'' The Ring'' magazine was established in 1922 and has named a notable boxing Event of the Year since 1993, based on the magazine's writers' criteria.

Event of the Year by decade

1990s

* 1993

Fan Man James Jarrett Miller (October 28, 1963 – c. September 22, 2002), also known as the Fan Man, was an American parachutist and paraglider pilot known for his appearances at various sporting events. His most infamous appearance was the Nove ...

at Bowe-Holyfield II * 1994 Revenge: The Rematches * 1995

Tyson Tyson is a male given name of old French origin meaning 'high-spirited', 'fire'. It is from this that a surname arose 'son of Tyson'. Surname *Alan Tyson (1926–2000), British musicologist *Barbara Tyson (born 1964), Canadian actress *Bill Tyso ...

returns * 1996Riot at the Garden (see Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota) * 1997

The Bite a.k.a. ''Bait'' (1966) is a Japanese '' pink film'' directed by Hiroshi Mukai, credited as "Kan Mukai" in the international English-dubbed version, and starring Senjo Ichiriki and Michiko Shiroyami. Synopsis A gigolo is paid by a rich older wom ...

* 1998 Tyson's reinstatement * 1999The

IBF The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...

indictments

2000s

* 2000 Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley * 2001 Middleweight World Championship Series * 2002The Lewis–Tyson press conference brawl * 2003 Roy Jones fights at heavyweight * 2004

Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer and boxing commentator who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and the last heavyweight to hold ...

retirement * 2005'' The Contender'' * 2006 Corrales- Castillo III weigh-in * 2007

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., billed as ''The World Awaits'', was a super welterweight superfight that took place on May 5, 2007, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada between six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya and ...

* 2008The retirement of

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (''né'' Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. As a professional boxer he competed b ...

* 2009

Antonio Margarito Antonio Margarito Montiel (born March 18, 1978) is a Mexican-American former professional boxer who competed between 1994 and 2017. He held multiple welterweight world championships, including the WBO title from 2002 to 2007, the IBF title in ...

caught cheating

2010s

* 2010The failure to make Mayweather vs. Pacquiao * 2011

Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III Manny is a common nickname for people with the given name Manuel (name), Manuel, Emanuele, Immanuel, Emmanuel, Herman (name), Herman, or Manfred (disambiguation) , Manfred. People * Manny Acosta (born 1981), Panamanian pitcher in the Mexican Bas ...

* 2012September 15:

HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...

and

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both hold boxing events in

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

: Chávez Jr. vs. Martínez and Álvarez vs. López * 2013 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez * 2014 Carl Froch vs. George Groves II * 2015

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the ''Fight of the Century'' or the ''Battle for Greatness'', was a professional boxing superfight between undefeated five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world ...

* 2016 The death of

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

* 2017

Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin, billed as ''Supremacy'', was a professional boxing match contested for the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, IBO, ''Ring'' magazine, and lineal middleweight championship. The bout was on September 16, 201 ...

* 2018 HBO leaves boxing (see

HBO World Championship Boxing ''HBO World Championship Boxing'' (in later years stylized in its title card as ''HBO Boxing – World Championship'') was an American sports television series on premium television network HBO. It premiered on January 22, 1973 with a fight that ...

and

Boxing After Dark ''Boxing After Dark'' is an HBO boxing program, premiered on February 3, 1996, that usually showed fights between well-known contenders, but usually not "championship" or "title" fights. Unlike its sister program, ''HBO World Championship Boxing ...

) * 2019

Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II, billed as Clash On The Dunes, was a heavyweight professional boxing rematch between the Mexican-American champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and British former champion Anthony Joshua, for the Unified champion, unified WB ...

2020s

* 2020

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* 2021 Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk

References

External links

* Boxing awards Recurring events established in 1993 Event of the year {{boxing-stub