Combat magazine award
The Ring Round of the Year since 1945, which this list covers. The award is based on the magazine's writers' criteria.
Rounds of the Year by decade [ edit ] 1950: Jake LaMotta vs. Laurent Dauthuille II, round 15
1951: Rocky Marciano vs. Joe Louis, round 8
1952: Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Rocky Marciano , round 13
1953: Kid Gavilán vs. Carmen Basilio , round 2
1954: Archie Moore vs. Harold Johnson V, round 14
1955: Archie Moore vs. Bobo Olson , round 3
1956: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Bobo Olson IV, round 4
1957: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Gene Fullmer II, round 5
1958: Ingemar Johansson vs. Eddie Machen , round 1
1959: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson , round 3 1960: Ingemar Johansson vs. Floyd Patterson II , round 5
1961: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson III , round 1
1962: Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston , round 1
1963: Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson II , round 1
1964: José Torres vs. Bobo Olson, round 1
1965: José Torres vs. Willie Pastrano , round 6
1966: Carlos Ortiz vs. Sugar Ramos , round 5
1967: Dick Tiger vs. Roger Rouse , round 12
1968: Bob Foster vs. Dick Tiger, round 4
1969: Nino Benvenuti vs. Luis Manuel Rodríguez , round 11 1970: Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Bonavena , round 15
1971: Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali , round 15
1972: Muhammad Ali vs. Bob Foster , round 5
1973: Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman , round 2
1974: Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman , round 8
1975: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III , round 12
1976: George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle , rounds 4 and 5
1977: George Foreman vs. Jimmy Young , round 12
1978: Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks , round 15
1979: Matthew Franklin vs. Marvin Johnson , round 8 1980: Matthew Saad Muhamad vs. Yaqui López , round 8
1981: William "Caveman" Lee vs. John LoCicero , round 5
1982: Wilfredo Gómez vs. Lupe Pintor , round 3
1983: Larry Holmes vs. Tim Witherspoon , round 9
1984: Juan Meza vs. Jaime Garza , round 1
1985: Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns , round 1
1986: Steve Cruz vs. Barry McGuigan , round 15
1987: Kelvin Seabrooks vs. Thierry Jacob , round 1
1988: Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks , round 1
1989: Lupe Gutierrez vs. Jeff Franklin , round 12 2000: Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera , round 5
2001: Bernard Hopkins vs. Félix Trinidad , round 10
2002: Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti, round 9
2003: Acelino Freitas vs. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios , round 11
2004: Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III , round 11
2005: José Luis Castillo vs. Diego Corrales , round 10
2006: Somsak Sithchatchawal vs. Mahyar Monshipour , round 10
2007: Rafael Márquez vs. Israel Vázquez II , round 3
2008: Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez III , round 4
2009: Marcos Maidana vs. Victor Ortiz , round 1 2010: Juan Manuel López vs. Bernabe Concepcion , round 1
2011: Alfredo Angulo vs. James Kirkland , round 1
2012: Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martínez , round 12
2013: Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov , round 6
2014: Tommy Coyle vs. Daniel Brizuela , round 11
2015: Amir Imam vs. Fidel Maldonado , round 3
2016: Skender Halili vs. Jason Thompson , round 2
2017: Dominic Breazeale vs. Izu Ugonoh , round 3
2018: Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury , round 12
2019: Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. , round 3 
