KO Magazine Knockout of the Year

As selected by KO Magazine in each year.

Year	Date	Boxer	Result	Boxer	Division	Location
1980	Aug 2	Thomas Hearns	TKO 2	Pipino Cuevas	Welterweight	Detroit, Michigan, USA
1981	Nov 14	Wilfred Benitez	TKO 12	Maurice Hope	Lt Middleweight	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1982	Oct 30	Marvin Hagler	TKO 5	Fulgencio Obelmejias	Middleweight	San Remo, Liguria, ITA
1983	Sep 15	Ray Mancini	KO 9	Orlando Romero	Lightweight	New York City, New York, USA
1984	Jun 15	Thomas Hearns	TKO 2	Roberto Duran	Lt Middleweight	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1985	Dec 6	Donald Curry	KO 2	Milton McCrory	Welterweight	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1986	Sep 26	Edwin Rosario	KO 2	Livingstone Bramble	Lightweight	Miami Beach, Florida, USA
1987	Jul 18	Mike McCallum	KO 5	Donald Curry	Lt Middleweight	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1988	Jun 6	Iran Barkley	TKO 3	Thomas Hearns	Middleweight	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1989	Mar 25	Michael Nunn	KO 1	Sumbu Kalambay	Middleweight	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1990	Apr 4	Razor Ruddock	TKO 4	Michael Dokes	Heavyweight	New York City, New York, USA
1991	May 10	James Toney	TKO 11	Michael Nunn	Middleweight	Davenport, Iowa, USA
1992	Oct 31	Lennox Lewis	TKO 2	Razor Ruddock	Heavyweight	Kensington, London, UK
1993	May 8	Gerald McClellan	TKO 5	Julian Jackson	Middleweight	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA