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Out of Ring Magazines fights of the year what would your pick be?

1922 -- Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney I
1923 -- Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Ángel Firpo
1924 -- Gene Tunney KO 15 Georges Carpentier
1925 -- Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker
1926 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey I
1927 -- Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey II
1928 -- Tommy Loughran W 15 Leo Lomski
1929 -- Max Schmeling KO 9 Johnny Risko
1930: Jack Kid Berg W 10 Kid Chocolate I
1931: Max Schmeling KO 15 Young Stribling
1932: Tony Canzoneri W 15 Billy Petrolle II
1933: Max Baer KO 10 Max Schmeling
1934: Barney Ross W 15 Jimmy McLarnin I
1935: Joe Louis KO 4 Max Baer
1936: Max Schmeling KO 12 Joe Louis I
1937: Joe Louis W 15 Tommy Farr
1938: Henry Armstrong W 15 Lou Ambers I
1939: Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor II
1940: Ceferino Garcia D 10 Henry Armstrong II
1941: Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn I
1942: Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright I
1943: Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery II
1944: Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack III
1945: Rocky Graziano KO10 Red Cochrane I
1946: Tony Zale KO6 Rocky Graziano I
1947: Rocky Graziano KO6 Tony Zale II
1948: Marcel Cerdan KO12 Tony Zale
1949: Willie Pep W15 Sandy Saddler II
1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille II
1951: Jersey Joe Walcott KO7 Ezzard Charles III
1952: Rocky Marciano KO13 Jersey Joe Walcott I
1953: Rocky Marciano KO11 Roland La Starza II
1954: Rocky Marciano KO8 Ezzard Charles II
1955: Carmen Basilio KO12 Tony DeMarco II
1956: Carmen Basilio KO9 Johnny Saxton II
1957: Carmen Basilio W15 Sugar Ray Robinson I
1958: Sugar Ray Robinson W15 Carmen Basilio II
1959: Gene Fullmer KO14 Carmen Basilio I
1960: Floyd Patterson KO5 Ingemar Johansson II
1961: Joe Brown W15 Dave Charnley II
1962: Joey Giardello W10 Henry Hank II
1963: Cassius Clay W10 Doug Jones
1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston I
1965: Floyd Patterson W12 George Chuvalo
1966: Jose Torres W15 Eddie Cotton
1967: Nino Benvenuti W15 Emile Griffith I
1968: Dick Tiger W10 Frank DePaula
1969: Joe Frazier KO7 Jerry Quarry I
1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti I
1971: Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali I
1972: Bob Foster KO14 Chris Finnegan
1973: George Foreman KO2 Joe Frazier I
1974: Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman
1975: Muhammad Ali KO14 Joe Frazier III
1976: George Foreman KO5 Ron Lyle
1977: Jimmy Young W12 George Foreman
1978: Leon Spinks W15 Muhammad Ali I
1979: Danny Lopez KO15 Mike Ayala
1980: Matthew Saad Muhammad KO14 Yaqui Lopez II
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard KO14 Thomas Hearns I
1982: Bobby Chacon W15 Rafael Limon IV
1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards II
1984: Jose Luis Ramirez KO4 Edwin Rosario II
1985: Marvin Hagler KO3 Thomas Hearns
1986: Stevie Cruz W15 Barry McGuigan
1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvin Hagler
1988: Tony Lopez W12 Rocky Lockridge I
1989: Roberto Duran W12 Iran Barkley
1990: Julio César Chávez KO12 Meldrick Taylor I
1991: Robert Quiroga W12 Akeem Anifowoshe
1992: Riddick Bowe W12 Evander Holyfield I
1993: Michael Carbajal KO7 Humberto Gonzalez I
1994: Jorge Castro KO9 John David Jackson I
1995: Saman Sorjaturong KO7 Humberto Gonzalez
1996: Evander Holyfield KO11 Mike Tyson I
1997: Arturo Gatti KO5 Gabriel Ruelas
1998: Ivan Robinson W10 Arturo Gatti I
1999: Paulie Ayala W12 Johnny Tapia I
2000: Erik Morales W12 Marco Antonio Barrera I
2001: Micky Ward W10 Emanuel Burton
2002: Micky Ward W10 Arturo Gatti I
2003: Arturo Gatti W10 Micky Ward III
2004: Marco Antonio Barrera W12 Erik Morales III
2005: Diego Corrales KO10 José Luis Castillo I
2006: Somsak Sithchatchawal KO10 Mahyar Monshipour
2007: Israel Vazquez KO 6 Rafael Marquez II
2008: Israel Vazquez W12 Rafael Marquez III

I'll have to think about this list for a while, right now I'd like to see Pep/Saddler II from 1949.
Have only ever seen the 3rd of their 4 fights.

The 1971 Frazier-Ali FOTC overshadows them all.

