1970s
- 1970 – Ken Buchanan
- 1971 – Joe Frazier (2)
- 1972 – Carlos Monzón
- 1973 – George Foreman
- 1974 – Muhammad Ali (2)
- 1975 – Muhammad Ali (3), Joe Frazier (3)
- 1976 – Howard Davis, Jr., Leo Randolph, Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks
- 1977 – Ken Norton
- 1978 – Larry Holmes
- 1979 – Sugar Ray Leonard (2)
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