The Ring magazine Upset of the Year
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Template:Use mdy dates 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
1970s
- 1970Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Billy Backus KO 4 Template:Flagicon Jose Napoles
- 1971Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Alfredo Marcano KO 10 Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 1972Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Esteban De Jesús W 10 Template:Flagicon Roberto Durán
- 1973Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Ken Norton W 12 Template:Flagicon Muhammad Ali
- 1974Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Muhammad Ali KO 8 Template:Flagicon George Foreman
- 1975Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon John H. Stracey KO 6 Template:Flagicon Jose Napoles
- 1976Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Wilfred Benítez W 15 Template:Flagicon Antonio Cervantes
- 1977Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Jorge Luján KO 10 Template:Flagicon Alfonso Zamora
- 1978Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Leon Spinks W 15 Template:Flagicon Muhammad Ali
- 1979Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Vito Antuofermo D 15 Template:Flagicon Marvin Hagler
1980s
- 1980Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Template:Flagicon Samuel Serrano
- 1981Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Roger Stafford W 10 Template:Flagicon Pipino Cuevas
- 1982Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Kirkland Laing W 10 Template:Flagicon Roberto Durán
- 1983Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Template:Flagicon Michael Dokes
- 1984Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Gene Hatcher TKO 11 Template:Flagicon Johnny Bumphus
- 1985Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Michael Spinks W 15 Template:Flagicon Larry Holmes
- 1986Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Lloyd Honeyghan RTD 6 Template:Flagicon Donald Curry
- 1987Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Template:Flagicon Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Iran Barkley TKO 3 Template:Flagicon Thomas Hearns
- 1989Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Rene Jacquot W 12 Template:Flagicon Donald Curry
1990s
- 1990Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon James Douglas KO 10 Template:Flagicon Mike Tyson
- 1991Template:SndsNo award given
- 1992Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Azumah Nelson KO 8 Template:Flagicon Jeff Fenech
- 1993Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Simon Brown KO 4 Template:Flagicon Terry Norris
- 1994Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Vuyani Bungu W 12 Template:Flagicon Kennedy McKinney
- 1995Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Willy Salazar KO 7 Template:Flagicon Danny Romero
- 1996Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Evander Holyfield TKO 11 Template:Flagicon Mike Tyson
- 1997Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Vince Phillips KO 10 Template:Flagicon Kostya Tszyu
- 1998Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Ivan Robinson W 10 Template:Flagicon Arturo Gatti
- 1999Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Willy Wise W 10 Template:Flagicon Julio César Chávez
2000s
- 2000Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon José Luis Castillo W 12 Template:Flagicon Stevie Johnston
- 2001Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Hasim Rahman KO 5 Template:Flagicon Lennox Lewis
- 2002Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Juan Carlos Rubio W 10 Template:Flagicon Francisco Bojado
- 2003Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Corrie Sanders ТKO 2 Template:Flagicon Wladimir Klitschko
- 2004Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Glen Johnson KO 9 Template:Flagicon Roy Jones Jr.
- 2005Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Zahir Raheem W 12 Template:Flagicon Erik Morales
- 2006Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Carlos Manuel Baldomir W 12 Template:Flagicon Zab Judah
- 2007Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Nonito Donaire KO 5 Template:Flagicon Vic Darchinyan
- 2008Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Bernard Hopkins W 12 Template:Flagicon Kelly Pavlik
- 2009Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 Template:Flagicon Jorge Linares
2010s
- 2010Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Jason Litzau W 10 Template:Flagicon Celestino Caballero
- 2011Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Nobuhiro Ishida KO 1 Template:Flagicon James Kirkland
- 2012Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Sonny Boy Jaro TKO 6 Template:Flagicon Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
- 2013Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Marcos Maidana W 12 Template:Flagicon Adrien Broner
- 2014Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Chris Algieri W 12 Template:Flagicon Ruslan Provodnikov
- 2015Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Tyson Fury W 12 Template:Flagicon Wladimir Klitschko
- 2016Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Joe Smith Jr. TKO 1 Template:Flagicon Andrzej Fonfara
- 2017Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Sadam Ali W 12 Template:Flagicon Miguel Cotto
- 2018Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Cristofer Rosales TKO 9 Template:Flagicon Daigo Higa
- 2019Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO 7 Template:Flagicon Anthony Joshua
2020s
- 2020Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Teófimo López W 12 Template:Flagicon Vasiliy Lomachenko
- 2021Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon George Kambosos Jr W 12 Template:Flagicon Teófimo López
- 2022Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Jai Opetaia W 12 Template:Flagicon Mairis Briedis
- 2023Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Rafael Espinoza W 12 Template:Flagicon Robeisy Ramírez
- 2024Template:SndsTemplate:Flagicon Bruno Surace KO 6 Template:Flagicon Jaime Munguía