Cus D'Amato Award
Appearance
(Redirected from Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award)
The Cus D'Amato Award, known alternatively as the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award and previously known as the Al Buck Award from 1967 to 2008,[1] has been conferred annually since 1967 by the Boxing Writers Association of America on the manager, irrespective of nationality or class of fighter represented, adjudged by the membership of the Association to have been the best in boxing in a given year.
Named after Cus D'Amato, an American boxing manager, the award is presented with other honors given by the BWAA at an annual awards dinner held in the spring of the year following that for performance in which the award is given. The award was named till 2008 after Al Buck, an American sportswriter, long of The Ring.
List of winners
[edit]Year | Manager | Nation |
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1967 | Gil Clancy | |
1968 | Angelo Dundee | |
1969 | Yancey Durham | |
1970 | Dick Sadler | |
1971 | Yancey Durham (2) | |
1972 | Paddy Flood
Gregorio Benitez |
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1973 | Gil Clancy (2) | |
1974 | Herbert Muhammad | |
1975 | Eddie Futch | |
1976 | Bob Biron | |
1977 | Bill Slayton | |
1978 | Richie Giachetti | |
1979 | Angelo Dundee (2) | |
1980 | Emanuel Steward | |
1981 | Janks Morton
Michael Trainer |
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1983 | Goody & Pat Petronelli | |
1990 | Shelly Finkel | |
1991 | Al Certo | |
1992 | Rock Newman | |
1993 | Lou Duva
Shelly Finkel (2) |
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1994 | George Foreman | |
1995 | Fred Levin
Stanly Levin |
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1996 | No award conferred | |
1997 | Pat Lynch | |
1998 | Floyd Mayweather Sr. | |
1999 | Panos Eliades
Frank Maloney |
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2000 | Felix Trinidad Sr. | |
2001 | Ricardo Maldonado | |
2002 | Norman Stone
Klaus Peter-Kohl |
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2003 | No award conferred | |
2004 | Bernard Hopkins | |
2005 | Al Haymon | |
2006 | No award conferred | |
2007 | Cameron Dunkin | |
2008 | Joe Calzaghe | |
2009 | No award conferred | |
2010 | No award conferred | |
2011 | No award conferred | |
2012 | Al Haymon (2) | |
2013 | Al Haymon (3) | |
2014 | Al Haymon (4) | |
2015 | Al Haymon (5)[2] | |
2019 | Keith Connolly | |
2020 | David McWater | |
2021 | Eddy Reynoso | |
2022 | Peter Khan | |
2023 | Bill Haney |
See also
[edit]- Eddie Futch-John F.X. Condon Award, conferred by the BWAA on the trainer adjudged to be the best in boxing in a given year
- The Ring annual awards
References
[edit]- ^ "Boxing Writers Association of America Manager of the Year". Box Rec. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Cus D'Amato Award Manager of the Year". BWAA. Retrieved 1 June 2016.