Naoya Inoue is The Ring’s 2023 Fighter of the Year
Naoya Inoue has won Ring Magazine’s prestigious Fighter of the Year award for his 2023 campaign which saw the 30-year-old boxer-puncher soundly defeat then-undefeated WBC/WBO 122-pound titleholder Stephen Fulton in July and WBA/IBF 122-pound beltholder Marlon Tapales in December to earn The Ring’s vacant junior featherweight title and undisputed champion status.
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Naoya Inoue named Japan’s best boxer for record-breaking sixth time
The Japanese Boxing Commission and the Sportswriters Club held their annual awards ceremony at the Tokyo Dome Hotel on Wednesday. The...
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The Ring Magazine year-end awards issue now online
We’re pleased to say that our year-end awards issue of The Ring Magazine is now online and free for all...
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2022 Fighter of the Year: Dmitry Bivol
At this time last year, Dmitry Bivol faced an uncertain future. While undoubtedly a respected world titleholder, he was a...
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The Ring’s 2022 Awards Nominees: Fighter of the Year
The Fighter of the Year honor is the most prestigious and the oldest of The Ring's annual awards. The first recipient...
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On this day: James Toney almost turns the lights out on Vassiliy Jirov
Never write off legends. On April 26, 2003, James Toney upset the odds to dethrone the previously unbeaten IBF cruiserweight titleholder...
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Canelo Alvarez is The Ring Fighter of the Year for 2021
After Canelo Alvarez drove Caleb Plant to the canvas for the second time in the 11th round with three brutal...
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‘Fighting Words’ — Is Fighter of the Year Down to Four? More? Or Just Two?
This tends to be the time of year when we can narrow down the final candidates for Fighter of the...
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Women’s Boxing in 2020: The Ring’s panel of experts weighs in
As one of the most difficult years in recent history comes to a close for the entire planet and the...
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Teofimo Lopez is Ring Magazine co-Fighter of the Year 2020 alongside Tyson Fury
Despite much of the 2020 boxing schedule being expunged by the COVID-19 pandemic, there were still a good number of...
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