 1979Sugar Ray Leonard
48. 1978Muhammad Ali
49. 1977Carlos Zarate
50. 1976George Foreman
51. 1975Muhammad Ali
52. 1974Muhammad Ali
53. 1973George Foreman
54. 1972Muhammad AliCarlos Monzon
55. 1971Joe Frazier
56. 1970Joe Frazier
57. 1969Jose Napoles
58. 1968Nino Benvenuti
59. 1967Joe Frazier
60. 1966Muhammad Ali(retroactively awarded in 2016)
61. 1965Dick Tiger
62. 1964Emile Griffith
63. 1963Muhammad Ali(as Cassius Clay)
64. 1962Dick Tiger
65. 1961Joe Brown
66. 1960Floyd Patterson
67. 1959Ingemar Johansson
68. 1958Ingemar Johansson
69. 1957Carmen Basilio
70. 1956Floyd Patterson
71. 1955Rocky Marciano
72. 1954Rocky Marciano
73. 1953Bobo Olson
74. 1952Rocky Marciano
75. 1951Sugar Ray Robinson
76. 1950Ezzard Charles
77. 1949Ezzard Charles
78. 1948Ike Williams
79. 1947Gus Lesnevich
80. 1946Tony Zale
81. 1945Willie Pep
82. 1944Beau Jack
83. 1943Fred Apostoli
84. 1942Sugar Ray Robinson
85. 1941Joe Louis
86. 1940Billy Conn
87. 1939Joe Louis
88. 1938Joe Louis
89. 1937Henry Armstrong
90. 1936Joe Louis
91. 1935Barney Ross
92. 1934Tony CanzoneriBarney Ross
93. 1932Jack Sharkey
94. 1931Tommy Loughran
95. 1930Max Schmeling
96. 1929Tommy Loughran
97. 1928Gene Tunney

Names in gold link to a full career record. Winners without a profile aren't in the archive yet.