Leonard vs Hearns

One of my favorites.

Leonard vs Hearns I
Louis vs Conn I
Hagler vs Hearns
Ali vs Frazier III
Ali vs Frazier I
Duran vs Barkley

These are the fights I pick as my favorites. If I pick ONLY one, it would be Leonard vs Hearns I.

Hagler-Hearns

Hagler showed the difference between how a great fighter performs, and how a good fighter (Ray Leonard-Hearns) performs

elmersalsa wrote:Leonard vs Hearns I
Louis vs Conn I
Hagler vs Hearns
Ali vs Frazier III
Ali vs Frazier I
Duran vs Barkley

These are the fights I pick as my favorites. If I pick ONLY one, it would be Leonard vs Hearns I.

So much was displayed in that fight. Heart,chin,skills,power,speed and a change of style's from Leonard to come back and knock Hearns out. Gotta love it.

Nearly impossible to pick one, but I'll go with Chacon vs Boza-Edwards II

If i could go abck and watch one I'd have to pick Greb. Probably against Tunney. Not only is 20s America an era that totally fascinates me I'd also have a chance to see the man.

If I'm picking one as the best fight I'd possibly go with Chacon-Limon from 82

The Great John L wrote:Nearly impossible to pick one, but I'll go with Chacon vs Boza-Edwards II

Yeah, that was a great fight. Boza and Bobby were rarely in a bad fight.

Saad Muhammad - Yaqui Lopez (2) was awesome too.

yancey wrote:The 1971 Frazier-Ali FOTC overshadows them all.

Well, of course, for you it would do.

Not sure too many are agreeing with you though...

Collins2000 wrote:

The Great John L wrote:Nearly impossible to pick one, but I'll go with Chacon vs Boza-Edwards II

Yeah, that was a great fight. Boza and Bobby were rarely in a bad fight.

Saad Muhammad - Yaqui Lopez (2) was awesome too.

Yes, that one was probably the greatest comeback from near death I've ever seen.

The fight I watch and have enjoyed the most was
Bowe vs Holyfield 1992.
then

Patterson vs Chuvalo 1966.

Robinson wrote:The fight I watch and have enjoyed the most was
Bowe vs Holyfield 1992.
then

Patterson vs Chuvalo 1966.

I'm with ya with Bowe/Holyfield I. Talk about two fast skilled action oriented heavyweights. I notice in the early two rounds where it seems like Bowe is implementing a plan, but then it seems to dawn on him that he's the bigger man and took the action to Holyfield.

Schmeling vs Louis (1936)

When I first watched that fight, I did not know the result (had it on VHS),
and I was going for Holy. In that first round, he looked so good and active,
and then like you said...Bowes game plan slowly started to take effect
and Holyfield, being Holyfield fell into his trap...I love that fight. A great
start to a great trilogy.

Bowe gets discredited a lot on here, but irrespective of his Golota
bouts, he has just one L on his record and looked good for most his
career, even with a belly full of ice cream.

Robinson wrote:When I first watched that fight, I did not know the result (had it on VHS),
and I was going for Holy. In that first round, he looked so good and active,
and then like you said...Bowes game plan slowly started to take effect
and Holyfield, being Holyfield fell into his trap...I love that fight. A great
start to a great trilogy.

Bowe gets discredited a lot on here, but irrespective of his Golota
bouts, he has just one L on his record and looked good for most his
career, even with a belly full of ice cream.

He did look shoddy at times while winning, but even his, 'L' was a narrow win on my scorecard (twice).

I have scored the second Holy fight both ways. I shall have to
rewatch it again. And rescore.

I think every champ looks shoddy at some stage. Even in their
primes...

i had the second holy-bowe fight even. close fight.

1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston I

that's incorrect.

cassius clay fought liston the first time not ali....he didnt change his name til after this fight.

I go for the 1950 Jake LaMotta 15th Rd. KO of Laurent Dauthille. I had a mate who was in the Merchant Navy and was over there at the time. He raved over it when he came home. I did see some highlights of it in our local cineme some weeks after, I took ' The Ring ' at the time and the review of it was that it really was some fight.

DEKKER87 wrote:

1964: Muhammad Ali KO7 Sonny Liston I

that's incorrect.

cassius clay fought liston the first time not ali....he didnt change his name til after this fight.

No, it isn't. You can use either name.

After almost 15 years I have a question: are there any sources for Ring Magazines fights of the year before 1945 and where are they?
Here on boxrec: 1945- only https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Ring_ ... f_the_Year;
the Ring Magazine itself: 1945- only https://www.ringtv.com/182653-past-winn ... nd-awards/
I mean, did this award actually exist before 1945?

From 1951 forward the only one I haven't seen is Giardello-Hank.

Correction : I didn't see Brown versus Charnley either.