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PAST WINNERS

1938 — Jack Dempsey
1939 — Billy Conn
1940 — Henry Armstrong
1941 — Joe Louis
1942 — Barney Ross
1943 — Boxers of the armed forces
1944 — Benny Leonard
1945 — James J. Walker
1946 — Tony Zale
1947 — Gus Lesnevich
1948 — Ike Williams
1949 — Ezzard Charles
1950 — Sugar Ray Robinson
1951 — Jersey Joe Walcott
1952 — Rocky Marciano
1953 — Kid Gavilan
1954 — Carl “Bobo” Olson
1955 — Carmen Basilio
1956 — Floyd Patterson
1957 — Carmen Basilio
1958 — Archie Moore
1959 — Ingemar Johansson
1960 — Floyd Patterson
1961 — Gene Fullmer
1962 — Dick Tiger
1963 — Emile Griffith
1964 — Willie Pastrano
1965 — Muhammad Ali
1966 — Dick Tiger
1967 — Carlos Ortiz
1968 — Bob Foster
1969 — Joe Frazier
1970 — Ken Buchanan
1971 — Joe Frazier
1972 — Carlos Monzon
1973 — George Foreman
1974 — Muhammad Ali
1975 — Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier
1976 — Howard Davis, Leo Randolph, Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks
1977 — Ken Norton
1978 — Larry Holmes
1979 — Sugar Ray Leonard
1980 — Thomas Hearns
1981 — Sugar Ray Leonard
1982 — Aaron Pryor
1983 — Marvin Hagler
1984 — Thomas Hearns
1985 — Marvin Hagler
1986 — Mike Tyson
1987 — Julio Cesar Chavez
1988 — Mike Tyson
1989 — Pernell Whitaker
1990 — Evander Holyfield
1991 — James Toney
1992 — Riddick Bowe
1993 — Pernell Whitaker
1994 — George Foreman
1995 — Oscar De La Hoya
1996 — Evander Holyfield
1997 — Evander Holyfield
1998 — Shane Mosley
1999 — Lennox Lewis

Fighter of the Decade 1990: Roy Jones, Jr.
2000 — Felix Trinidad
2001 — Bernard Hopkins
2002 — Vernon Forrest
2003 — James Toney
2004 — Glen Johnson
2005 — Ricky Hatton
2006 — Manny Pacquiao
2007 — Floyd Mayweather
2008 — Manny Pacquiao
2009 — Manny Pacquiao

Fighter of the Decade 2000: Manny Pacquiao
2010 — Sergio Martinez
2011 — Andre Ward
2012 — Nonito Donaire
2013 — Floyd Mayweather
2014 — Terence Crawford

2015 — Floyd Mayweather

2016 — Carl Frampton

2017 — Vasiliy Lomachenko

2018 — Oleksandr Usyk

2019 — Canelo Alvarez

Joe Louis Fighter of the Decade 2010: Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2020 — Teofimo Lopez Jr.

2021 — Canelo Alvarez

2022 — Dmitry Bivol

2023 — Naoya Inoue

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Christy Martin Award-Female Fighter of the Year

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2017 — Cecilia Braekhus

2018 — Claressa Shields

2019 — Katie Taylor

2020 — Katie Taylor

2021 — Amanda Serrano

2022 — Claressa Shields

2023 — Amanda Serrano

 

Muhammad Ali – Joe Frazier Award
Fight of the Year


2002 — Micky Ward – Arturo Gatti
2003 — James Toney-Vassiliy Jirov
2004 — Marco Antonio Barrera-Erik Morales III
2005 — Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo I
2006 — Somsak Sithchatchawal-Mahyar Monshipour
2007 — Jermain Taylor-Kelly Pavlik I
2008 — Israel Vazquez – Rafael Marquez III
2009 — Juan Manuel Marquez – Juan Diaz I
2010 — Amir Khan – Marcos Maidana
2011 — Delvin Rodriguez – Pawel Wolak
2012 — Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez IV
2013 — Tim Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov
2014 — Lucas Matthysse-John Molina

2015 — Francisco Vargas-Takashi Miura

2016 — Francisco Vargas-Orlando Salido

2017 — Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko

2018 — Jarrett Hurd-Erislandy Lara 

2019 — Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire

2020 — Jose Zepeda-Ivan Baranchyk

2021 — Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder III

2022 — Leigh Wood-Michael Conlan

2023 — Jaime Munguia-Sergiy Derevyanchenko

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Female Fight of the Year

 

