Ali–Frazier Award

The Ali–Frazier Award, known alternatively as the Boxing Writers of America Fight of the Year and previously known as the Harry Markson Award prior to 2009, has been conferred annually since the BWAA's awards dinner in 2003. The BWAA votes on the best fight of each year regardless of the weight class or nationality of the fighters.

Ali–Frazier Award

Sport	Boxing
Awarded for	"Fight of the Year"
Country	U.S.
Presented by	Boxing Writers Association of America

The award was originally named for Harry Markson, a boxing promoter and publicist who served for five years as the president of boxing operations at Madison Square Garden. In 2009, the award was renamed the Ali–Frazier Award in honor of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and their epic fight trilogy including the Fight of the Century. The award is presented with other honors given by the BWAA at an annual awards dinner.

Past recipients

Year	Date	Location	Winner	Loser	Result	Weight class	World title(s) at stake	Notes
2002	May 18	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States	Micky Ward  United States	Arturo Gatti  Canada	Majority decision after 10 rounds (95-93, 94-93, 94-94)	Welterweight	None	First fight in Gatti-Ward trilogy
2003	April 26	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	James Toney  United States	Vassily Jirov  Kazakhstan	Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (117-109, 117-109, 116-110)	Cruiserweight	IBF cruiserweight title (Jirov)
2004	November 27	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Marco Antonio Barrera  Mexico	Erik Morales  Mexico	Majority decision after 12 rounds (115-113, 115-114, 114-114)	Super featherweight	WBC super featherweight (Barrera)	Final fight of trilogy between the two
2005	May 7	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Diego Corrales  United States	José Luis Castillo  Mexico	Technical knockout, in tenth of 12 rounds	Lightweight	WBC lightweight title (Castillo) WBO lightweight title (Corrales)	First of two 2005 fights between the two
2006	March 18	Levallois-Perret, France	Somsak Sithchatchawal  Thailand	Mahyar Monshipour  France	Technical knockout, in tenth of 12 rounds	Super bantamweight	WBA super bantamweight title (Monshipour)
2007	September 29	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Kelly Pavlik  United States	Jermain Taylor  United States	Technical knockout, in seventh of 12 rounds	Middleweight	WBC and WBO middleweight titles (Taylor)	First of two fights between the two
2008	March 1	Carson, California, United States	Israel Vázquez  Mexico	Rafael Márquez  Mexico	Split decision after 12 rounds (114-111, 113-112, 111-114)	Super bantamweight	WBC super bantamweight title (Vázquez)	Third fight of the Márquez–Vázquez rivalry
2009	February 28	Houston, Texas, United States	Juan Manuel Márquez  Mexico	Juan Díaz  United States	Technical knockout, in ninth of 12 rounds	Lightweight	WBO lightweight title (vacant) WBA (Super) lightweight title (vacant)	First of two fights between the two
2010	December 11	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Amir Khan  United Kingdom	Marcos Maidana  Argentina	Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (114-111, 114-111, 113-112)	Light welterweight	WBA light welterweight title (Khan)	Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana
2011	July 15	New York, New York, United States	Majority draw after ten rounds (97-93, 95-95, 95-95) between Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak			Super welterweight	None	First of two fights between the two
2012	December 8	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Juan Manuel Marquez  Mexico	Manny Pacquiao  Philippines	Knockout, in the sixth of 12 rounds	Welterweight	None	Fourth fight between the two
2013	March 16	Carson, California, United States	Timothy Bradley  United States	Ruslan Provodnikov  Russia	Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (115-112, 114-113, 114-113)	Welterweight	WBO welterweight title (Bradley)
2014	April 26	Carson, California, United States	Lucas Matthysse  Argentina	John Molina, Jr.  United States	Knockout, in the eleventh of 12 rounds	Light welterweight	None
2015	November 21	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Francisco Vargas  Mexico	Takashi Miura  Japan	Technical knockout, in the ninth of 12 rounds	Super featherweight	WBC super featherweight title (Miura)	Takashi Miura vs. Francisco Vargas[1]
2016	June 4	StubHub Center, Carson, California, United States	Majority draw after 12 rounds (115-113, 114-114, 114-114) between Francisco Vargas and Orlando Salido			Super featherweight	WBC super featherweight title (Vargas)	[2]
2017	April 29	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Anthony Joshua  United Kingdom	Wladimir Klitschko  Ukraine	Knockout, after 11 rounds	Heavyweight	IBF heavyweight title (Joshua) WBA (Super) heavyweight title (vacant)	Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko[3]
2018	April 7	The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, United States	Jarrett Hurd  United States	Erislandy Lara  Cuba	Split decision after 12 rounds (113-114, 114-113, 114-113)	Super welterweight	WBA (Super) super welterweight title (Lara) IBF super welterweight title (Hurd)
2019	November 7	Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan	Naoya Inoue  Japan	Nonito Donaire  Philippines	Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (117-109, 116-111, 114-113)	Bantamweight	WBA (Super) bantamweight title (Donaire) IBF bantamweight title (Inoue)	2018-19 World Boxing Super Series Bantamweight final, Naoya Inoue vs. Nonito Donaire[4]
2020	October 3	MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada	Jose Zepeda  United States	Ivan Baranchyk  Belarus	Knockout, in the fifth of 10 rounds	Light welterweight	None	Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk
2021	October 9	T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada	Tyson Fury  United Kingdom	Deontay Wilder  United States	Knockout, in the eleventh of 12 rounds	Heavyweight	WBC heavyweight title (Fury)	Final fight of trilogy between the two
2022	March 12	Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England	Leigh Wood  United Kingdom	Michael Conlan  Ireland	Technical knockout, in the twelfth of 12 rounds	Featherweight	WBA (Regular) featherweight title (Wood)
2023	June 10	Toyota Arena, Ontario, California	Jaime Munguía  Mexico	Sergiy Derevyanchenko  Ukraine	Unanimous decision after 12 rounds (115-112, 114-113, 114-113))	Super Middleweight	None

See also

• The Ring magazine Fight of the Year
• BWAA Fighter of the Year