Bladet Ring Magazine blev etableret i 1922, og årets boksere blev uddelt første gang i 1928. Denne liste dækker personer, der har fået prisen, der udvælges af bladets redaktører baseret på bokserens præstationer i ringen.^[1]

• 1928 – Gene Tunney
• 1929 – Tommy Loughran

• 1930 – Max Schmeling
• 1931 – Tommy Loughran
• 1932 – Jack Sharkey
• 1933 – Pris ikke uddelt
• 1934 – Tony Canzoneri & Barney Ross
• 1935 – Barney Ross
• 1936 – Joe Louis
• 1937 – Henry Armstrong
• 1938 – Joe Louis
• 1939 – Joe Louis

• 1940 – Billy Conn
• 1941 – Joe Louis
• 1942 – Sugar Ray Robinson
• 1943 – Fred Apostoli
• 1944 – Beau Jack
• 1945 – Willie Pep
• 1946 – Tony Zale
• 1947 – Gus Lesnevich
• 1948 – Ike Williams
• 1949 – Ezzard Charles

• 1950 – Ezzard Charles
• 1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson
• 1952 – Rocky Marciano
• 1953 – Bobo Olson
• 1954 – Rocky Marciano
• 1955 – Rocky Marciano
• 1956 – Floyd Patterson
• 1957 – Carmen Basilio
• 1958 – Ingemar Johansson
• 1959 – Ingemar Johansson

• 1960 – Floyd Patterson
• 1961 – Joe Brown
• 1962 – Dick Tiger
• 1963 – Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
• 1964 – Emile Griffith
• 1965 – Dick Tiger
• 1966 – Pris ikke uddelt
• 1967 – Joe Frazier
• 1968 – Nino Benvenuti
• 1969 – Jose Napoles

• 1970 – Joe Frazier
• 1971 – Joe Frazier
• 1972 – Muhammad Ali og Carlos Monzon
• 1973 – George Foreman
• 1974 – Muhammad Ali
• 1975 – Muhammad Ali
• 1976 – George Foreman
• 1977 – Carlos Zárate
• 1978 – Muhammad Ali
• 1979 – Sugar Ray Leonard

• 1980 – Thomas Hearns
• 1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard & Salvador Sanchez
• 1982 – Larry Holmes
• 1983 – Marvin Hagler
• 1984 – Thomas Hearns
• 1985 – Marvin Hagler & Donald Curry
• 1986 – Mike Tyson
• 1987 – Evander Holyfield
• 1988 – Mike Tyson
• 1989 – Pernell Whitaker

• 1990 – Julio César Chávez
• 1991 – James Toney
• 1992 – Riddick Bowe
• 1993 – Michael Carbajal
• 1994 – Roy Jones, Jr.
• 1995 – Oscar de la Hoya
• 1996 – Evander Holyfield
• 1997 – Evander Holyfield
• 1998 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
• 1999 – Paulie Ayala

• 2000 – Félix Trinidad
• 2001 – Bernard Hopkins
• 2002 – Vernon Forrest
• 2003 – James Toney (2)
• 2004 – Glen Johnson
• 2005 – Ricky Hatton
• 2006 – Manny Pacquiao
• 2007 – Floyd Mayweather Jr.
• 2008 – Manny Pacquiao
• 2009 – Manny Pacquiao

• 2010 – Sergio Martínez
• 2011 – Andre Ward
• 2012 – Juan Manuel Marquez
• 2013 – Adonis Stevenson
• 2014 – Sergey Kovalev
• 2015 – Tyson Fury
• 2016 – Carl Frampton
• 2017 – Vasyl Lomachenko

• Ring Magazine knockout of the year
• Ring Magazine Fight of the Year