2022 — Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano

2023 — Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron II

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Eddie Futch Award
Trainer of the Year


1989 — George Benton
1990 — George Benton
1991 — Eddie Futch
1992 — Eddie Futch
1993 — Emanuel Steward
1994 — Teddy Atlas
1995 — Felix Trinidad Sr.
1996 — Don Turner
1997 — Emanuel Steward
1998 — Jack Mosley
1999 — Miguel Diaz
2000 — Felix Trinidad Sr.
2001 — Bouie Fisher
2002 — Buddy McGirt
2003 — Freddie Roach
2004 — Dan Birmingham
2005 — Dan Birmingham
2006 — Freddie Roach
2007 — Enzo Calzaghe
2008 — Freddie Roach
2009 — Freddie Roach
2010 — Freddie Roach
2011 — Virgil Hunter
2012 — Robert Garcia
2013 — Freddie Roach
2014 — Freddie Roach

2015 — Abel Sanchez

2016 — Shane McGuigan

2017 — Anatoliy Lomachenko

2018 — Anatoliy Lomachenko

2019 — Eddy Reynoso

2020 — Teofimo Lopez Sr.

2021 — Eddy Reynoso

2022 — Derrick James

2023 — Brian McIntyre

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Cus D’Amato Award
Manager of the Year


1967 — Gil Clancy
1968 — Angelo Dundee
1969 — Yancey Durham
1970 — Dick Sadler
1971 — Yancey Durham
1972 — Paddy Flood, Gregorio Benitez
1973 — Gil Clancy
1974 — Herbert Muhammad
1975 — Eddie Futch
1976 — Bob Biron
1977 — Bill Slayton
1978 — Richie Giachetti
1979 — Angelo Dundee
1980 — Emanuel Steward
1981 — Janks Morton, Michael Trainer
1982 — Howard Albert, Carlos Espada, Emile Griffith
1983 — Goody and Pat Petronelli
1984 — Lou Duva
1985 — Dave Gorman, Paul Reyes
1986 — Jim Jacobs
1987 — Bill Cayton
1988 — Kevin Rooney
1989 — Emanuel Steward
1990 — Shelly Finkel
1991 — Al Certo
1992 — Rock Newman
1993 — Lou Duva, Shelly Finkel
1994 — George Foreman
1995 — Fred and Stanly Levin
1997 — Pat Lynch
1998 — Floyd Mayweather Sr.
1999 — Panos Eliades, Frank Maloney
2000 — Felix Trinidad Sr.
2001 — Ricardo Maldonado Sr.
2002 — Norman Stone, Klaus-Peter Kohl
2004 — Bernard Hopkins
2005 — Al Haymon
2006 — None
2007 — Cameron Dunkin
2008 — Joe Calzaghe
2009 — None
2010 — None
2011 — None
2012 — Al Haymon
2013 — Al Haymon
2014 — Al Haymon

2015 — Al Haymon

2016 — Egis Klimas

2017 — Egis Klimas

2018 — Egis Klimas

2019 — Keith Connolly

2020 — David McWater

2021 — Eddy Reynoso

2022 — Peter Kahn

2023 — Bill Haney

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Marvin Kohn Good Guy Award


1966 — Jackie Fields
1996 — LeRoy Neiman
1997 — Don Dunphy
1998 — George Foreman
1999 — Patti Dreifuss, Tom Kenville
2000 — Bill Gallo
2001 — Teddy Blackburn
2002 — Gerry Cooney
2003 — Vernon Forrest
2004 — Fred Sternburg
2005 — Harold Lederman, Alex Ramos
2006 — Lee Samuels, Ricardo Jimenez
2007 — Teddy Atlas
2008 — Alan Hopper
2009 — Alexis Arguello
2010 — Bill Caplan
2011 — Al Bernstein
2012 — Steve Farhood
2013 — Jimmy Lennon Jr.
2014 — Dan Goossen

2015 — Don Chargin

2016 — John Beyrooty

2017 — Ed Keenan, Wladimir Klitschko

2018 — Ray Stallone, Nonito Donaire, Steve Brener

2019 — Norm Frauenheim-Tim Smith

2020 — None

2021 — David Diamante

2022 — Lee Groves

2023 — John Scully

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Nat Fleischer Award
Excellence in Boxing Journalism


