The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year
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The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a Knockout of the Year since 1989, based on the magazine's writers' criteria.[1]
Knockouts of the Year by decade
[edit]1980s
[edit]- 1989:
Michael Nunn KO 1
Sumbu Kalambay[2]
1990s
[edit]- 1990:
Terry Norris KO 1
John Mugabi
- 1991: no award given
- 1992:
Morris East KO 11
Akinobu Hiranaka
... tie:Kennedy McKinney KO 11
Welcome Ncita
- 1993:
Gerald McClellan TKO 5
Julian Jackson
- 1994:
George Foreman KO 10
Michael Moorer – see Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman
- 1995:
Julio César Vásquez KO 11
Carl Daniels
- 1996:
Wilfredo Vázquez KO 11
Eloy Rojas
- 1997:
Arturo Gatti KO 5
Gabriel Ruelas
- 1998:
Roy Jones Jr. KO 4
Virgil Hill
- 1999:
Derrick Jefferson KO 6
Maurice Harris
2000s
[edit]- 2000:
Ben Tackie KO 10
Robert Garcia
- 2001:
Lennox Lewis KO 4
Hasim Rahman – see Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis II
- 2002:
Lennox Lewis KO 8
Mike Tyson – see Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
- 2003:
Rocky Juarez KO 10
Antonio Diaz
- 2004:
Antonio Tarver KO 2
Roy Jones Jr. – see Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver II
- 2005:
Allan Green KO 1
Jaidon Codrington
- 2006:
Calvin Brock KO 6
Zuri Lawrence
- 2007:
Nonito Donaire TKO 5
Vic Darchinyan
- 2008:
Edison Miranda KO 3
David Banks
- 2009:
Manny Pacquiao KO 2
Ricky Hatton – see Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao
2010s
[edit]- 2010:
Sergio Martínez KO 2
Paul Williams – see Sergio Martínez vs. Paul Williams II
- 2011:
Nonito Donaire TKO 2
Fernando Montiel – see Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire
- 2012:
Juan Manuel Márquez KO 6
Manny Pacquiao – see Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV
- 2013:
Adonis Stevenson TKO 1
Chad Dawson
- 2014:
Carl Froch KO 8
George Groves[3] – see Carl Froch vs. George Groves II
- 2015:
Canelo Álvarez KO 3
James Kirkland – see Canelo Álvarez vs. James Kirkland
- 2016:
Canelo Álvarez KO 6
Amir Khan – see Canelo Álvarez vs. Amir Khan
- 2017:
David Lemieux KO 3
Curtis Stevens
- 2018:
Naoya Inoue KO 1
Juan Carlos Payano
- 2019:
Deontay Wilder KO 7
Luis Ortiz – see Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II
2020s
[edit]- 2020:
Gervonta Davis KO 6
Léo Santa Cruz
- 2021:
Gabriel Rosado KO 3
Bektemir Melikuziev
- 2022:
Leigh Wood TKO 12
Michael Conlan
- 2023:
Junto Nakatani KO 12
Andrew Moloney - see Devin Haney vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Past winners of The Ring's year-end awards". The Ring magazine. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ^ "The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year". Boxing.about.com. April 27, 2011. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Past winners of THE RING year-end awards - Ring TV". Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2014.