Ali–Frazier Award

The Ali–Frazier Award (known as the Harry Markson Award prior to 2009) is given annually to the fighters who compete in the Boxing Writers Association of America's Fight of the Year. The award 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.

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. The award is presented with other honors given by the BWAA at an annual awards dinner.

List of winners

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 Israel Vázquez-Rafael Márquez 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)	^[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

References

1. "Muhammad Ali – Joe Frazier Award Fight of the Year". Boxing Writers Association of America. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
2. "Vargas vs. Salido Named as BWAA "Fight of The Year"". BoxingScene. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
3. "BWAA List Of Award Winners For The 2018 Dinner". Boxing Writers Association of America. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
4. "Canelo Alvarez Is The BWAA 2019 Fighter Of The Year". Retrieved 10 February 2020.

External links

• List of award winners. Boxing Writers Association of America official website