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Fighter of the Year. Originally named for Edward J. Neil, an Associated Press sportswriter and war correspondent, who died of shrapnel wounds in 1938 while covering the Spanish Civil War. In 2009, the award was renamed the "Sugar Ray Robinson Award".
1938 Jack Dempsey
1939 Bill Conn
1940 Henry Armstrong
1941 Joe Louis
1942 Sgt. Barney Ross
1943 Boxers in all branches of the armed forces
1944 Lt. Benny Leonard
1945 James J. Walker
1946 Tony Zale
1947 Gus Lesnevich
1948 Ike Williams
1949 Ezzard Charles
1950 Sugar Ray Robinson
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott
1952 Rocky Marciano
1953 Kid Gavilan
1954 Carl "Bobo" Olson
1955 Carmen Basilio
1956 Floyd Patterson
1957 Carmen Basilio
1958 Archie Moore
1959 Ingemar Johansson
1960 Floyd Patterson
1961 Gene Fullmer
1962 Dick Tiger
1963 Emile Griffith
1964 Willie Pastrano
1965 Muhammad Ali
1966 Dick Tiger
1967 Carlos Ortiz
1968 Bob Foster
1969 Joe Frazier
1970 Ken Buchanan
1971 Joe Frazier
1972 Carlos Monzon
1973 George Foreman
1974 Muhammad Ali
1975 Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
1976 Howard Davis, Leo Randolph, Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks and Michael Spinks (Olympic Gold Medal winners)
1977 Ken Norton
1978 Larry Holmes
1979 Sugar Ray Leonard
1980 Thomas Hearns
1981 Sugar Ray Leonard
1982 Aaron Pryor
1983 Marvin Hagler
1984 Thomas Hearns
1985 Marvin Hagler
1986 Mike Tyson
1987 Julio Cesar Chavez
1988 Mike Tyson
1989 Pernell Whitaker
1990 Evander Holyfield
1991 James Toney
1992 Riddick Bowe
1993 Pernell Whitaker
1994 George Foreman
1995 Oscar De La Hoya
1996 Evander Holyfield
1997 Evander Holyfield
1998 Shane Mosley
1999 Lennox Lewis
2000 Felix Trinidad
2001 Bernard Hopkins
2002 Vernon Forrest
2003 James Toney
2004 Glen Johnson
2005 Ricky Hatton
2006 Manny Pacquiao
2007 Floyd Mayweather Jr.
2008 Manny Pacquiao
2009 Manny Pacquiao
2010 Sergio Martinez
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