The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has since named a Fight of the Year.
Sugar Ray Robinson
being held aloft by
Gene Fullmer
and
Carmen Basilio
in 1965. Basilio engaged in five straight Fight of the Year contests from 1955 to 1959, with three of them contested against either Robinson or Fullmer.
Muhammad Ali
was involved in more Fight of the Year contests than any other boxer in history; six spanning almost two decades.