1920s
- 1928 -
Gene Tunney - 1929 - Tommy Loughran
1930s
- 1930 -
Max Schmeling - 1931 - Tommy Loughran <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1932 - Jack Sharkey
- 1933 - no award was given
- 1934 - Tony Canzoneri and Barney Ross
- 1935 - Barney Ross <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1936 - Joe Louis
- 1937 - Henry Armstrong
- 1938 - Joe Louis <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1939 - Joe Louis <small><em>(3)</em></small>
1940s
- 1940 - Billy Conn
- 1941 - Joe Louis <small><em>(4)</em></small>
- 1942 - Sugar Ray Robinson
- 1943 - Fred Apostoli
- 1944 - Beau Jack
- 1945 - Willie Pep
- 1946 - Tony Zale
- 1947 - Gus Lesnevich
- 1948 - Ike Williams
- 1949 - Ezzard Charles
1950s
- 1950 - Ezzard Charles <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1952 - Rocky Marciano
- 1953 - Bobo Olson
- 1954 - Rocky Marciano <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1955 - Rocky Marciano <small><em>(3)</em></small>
- 1956 - Floyd Patterson
- 1957 - Carmen Basilio
- 1958 -
Ingemar Johansson - 1959 - Ingemar Johansson <small><em>(2)</em></small>
1960s
- 1960 - Floyd Patterson <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1961 - Joe Brown
- 1962 -
Dick Tiger - 1963 - Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali)
- 1964 -
Emile Griffith - 1965 - Dick Tiger <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1966 - no award was given
- 1967 - Joe Frazier
- 1968 -
Nino Benvenuti - 1969 -
José Nápoles
1970s
- 1970 - Joe Frazier <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1971 - Joe Frazier <small><em>(3)</em></small>
- 1972 - Muhammad Ali <small><em>(2)</em></small> and
Carlos Monzón - 1973 - George Foreman
- 1974 - Muhammad Ali <small><em>(3)</em></small>
- 1975 - Muhammad Ali <small><em>(4)</em></small>
- 1976 - George Foreman <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1977 -
Carlos Zarate - 1978 - Muhammad Ali <small><em>(5)</em></small>
- 1979 - Sugar Ray Leonard
1980s
- 1980 - Thomas Hearns
- 1981 - Sugar Ray Leonard <small><em>(2)</em></small> and Salvador Sánchez
- 1982 - Larry Holmes
- 1983 - Marvin Hagler
- 1984 - Thomas Hearns <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1985 - Marvin Hagler <small><em>(2)</em></small> and Donald Curry
- 1986 - Mike Tyson
- 1987 - Evander Holyfield
- 1988 - Mike Tyson <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1989 - Pernell Whitaker
1990s
- 1990 - Julio César Chávez
- 1991 - James Toney
- 1992 - Riddick Bowe
- 1993 - Michael Carbajal
- 1994 - Roy Jones Jr.
- 1995 - Oscar De La Hoya
- 1996 - Evander Holyfield <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 1997 - Evander Holyfield <small><em>(3)</em></small>
- 1998 - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- 1999 - Paulie Ayala
2000s
- 2000 -
Félix Trinidad - 2001 - Bernard Hopkins
- 2002 - Vernon Forrest
- 2003 - James Toney <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 2004 -
Glen Johnson - 2005 -
Ricky Hatton - 2006 -
Manny Pacquiao - 2007 - Floyd Mayweather Jr. <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 2008 - Manny Pacquiao <small><em>(2)</em></small>
- 2009 - Manny Pacquiao <small><em>(3)</em></small>
2010s
- 2010 - Sergio Gabriel Martinez
- 2011 - Andre Ward
- 2012 - Juan Manuel Marquez
- 2013 -
Adonis Stevenson - 2014 -
Sergey Kovalev - 2015 - Tyson Fury