Upsets of the Year by decade
1970s
- 1970 -
Billy Backus KO 4 
Jose Napoles - 1971 -
Alfredo Marcano KO 10 
Hiroshi Kobayashi - 1972 -
Esteban De Jesús W 10 
Roberto Durán - 1973 - Ken Norton W 12 Muhammad Ali
- 1974 - Muhammad Ali KO 8 George Foreman
- 1975 -
John H. Stracey KO 6 Jose Napoles - 1976 - Wilfred Benitez W 15
Antonio Cervantes - 1977 - Jorge Lujan KO 10
Alfonso Zamora - 1978 - Leon Spinks W 15 Muhammad Ali
- 1979 -
Vito Antuofermo D 15 Marvin Hagler
1980s
- 1980 - Yasutsune Uehara KO 6 Samuel Serrano
- 1981 - Roger Stafford W 10 Pipino Cuevas
- 1982 - Kirkland Laing W 10 Roberto Durán
- 1983 -
Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes - 1984 - Gene Hatcher KO 11 Johnny Bumphus
- 1985 - Michael Spinks W 15 Larry Holmes
- 1986 - Lloyd Honeyghan KO 6 Donald Curry
- 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard W 12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
- 1988 - Iran Barkley KO 3 Thomas Hearns
- 1989 -
Rene Jacquot W 12 Donald Curry
1990s
- 1990 - James Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson - see also Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas
- 1991 - No award given
- 1992 -
Azumah Nelson KO 8 
Jeff Fenech - 1993 - Simon Brown KO 4 Terry Norris
- 1994 -
Vuyani Bungu W 12 Kennedy McKinney - 1995 - Willy Salazar KO 7 Danny Romero
- 1996 - Evander Holyfield KO 11 Mike Tyson - see also Tyson-Holyfield I
- 1997 - Vince Phillips KO 10 Kostya Tszyu
- 1998 - Ivan Robinson W 10
Arturo Gatti - 1999 - Willy Wise W 10 Julio César Chávez
2000s
- 2000 - José Luis Castillo W 12 Stevie Johnston
- 2001 - Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis
- 2002 - Juan Carlos Rubio W 10 Francisco Bojado
- 2003 - Corrie Sanders ТKO 2
Wladimir Klitschko - 2004 -
Glen Johnson KO 9 Roy Jones, Jr. - 2005 - Zahir Raheem W 12 Erik Morales
- 2006 -
Carlos Manuel Baldomir W 12 Zab Judah - 2007 -
Nonito Donaire KO 5 
Vic Darchinyan - 2008 - Bernard Hopkins W 12 Kelly Pavlik - see also Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik
- 2009 - Juan Carlos Salgado KO 1 Jorge Linares
2010s
- 2010 - Jason Litzau W 10 Celestino Caballero
- 2011 - Nobuhiro Ishida KO 1 James Kirkland
- 2012 - Sonny Boy Jaro TKO 6
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam - 2013 - Marcos Maidana W 12 Adrien Broner
- 2014 - Chris Algieri W 12
Ruslan Provodnikov - 2015 - Tyson Fury W 12 Wladimir Klitschko