Ring Magazine has been annually awarding the title of “Fighter of the Year” since 1922. Canelo Alvarez was named “Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year” in 2019, earning the prestigious title based on his victories in the WBC, WBA (Super) and IBF middleweight title unification match against Danny Jacobs (116-112, 115-113, 115-113) and the WBO light heavyweight title fight against Sergey Kovalev (who was knocked out in the eleventh round), Alvarez winning the title in a fourth weight category.