Knockouts of the Year by decade
1980s
- 1989:
Michael Nunn KO 1 
Sumbu Kalambay[1]
1990s
- 1990: Terry Norris KO 1
John Mugabi - 1991: no award was given
- 1992:
Morris East KO 11 
Akinobu Hiranaka
... tie: Kennedy McKinney KO 11 
Welcome Ncita - 1993: Gerald McClellan KO 5
Julian Jackson - 1994: George Foreman KO 10 Michael Moorer - see Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman
- 1995:
Julio César Vásquez KO 11 Carl Daniels - 1996:
Wilfredo Vázquez KO 11 
Eloy Rojas - 1997:
Arturo Gatti KO 5 
Gabriel Ruelas - 1998: Roy Jones, Jr. KO 4 Virgil Hill
- 1999: Derrick Jefferson KO 6 Maurice Harris
2000s
- 2000:
Ben Tackie KO 10 Roberto Garcia - 2001:
Lennox Lewis KO 4 Hasim Rahman - 2002: Lennox Lewis KO 8 Mike Tyson - see Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson
- 2003: Rocky Juarez KO 10
Antonio Diaz - 2004: Antonio Tarver KO 2 Roy Jones Jr.
- 2005: Allan Green KO 1 Jaidon Codrington
- 2006: Calvin Brock KO 6 Zuri Lawrence
- 2007: Nonito Donaire KO 5
Vic Darchinyan - 2008:
Edison Miranda KO 3 David Banks - 2009: Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Ricky Hatton - see Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao
2010s
- 2010: Sergio Gabriel Martínez KO 2 Paul Williams
- 2011: Nonito Donaire KO 2 Fernando Montiel
- 2012: Juan Manuel Márquez KO 6 Manny Pacquiao - see Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV
- 2013: Adonis Stevenson KO 1 Chad Dawson
- 2014: Carl Froch KO 8 George Groves[2]
- 2015: Saul Alvarez KO 3 James Kirkland