I know FOTY is one of the most subjective awards/distinctions a fight can receive in boxing. With that being said I've worked for a very very long period of time to make this list. Watched and re watched endless hours of boxing to determine...in my mind what's the very best in boxing each year. My list only goes back to 1970...do you have your own FOTY list? Let's see em. What's the best fight each year. When were The RING, KO Boxing, Boxing Illustrated, BWAA, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, HBO...when did they pick WRONG? When were they right. what fights were overlooked? Let's hear it & discuss....the very best fights by year. 70-2014.
BOXING FIGHT OF THE YEAR LIST 2010's 04-26-14 Lucas Matthysse v John Molina: TKO 11 (Carson,CA) Jr Welterweight Non-Title 03-16-13 Timothy Bradley v Ruslan Prodnikov: W 12 (Carson,CA) WBO Welterweight Title 12-08-12 Juan Manuel Marquez v Manny Pacquiao 4: KO 6 (Las Vegas,NV) Welterweight Non-Title 10-24-11 Akira Yaegashi v Pornsawan Porpramook: TKO 10 (Tokyo,Japan) WBA Strawweight Title 08-28-10 Giovani Segura v Ivan Calderon 1: KO 8 (Guaynabo,Puerto Rico) WBO, WBA, & RING World Jr Flyweight Championship 2000's 02-28-09 Juan Manuel Marquez v Juan Diaz 1: TKO 9 (Houston,TX) WBA, WBO, & RING World Lightweight Championship 03-01-08 Israel Vazquez v Rafael Marquez 3: W 12 (Carson,CA) WBC & RING World Jr Featherweight Championship 08-04-07 Israel Vazquez v Rafael Marquez 2: TKO 6 (Hidalgo,TX) WBC & RING World Jr Featherweight Championship 03-18-06 Somsak Sithchatchawal v Mahyar Monshipour: TKO 10 (France) WBA Jr Featherweight Title 05-07-05 Diego Corrales v Jose Luis Castillo 1: TKO 10 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC, WBO, & RING World Lightweight Championship 11-27-04 Marco Antonio Barrera v Erik Morales 3: W 12 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC Super Featherweight Title 04-26-03 James Toney v Vassily Jirov: W 12 (Mashantucket,CT) IBF Cruiserweight Title 05-18-02 Micky Ward v Arturo Gatti 1: W 10 (Uncasville,CT) Jr Welterweight Non-Title 07-13-01 Micky Ward v Emanuel Augustus Burton: W 10 (Hampton Beach,Nh) Jr Welterweight Non-Title 02-19-00 Erik Morales v Marco Antonio Barrera 1: W 12 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC, WBO, & Lineal World Jr Featherweight Championship 1990'S 06-11-99 Derrick Jefferson v Maurice Harris: KO 6 (Atlantic City,NJ) Heavyweight Non-Title 08-22-98 Ivan Robinson v Arturo Gatti 1: W 10 (Atlantic City,NJ) Lightweight Non-Title 12-19-97 Naseem Hamed v Kevin Kelley: TKO 4 (New York,NY) WBO Featherweight Title 02-03-96 Marco Antonio Barrera v Kennedy McKinney: TKO 12 (Inglewood,CA) WBO Jr Featherweight Title 02-25-95 Nigel Benn v Gerald McLellan: KO 10 (London,UK) WBC Super Middleweight Title 09-18-94 Hyoung-Chul Lee v Katsuya Onizuka: TKO 9 (Tokyo,JPN) WBA Jr Bantamweight Title 03-17-93 Michael Carbajal v Humberto Gonzalez 1: KO 7 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC, IBF, & Lineal World Jr Flyweight Championship 11-13-92 Riddick Bowe v Evander Holyfield 1: W 12 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC, WBA, IBF, & Lineal World Heavyweight Championship 06-15-91 Robert Quiroga v Akeem Anifowoshe: W 12 (San Antonio,TX) IBF Jr Bantamweight Title 03-17-90 Julio Cesar Chavez v Meldrick Taylor 1: TKO 12 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC, IBF, & Lineal World Jr Welterweight Championship 1980'S 02-24-89 Roberto Duran v Iran Barkley: W 12 (Atlantic City,NJ) WBC Middleweight Title 11-07-88 Sugar Ray Leonard v Donny Lalonde: TKO 9 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC Super Middleweights & Light Heavyweight Titles 04-15-87 Fidel Bassa v Dave McAuley 1: TKO 13 (Belfast,N.Ireland) WBA Flyweight Title 07-12-86 Evander Holyfield v Dwight Muhammad Qwai: W 15 (Atlanta,GA) WBA Cruiserweight Title 04-15-85 Marvin Hagler v Thomas Hearns: TKO 3 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC, WBA, IBF, & RING World Middleweight Championship 11-03-84 Jose Luis Ramirez v Edwin Rosario 2: TKO 4 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) WBC Lightweight Title 05-15-83 Bobby Chacon v Cornelius Boza-Edwards 2: W 12 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC Super Featherweight Title 12-11-82 Bobby Chacon v Rafael Limón 4: W 15 (Sacramento,CA) WBC Super Featherweight Title 09-16-81 Sugar Ray Leanord v Thomas Hearns 1: TKO 14 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC, WBA, & RING World Welterweight Championship 09-16-80 Roberto Duran v Sugar Ray Leanord 1: W 15 (Montreal,Quebec) WBC & RING World Welterweight Championship 1970'S 06-17-79: Danny Lopez v Mike Ayala: KO 15 (San Antonio,TX) WBC & RING World Featherweight Championship 06-09-78 Larry Holmes v Ken Norton: W 15 (Las Vegas,NV) WBC Heavyweight Title 07-26-77 Matthew Franklin v Marvin Johnson 1: TKO 12 (Philadelphia,PN) Light Heavyweight Non-Title 01-24-76 George Foreman v Ron Lyle: KO 5 (Las Vegas,NV) Heavyweight Non-Title * 10-01-75 Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier 3: TKO 14 (Manilla, PHI) * WBC, WBA, & RING World Heavyweight Championship 06-03-74 Oscar Albarado v Koichi Wajima 1: KO 15 (Tokyo, JPN) WBC, WBA, & RING World Jr Middleweight Championship 11-03-73 Arnold Taylor v Romeo Anaya 1: KO 14 (Johannesburg,S.Africa) WBA & RING World Bantamweight Championship 06-20-72 Masao Ohba v Orlando Amores: TKO 5 (Tokyo,JPN) WBA Flyweight Title 03-08-71 Joe Frazier v Muhammad Ali 1: W 15 (New York,NY) WBC, WBA, RING World Heavyweight Championship 08-06-70 Mando Ramos vs Ultiminio Sugar Ramos: W 10 (Los Angeles, CA) Lightweight Non-Title
