The BWAA Announces Its 2024 Annual Award Winners
The Boxing Writers Association of America is proud to announce its annual winners for 2024.
In what were two landslide decisions, Oleksandr Usyk and Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury I were voted as the Fighter and Fight of the Year by the BWAA.
For the second time in a great career, Robert Garcia is the BWAA 2024 Trainer of the Year, and for the fourth time in what is a Hall of Fame career, Egis Klimas is the 2024 Manager of the Year.
Veteran broadcaster Marv Albert is the BWAA 2024 Sam Taub Award winner for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.
Gleason's Gym owner Bruce Silverglade was voted the BWAA 2023 Marvin Kohn Good Guy Award winner. Top Rank and Hall of Fame matchmaker Brad Goodman is the BWAA 2024 Barney Nagler Award winner for Long and Meritorious Service winner.
Finally, the BWAA is very proud to announce that Prichard Colon and family have been named as the BWAA 2024 John McCain-Bill Crawford Courage Award winner.
The BWAA is also proud to announce that Gabriella Fundora will be the 2024 BWAA Female Fighter of the Year. The BWAA 2024 female Fight of the Year was the rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. Thomas Gerbasi is the BWAA 2024 Nat Fleischer Award winner for Excellence in Boxing Journalism.
In a nomination meeting in January, the BWAA determined the top candidates for each category. All BWAA members were eligible to vote. The 100th annual BWAA awards dinner will take place at a date and time to be determined. It promises to be a great affair.
Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year:
Artur Beterbiev
Daniel Dubois
Zurdo Ramirez
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez
Oleksandr Usyk
Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year:
Raymond Ford KO 12 Otabek Kholmatov
Derek Chisora W 10 Joe Joyce
Vergil Ortiz Jr. W 12 Serhii Bohachuk
Kenshiro Teraji W 12 Carlos Canizales
Oleksandr Usyk W 12 Tyson Fury I
Eddie Futch Trainer of the Year:
Don Charles
Freddy Fundora
Robert Garcia
Rudy Hernandez
Yuri Tkachenko
Cus D'Amato Manager of the Year:
Keith Connolly
Egis Klimas
Vadim Kornilov
Brian Peters
Marvin Kohn Good Guy award:
Russ Anber
Sam Jackson/Andrew Roberts
Steve Pratt
Bruce Silverglade
Don Turner
Sam Taub broadcast award:
Marv Albert
Jim Gray
Dave Harmon
Mauro Ranallo
James “Smitty” Smith
Barney Nagler Long and Meritorious Service award:
Henry Hascup
Brad Goodman
Randy Gordon
Don Majeski
John Sheppard
John McCain & Bill Crawford award for courage in overcoming adversity:
Prichard Colon and family
Billy Dib
Vanes Martirosyan
Christy Martin
Joseph Santoliquito
BWAA President