Ring Magazine Upset of the Year
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As selected by The Ring magazine in each year.
Fights indicated by # also named the Ring Magazine Fight of the Year.
Fights indicated by @ also included the Ring Magazine Round of the Year.
| 1980 | Aug 2 | Yasutsune Uehara | KO 6 | Samuel Serrano | Jr Lightweight | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 1981 | Nov 7 | Roger Stafford | UD 10 | Pipino Cuevas | Welterweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 1982 | Sep 4 | Kirkland Laing | UD 10 | Roberto Duran | Jr Middleweight | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 1983 | Sep 23 | Gerrie Coetzee | KO 10 | Michael Dokes | Heavyweight | Richfield, Ohio, USA |
| 1984 | Jun 1 | Gene Hatcher | TKO 11 | Johnny Bumphus | Jr Welterweight | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| 1985 | Sep 21 | Michael Spinks | UD 15 | Larry Holmes | Heavyweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 1986 | Sep 27 | Lloyd Honeyghan | TKO 6 | Donald Curry | Welterweight | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 1987 | Apr 6 # | Sugar Ray Leonard | SD 12 | Marvin Hagler | Middleweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 1988 | Jun 6 | Iran Barkley | TKO 3 | Thomas Hearns | Middleweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 1989 | Feb 11 | Rene Jacquot | UD 12 | Donald Curry (2) | Jr Middleweight | Grenoble, FRA |
| 1990 | Feb 10 | James (Buster) Douglas | KO 10 | Mike Tyson | Heavyweight | Tokyo, JPN |
| 1991 | No Award | |||||
| 1992 | Mar 1 | Azumah Nelson | TKO 8 | Jeff Fenech | Jr Lightweight | Melbourne, Victoria, AUS |
| 1993 | Dec 18 | Simon Brown | KO 4 | Terry Norris | Jr Middleweight | Puebla, Puebla, MEX |
| 1994 | Aug 20 | Vuyani Bungu | UD 12 | Kennedy McKinney | Jr Featherweight | Temba, North-West, RSA |
| 1995 | Sep 8 | Willy Salazar | TKO 7 | Danny Romero | Jr Featherweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 1996 | Nov 9 # | Evander Holyfield | TKO 11 | Mike Tyson(2) | Heavyweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 1997 | May 31 | Vince Phillips | TKO 10 | Kostya Tszyu | Jr Welterweight | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 1998 | Aug 22 #@ | Ivan Robinson | SD 10 | Arturo Gatti | Lightweight | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 1999 | Oct 2 | Willy Wise | UD 10 | Julio Cesar Chavez | Welterweight | Las Vegas , Nevada, USA |
| 2000 | Jun 17 | Jose Luis Castillo | MD 12 | Stevie Johnston | Lightweight | Bell Gardens, California, USA |
| 2001 | Apr 22 | Hasim Rahman | KO 5 | Lennox Lewis | Heavyweight | Brakpan, Gauteng, RSA |
| 2002 | Feb 16 | Juan Carlos Rubio | UD 10 | Francisco Bojado | Jr Welterweight | Uncasville, Connecticut, USA |
| 2003 | Mar 8 | Corrie Sanders | TKO 2 | Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight | Hannover, GER |
| 2004 | Sep 25 | Glen Johnson | KO 9 | Roy Jones Jr. | Lt Heavyweight | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| 2005 | Sep 10 | Zahir Raheem | UD 12 | Erik Morales | Lightweight | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 2006 | Jan 1 | Carlos Manuel Baldomir | UD 12 | Zab Judah | Welterweight | New York, New York, USA |
| 2007 | Jul 7 | Nonito Donaire | KO 5 | Vic Darchinyan | Flyweight | Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
| 2008 | Oct 18 | Bernard Hopkins | UD 12 | Kelly Pavlik | Lt Heavyweight | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 2009 | Oct 10 | Juan Carlos Salgado | TKO 1 | Jorge Linares | Jr Lightweight | Tokyo, JPN |
| 2010 | Nov 27 | Jason Litzau | SD 10 | Celestino Caballero | Jr Lightweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 2011 | April 9 | Nobuhiro Ishida | TKO 1 | James Kirkland | Jr Middleweight | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 2012 | Mar 2 | Sonny Boy Jaro | TKO 6 | Pongsaklek Wonjongkam | Flyweight | Chonburi, Thailand |
| 2013 | Dec 9 | Marcos Maidana | UD 12 | Adrien Broner | Welterweight | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| 2014 | June 14 | Chris Algieri | SD 12 | Ruslan Provodnikov | Welterweight | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 2015 | November 28 | Tyson Fury | UD 12 | Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight | Düsseldorf, GER |
| 2016 | June 18 | Joe Smith Jr | TKO 1 | Andrzej Fonfara | Light Heavyweight | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 2017 | December 2 | Sadam Ali | UD 12 | Miguel Cotto | Jr Middleweight | New York, New York, USA |
| 2018 | April 15 | Cristofer Rosales | TKO 9 | Daigo Higa | Flyweight | Yokohama, Japan |
| 2019 | June 1 | Andy Ruiz Jr. | TKO 7 | Anthony Joshua | Heavyweight | New York, New York, USA |