1972 — Barney Nagler
1973 — Dave Anderson
1974 — Jack Hand, Murray Rose
1975 — Red Smith
1976 — Jesse Abramson
1977 — Bob Waters
1978 — Jerry Izenberg
1979 — Ed Schuyler
1980 — Tom Cushman
1981 — Michael Katz
1982 — Pat Putnam
1983 — Vic Ziegel
1984 — John Schulian
1985 — George Kimball
1986 — Hugh McIlvaney
1987 — Elmer Smith
1988 — Tom Archdeacon
1989 — Jim Murray
1990 — Bert Sugar
1991 — Stan Hochman
1992 — Ken Jones
1993 — Ron Borges
1994 — Wallace Matthews
1995 — Robert Seltzer
1996 — Royce Feour
1997 — Alan Goldstein
1998 — Bernard Fernandez
1999 — Tim Dahlberg
2000 — Jay Searcy
2001 — Richard Hoffer
2002 — Steve Springer
2004 — Thomas Hauser
2005 — Tim Smith
2006 — Kevin Iole
2007 — Steve Sneddon
2008 — Norm Frauenheim
2009 — None
2010 — Steve Farhood
2011 — Colin Hart
2012 — Dave Kindred
2013 — Dan Rafael
2014 — Mark Whicker

2015 — William Gildea

2016 — Bill Dwyre

2017 — Michael Rosenthal

2018 — Thom Loverro

2019 — Graham Houston

2020 — Joe Maxse

2021 — Mark Kriegel

2022 — Lance Pugmire

2023 — Nigel Collins

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A.J. Liebling Award
Outstanding Boxing Writing


1995 — Gene Courtney, W.C. Heinz, Samuel H. Lacy, A.J. Liebling, Shirley Povich, Budd Schulberg
1996 — Jimmy Cannon, Robert Lipsyte, Dan Parker, Arlene Schulman
1997 — Milt Dunnell, Frank Graham, Stan Isaacs, Allan Malamud
1998 — Deane McGowen, Marshall Reed, Bob Wright
1999 — Bill Gallo, Thom Greer
2000 — Dick Young
2004 — Edwin Pope, William Nack
2008 — Larry Merchant, Leonard Gardner, John Lardner
2009 — F.X. Toole
2010 — Pete Hamill
2011 — George Plimpton
2012 — Peter Finney
2013 — Sandy Grady
2014 — Ira Berkow

2015 —Joyce Carol Oates

2016 — None

2017 — None

2018 — None

2019 — Randy Roberts

2020 — None

2021 — None

2022 — None

2023 — Thomas Hauser

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Sam Taub Award
Excellence in Broadcast Journalism


1982 — Don Dunphy
1983 — Gil Clancy
1984 — John F.X. Condon
1985 — Larry Merchant
1986 — Tim Ryan
1987 — Alex Wallau
1988 — Al Bernstein
1989 — Sam Rosen
1990 — Ross Greenburg
1991 — Reg Gutteridge
1992 — Jim Lampley, Barry Tompkins
1993 — Bob Yalen
1995 — Al Albert, Sean O’Grady
1997 — Dave Bontempo
1998 — Bob Sheridan
2001 — Teddy Atlas
2002 — Steve Farhood
2003 — Bernardo Osuna
2004 — Brian Kenny
2005 — Jay Larkin, Rich Marotta
2006 — Steve Albert
2007 — Nick Charles
2008 — Harold Lederman
2009 — Joe Tessitore
2010 — None
2011 — None
2012 — Max Kellerman
2013 — Paul Malignaggi
2014 — Seth Abraham

2015 — Marc Payton, Mark Taffet

2016 — Gordon Hall

2017 — Lou DiBella

2018 — Stephen Espinoza 

2019 — Andre Ward

2020 — None

2021 — None

2022 — David Dinkins Jr.

