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