Fights of the Year – No Spoilers

I have written before about how I love to watch boxing while working out. It is great motivation and you can use the round breaks to time HIIT intervals. Because of that, I was trying to search for the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year to find some good fights to watch, but you cannot find the list anywhere online without spoilers. Now you can. I also added links to videos where they are available and a list of some good fights that I stumbled on myself. I will update this list as I find more.

1920s

• 1922 – Harry Greb vs. Gene Tunney
• 1923 – Jack Dempsey vs. Louis Firpo
• 1924 – Gene Tunney vs. Georges Carpentier
• 1925 – Harry Greb vs. Mickey Walker
• 1926 – Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey I
• 1927 – Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey II
• 1928 – Tommy Loughran vs. Leo Lomski
• 1929 – Max Schmeling vs. Johnny Risko

1930s

• 1930 – Jackie Kid Bird vs. Kid Chocolate I
• 1931 – Max Schmeling vs. Young Stribling
• 1932 – Tony Canzoneri vs. Billy Petrole II
• 1933 – Max Baer vs. Max Schmeling
• 1934 – Barney Ross vs. Jimmy McLarnin I
• 1935 – Joe Louis vs. Max Baer
• 1936 – Max Schmeling vs. Joe Louis I
• 1937 – Joe Louis vs. Tommy Farr
• 1938 – Henry Armstrong vs. Lou Ambers I
• 1939 – Joe Louis vs. Bob Pastor II

1940s

• 1940 – Ceferino Garcia vs. Henry Armstrong
• 1941 – Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn I
• 1942 – Willie Pep vs. Chalky Wright I
• 1943 – Beau Jack vs. Bob Montgomery II
• 1944 – Bob Montgomery vs. Beau Jack III
• 1945 – Rocky Graziano vs. Red Cochrane I
• 1946 – Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano I
• 1947 – Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale II
• 1948 – Marcel Cerdan vs. Tony Zale
• 1949 – Willie Pep vs. Sandy Saddler II

1950s

• 1950 – Jake Lamotta vs. Laurent Dauthuille II
• 1951 – Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Ezzard Charles
• 1952 – Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott I
• 1953 – Rocky Marciano vs. Roland La Starza II
• 1954 – Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles II
• 1955 – Carmen Basilio vs. Tony De Marco II
• 1956 – Carmen Basilio vs. Johnny Saxton II
• 1957 – Carmen Basilio vs. Sugar Ray Robinson
• 1958 – Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio II
• 1959 – Gene Fullmer vs. Carmen Basilio

1960s

• 1960 – Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson II
• 1961 – Joe Brown vs. Dave Charnley II
• 1962 – Joey Giardello vs. Henry Hank II
• 1963 – Muhammed Ali (Cassius Clay) vs. Doug Jones
• 1964 – Muhammed Ali vs. Sonny Liston I
• 1965 – Floyd Patterson vs. George Chuvalo
• 1966 – Jose Torres vs. Eddie Cotton
• 1967 – Nino Benvenuti vs. Emile Griffith I
• 1968 – Dick Tiger vs. Frank DePaula
• 1969 – Joe Frazier vs. Jerry Quarry

1970s

• 1970 – Carlos Monzon vs. Nino Benvenuti
• 1971 – Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali I
• 1972 – Bob Foster vs. Chris Finnegan
• 1973 – George Foreman vs. Joe Frazier I
• 1974 – Muhammed Ali vs. George Foreman
• 1975 – Muhammed Ali vs. Jor Frazier III
• 1976 – George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle
• 1977 – Jimmy Young vs. George Foreman
• 1978 – Leon Spinks vs. Muhammed Ali I
• 1979 – Danny Lopez vs. Mike Ayala

1980s

• 1980 – Matthew Saad Muhammed vs. Yaqui Lopez II
• 1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns
• 1982 – Bobby Chacon vs. Rafael “Bazooka” Limon IV
• 1983 – Bobby Chacon vs. Cornelius Boza-Edwards II
• 1984 – Jose Luis Ramirez vs. Edwin Rosario II
• 1985 – Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
• 1986 – Stevie Cruz vs. Barry McGuigan
• 1987 – Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Marvelous Marvin Haggler
• 1988 – Tony Lopez vs. Rocky Lockridge
• 1989 – Roberto Duran vs. Iran Barkley

1990s

• 1990 – Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor I
• 1991 – Robert Quiroga vs. Akeem Anifowoshe
• 1992 – Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield I
• 1993 – Michael Carbajal vs. Humberto Gonzalez I
• 1994 – Jorge Castro vs. John David Jackson I
• 1995 – Saman Sorjaturong vs. Humberto Gonzalez
• 1996 – Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson I
• 1997 – Arturo Gatti vs. Gabriel Ruelas
• 1998 – Ivan Robinson vs. Arturo Gatti I
• 1999 – Paulie Ayala vs. Johnny Tapia

2000s

• 2000 – Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera I
• 2001 – Mickey Ward vs. Emanuel Augustus
• 2002 – Mickey Ward vs. Arturo Gatti I
• 2003 – Arturo Gatti vs. Mickey Ward III
• 2004 – Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales III
• 2005 – Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo
• 2006 – Somsak Sithchatchawal vs. Mahyar Monshipour
• 2007 – Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez II
• 2008 – Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez III
• 2009 – Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz I

2010s

• 2010 – Giovani Segura vs. Ivan Calderon
• 2011 – Victor Ortiz vs. Andre Berto I
• 2012 – Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao IV
• 2013 – Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov
• 2014 – Lucas Matthysse vs. John Molina, Jr.
• 2015 – Franciso Vargas vs. Takashi Miura
• 2016 – Francisco Vargas vs. Orlando Salido
• 2017 – Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko
• 2018 – Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin II
• 2019 – Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire

2020s

• 2020 – Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk
• 2021 – Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III
• 2022 – Leigh Wood vs. Michael Conlan
• 2023 – Luis Nery vs. Azat Hovhannisyan

Other Great Fights (In No Particular Order)

• 2003 – Roy Jones, Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver I
• 1995 – Evander Holyfield vs. Ray Mercer
• 2001 – Bernard Hopkins vs. Felix Trinidad
• 1999 – Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II
• 1980 – Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard I
• 2018 – Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury I
• 1958 – Archie Moore vs. Yvon Durelle
• 1985 – Larry Holmes vs. Michael Spinks I
• 1984 – Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. vs. Mario “Azabache” Martinez
• 2023- Robeisy Ramirez vs. Rafael Espinoza

I found the best videos I could, but not everything was available. It may not be the full fight or it may have sound issues, video issues, be broadcast in another language, etc. If you find a better video or there’s an issue with a link, please e-mail me and I’ll try to fix it. I will update this list as I find other good fights too.