The Ring magazine Progress of the Year

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and gave an award for Progress of the Year from 1953 to 1988. It is given to a boxer who had made significant progress during the preceding year, or had otherwise made the most impressive jump from comparative obscurity to international prominence.

1953  Nino Valdes
1954  Pascual Perez
1955  Chuck Spieser
1956  Eddie Machen
1957  Roy Harris (boxer)
1958  Don Jordan
1959  Charley Scott
1960  Giulio Rinaldi
1961:
1962:
1963:
1964  Vicente Saldivar
1965  Alan Rudkin
1966  Joe Frazier
1967  Jimmy Ellis
1968  Shozo Saijo
1969  Mac Foster
1970  George Foreman
1971  Chris Finnegan
1972  Bert Nabalatan
1973  Santos Luis Rivera
1974  Soo-Hwan Hong
1975  Mike Colbert
1976  Ruben Castillo
1977  Eddie Gazo
1978  Leon Spinks
1979  Chan-Hee Park
1980  
1981  
1982  
1983  John Mugabi
1984  Francisco Quiroz
1985  Lonnie Smith
1986  Samart Payakaroon
1987  Kelvin Seabrooks
1988  Michael Nunn

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