2023 — Tim Bradley

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Barney Nagler Award
Long and Meritorious Service


1940 — James J. Walker
1941 — Gene Tunney
1943 — Nat Fleischer
1944 — John J. Phelan
1945 — James J. Johnston
1946 — Mike Jacobs
1947 — James A. Farley
1948 — Dan Morgan
1949 — Abe J. Greene
1950 — Wilbur Wood
1951 — Edward P.F. Eagan
1952 — George A. Barton
1953 — Dr. Vincent A. Nardiello
1954 — James J. Braddock
1955 — Harry Mendel
1956 — Frank Graham
1957 — Jack Dempsey
1958 — Sam Taub
1959 — Marv Jensen
1960 — Ned Brown
1961 — Dr. Alexander Schiff
1962 — Dr. Mal Stevens
1963 — Harry Markson
1964 — Mickey Walker
1965 — Jack Cuddy
1966 — Nat Fleischer
1967 — Joe Louis
1968 — John Condon
1969 — Murray Goodman
1970 — Don Dunphy
1971 — Teddy Brenner
1972 — Dr. Edwin Campbell
1973 — Barney Nagler
1974 — Bobby Gleason
1975 — Daniel M. Daniel
1976 — Duke Stefano
1977 — Chris Dundee
1978 — Ray Arcel, Freddie Brown
1979 — Bobby Goodman, Marvin Kohn
1980 — Nat Loubet
1981 — Bill Gallo
1982 — Eddie Futch
1983 — Tom Kenville
1984 — Muhammad Ali
1985 — Irving Rudd
1986 — Dick Young
1987 — Jack Fiske
1988 — Arthur Mercante
1989 — Marty Cohen
1990 — Jay Edson
1991 — Howard Albert
1992 — Ralph Citro
1993 — Lou Duva
1994 — Willie Pep
1995 — Floyd Patterson
1996 — Angelo Dundee
1997 — Mills Lane
1998 — Steve Acunto
1999 — Al Gavin, Bob Jackson, Russell Peltz
2000 — Gil Clancy
2001 — Don and Lorraine Chargin
2002 — Hank Kaplan
2003 — Jimmy Glenn
2004 — Marc Ratner
2005 — Teddy Blackburn
2006 — Larry Merchant
2007 — Nigel Collins
2008 — Steve Farhood
2009 — Jerry Izenberg
2010 — Jack Obermayer
2011 — Don Elbaum
2012 — Kathy Duva & Bruce Trampler
2013 — Bob Sheridan & Lee Samuels
2014 — Jack Hirsch

2015 — Bernard Fernandez

2016 — Bill Caplan

2017 — Dr. Margaret Goodman

2018 — Jim Lampley

2019 — Bob Canobbio

2020 — None

2021 — Michael Buffer

2022 — Ed Brophy

2023 — Gordon Hall

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James A. Farley Award For
Honesty and Integrity


1977 — Harry Markson
1984 — John F.X. Condon
1985 — Murray Goodman
1989 — Barney Nagler
1995 — Marvin Kohn
1996 — Eddie Futch
2005 — Howie Albert, Angelo Dundee, Dr. Margaret
Goodman, Dr. Flip Homansky
2006 — Ron Scott Stevens
2009 — Mills Lane
2010 — Micky Ward
2011 — Wladimir & Vitali Klitschko
2012 — None
2013 — None

2014 — None

2015 — Lou DiBella

2016 — David Berlin

2017 — None

2018 — Greg Sirb

2019 — None

2020 — None

2021 — None

2022 — None

2023 — None

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John McCain-Bill Crawford Courage Award


2005 — Kassim Ouma
2006 — Muhammad Ali
2007 — Anthony & Lamont Peterson
2008 — Genaro Hernandez-George Kimball
2009 — Nick Charles-George Chuvalo
2010 — Robert Guerrero
2011 — Dewey Bozella
2012 — Danny Jacobs
2013 — Paul Williams
2014 — Steve and Livvy Cunningham

2015 — Tom Casino

2016 — Lee Samuels

2017 — Daniel Franco

2018 — Tyson Fury

2019 — Marc Abrams-Adonis Stevenson

2020 — Magomed Abdusalamov family

2021 — Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko

2022 — Oleksandr Usyk & Vasiliy Lomachenko

2023 — Lisa McClellan & Ed Mulholland

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON AWARD

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

 

For all awards, the year listed here is the year of the award-winning performance rather than the year the award was presented. For example, Ricky Hatton was Fighter of the Year for 2005, though he was honored at the BWAA’s 2006 ceremony. Starting in the 1990s, the BWAA began naming a "Fighter of the Decade." 

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