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.
Upsets of the Year by decade
1970s
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
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
1990 James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson 1991No 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
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 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 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 2024 Bruno Surace KO 6 Jaime Munguía 2025 Armando Reséndiz SD 12 Caleb Plant
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