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Ring Magazine's Fights of the Year
 Ring Magazine was first published in 1922 and has still continued to be boxing's premier print magazine.
Ring Magazine, first edited by hall of famer Nat Fleischer, has exposed boxing scandals, discovered future greats and covered boxing's biggest events of all time.
In 1979, the magazine was acquired by colorful publisher Bert Randolph Sugar, who hired Randy Gordon as his editor-in-chief. Over the next five years, the two put together what is still regarded by many readers as the finest Ring Magazines to date.
By 1985, both Sugar and Gordon had moved on to other ventures. In their absence the magazine nearly went bankrupt and was taken off the shelves in 1989 to later reemerge with secure financial backing in 1992.
Some of the boxers that have graced the magazine’s covers include Jack Dempsey, Max Schmeling, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Alexis Arguello, Wilfredo Benitez, Wilfredo Gomez, Roberto Duran, Larry Holmes, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio Cesar Chavez, Felix Trinidad, and Oscar De La Hoya.
Ring magazine is published by London Publications, which also publishes sister magazines KO Magazine and World Boxing.
Fights Of the Year
2000s
2004: Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Erik Morales
2003: Arturo Gatti W10 Micky Ward
2002: Micky Ward W10 Arturo Gatti
2001: Micky Ward W10 Emanuel Burton
2000: Erik Morales W12 Marco Antonio Barrera
1990s
1999: Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia
1998: Ivan Robinson W10 Arturo Gatti
1997: Arturo Gatti KO5 Gabriel Ruelas
1996: Evander Holyfield KO11 Mike Tyson
1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO7 Humberto Gonzalez
1994: Jorge Castro KO9 John David Jackson
1993: Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez
1992: Riddick Bowe W12 Evander Holyfield
1991: Robert Quiroga W12 Akeem Anifowoshe
1990: Julio Cesar Chavez KO12 Meldrick Taylor
1980s
1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley
1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge
1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler
1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan
1985: Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns
1984: Jose Luis Ramirez KO4 Edwin Rosario
1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards
1982: Bobby Chacon W15 Rafael Limon
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO14 Thomas Hearns
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez
1970s
1979: Danny Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala
1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali
1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman
1976: George Foreman KO4 Ron Lyle
1975: Muhammad Ali KO14 Joe Frazier
1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman
1973: George Foreman KO2 Joe Frazier
1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan
1971: Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali
1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti
1960s
1969: Joe Frazier KO7 Jerry Quarry
1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula
1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith
1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton
1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo
1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston
1963: Cassius Clay W10 Doug Jones
1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank
1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley
1960: Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson
1950s
1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio
1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio
1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson
1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton
1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco
1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles
1953: Rocky Marciano KO11 Roland LaStarza
1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott
1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles
1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille
1940s
1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler
1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale
1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale
1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano
1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane
Sonny Banerjee
Editor-in-chief
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