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
edit1970s
edit- 1970 –
Billy Backus KO 4 
Jose Napoles - 1971 –
Alfredo Marcano KO 10 
Hiroshi Kobayashi - 1972 –
Esteban De Jesús W 10 
Roberto Durán - 1973 – Ken Norton W 12 Muhammad Ali
- 1974 – Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman
- 1975 –
John H. Stracey KO 6 Jose Napoles - 1976 – Wilfred Benítez W 15
Antonio Cervantes - 1977 – Jorge Luján KO 10
Alfonso Zamora - 1978 – Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali
- 1979 –
Vito Antuofermo D 15 Marvin Hagler
1980s
edit- 1980 – Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Samuel Serrano
- 1981 – Roger Stafford W 10 Pipino Cuevas
- 1982 – Kirkland Laing W 10 Roberto Durán
- 1983 –
Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes - 1984 – Gene Hatcher TKO 11 Johnny Bumphus
- 1985 – Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes
- 1986 – Lloyd Honeyghan RTD 6 Donald Curry
- 1987 – Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988 – Iran Barkley TKO 3 Thomas Hearns
- 1989 –
Rene Jacquot W 12 Donald Curry
1990s
edit- 1990 – James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson
- 1991 – No award given
- 1992 –
Azumah Nelson KO 8 
Jeff Fenech - 1993 – Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris
- 1994 –
Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney - 1995 – Willy Salazar KO 7 Danny Romero
- 1996 – Evander Holyfield TKO 11 Mike Tyson
- 1997 – Vince Phillips KO 10 Kostya Tszyu
- 1998 – Ivan Robinson W 10
Arturo Gatti - 1999 – Willy Wise W 10 Julio César Chávez
2000s
edit- 2000 – José Luis Castillo W 12 Stevie Johnston
- 2001 – Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis
- 2002 – Juan Carlos Rubio W 10 Francisco Bojado
- 2003 – Corrie Sanders ТKO 2
Wladimir Klitschko - 2004 –
Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones Jr. - 2005 – Zahir Raheem W 12 Erik Morales
- 2006 –
Carlos Manuel Baldomir W 12 Zab Judah - 2007 –
Nonito Donaire KO 5 
Vic Darchinyan - 2008 – Bernard Hopkins W 12 Kelly Pavlik
- 2009 – Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 Jorge Linares
2010s
edit- 2010 – Jason Litzau W 10 Celestino Caballero
- 2011 – Nobuhiro Ishida KO 1 James Kirkland
- 2012 – Sonny Boy Jaro TKO 6
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam - 2013 – Marcos Maidana W 12 Adrien Broner
- 2014 – Chris Algieri W 12
Ruslan Provodnikov - 2015 – Tyson Fury W 12 Wladimir Klitschko
- 2016 – Joe Smith Jr. TKO 1
Andrzej Fonfara - 2017 – Sadam Ali W 12 Miguel Cotto
- 2018 –
Cristofer Rosales TKO 9 Daigo Higa - 2019 – Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO 7 Anthony Joshua
2020s
edit- 2020 – Teófimo López W 12 Vasiliy Lomachenko
- 2021 – George Kambosos Jr W 12 Teófimo López
- 2022 – Jai Opetaia W 12
Mairis Briedis - 2023 – Rafael Espinoza W 12 Robeisy Ramírez
References
edit- ^ "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.
