The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a notable boxing Event of the Year since 1993, based on the magazine's writers' criteria.
Event of the Year by decade 1990s 1993Fan Man at Bowe-Holyfield II 1994Revenge: The Rematches 1995Tyson returns 1996Riot at the Garden (see Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota) 1997The Bite 1998Tyson's reinstatement 1999The IBF indictments
2000s 2000Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley 2001Middleweight World Championship Series 2002The Lewis–Tyson press conference brawl 2003Roy Jones fights at heavyweight 2004Lennox Lewis retirement 2005The Contender 2006Corrales-Castillo III weigh-in 2007Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2008The retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. 2009Antonio Margarito caught cheating
2010s 2010The failure to make Mayweather vs. Pacquiao 2011Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III 2012September 15: HBO and Showtime both hold boxing events in Las Vegas: Chávez Jr. vs. Martínez and Álvarez vs. López 2013Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez 2014Carl Froch vs. George Groves II 2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 2016 The death of Muhammad Ali 2017 Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin 2018 HBO leaves boxing (see HBO World Championship Boxing and Boxing After Dark) 2019 Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II
2020s 2020 COVID-19 2021 Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2022 Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 2023 Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin 2024 Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2025 Not awarded
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