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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Gil Clancy |  United States
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| 1968 | Angelo Dundee | United States
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| 1969 | Yancey Durham | United States
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| 1970 | Dick Sadler | United States
|
| 1971 | Yancey Durham (2) | United States
|
| 1972 | Paddy Flood
Gregorio Benitez |
United States
 Puerto Rico
|
| 1973 | Gil Clancy (2) | United States
|
| 1974 | Herbert Muhammad | United States
|
| 1975 | Eddie Futch | United States
|
| 1976 | Bob Biron | United States
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| 1977 | Bill Slayton | United States
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| 1978 | Richie Giachetti | United States
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| 1979 | Angelo Dundee (2) | United States
|
| 1980 | Emanuel Steward | United States
|
| 1981 | Janks Morton
Michael Trainer |
United States
United States
|
| 1983 | Goody & Pat Petronelli | United States
|
| 1990 | Shelly Finkel | United States
|
| 1991 | Al Certo | United States
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| 1992 | Rock Newman | United States
|
| 1993 | Lou Duva
Shelly Finkel (2) |
United States
United States
|
| 1994 | George Foreman | United States
|
| 1995 | Fred Levin
Stanly Levin |
United States
United States
|
| 1996 | No award conferred | |
| 1997 | Pat Lynch | United States
|
| 1998 | Floyd Mayweather Sr. | United States
|
| 1999 | Panos Eliades
Frank Maloney |
 England
England
|
| 2000 | Felix Trinidad Sr. | Puerto Rico
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| 2001 | Ricardo Maldonado |  Mexico
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| 2002 | Norman Stone
Klaus Peter-Kohl |
United States
 Germany
|
| 2003 | No award conferred | |
| 2004 | Bernard Hopkins | United States
|
| 2005 | Al Haymon | United States
|
| 2006 | No award conferred | |
| 2007 | Cameron Dunkin | United States
|
| 2008 | Joe Calzaghe |  Wales
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| 2009 | No award conferred | |
| 2010 | No award conferred | |
| 2011 | No award conferred | |
| 2012 | Al Haymon (2) | United States
|
| 2013 | Al Haymon (3) | United States
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| 2014 | Al Haymon (4) | United States
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| 2015 | Al Haymon (5)[2] | United States
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| 2019 | Keith Connolly | United States
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| 2020 | David McWater | United States
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| 2021 | Eddy Reynoso | Mexico
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| 2022 | Peter Khan | United States
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| 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.