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

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Year Manager Nation
1967 Gil Clancy   United States
1968 Angelo Dundee   United States
1969 Yancey Durham   United States
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
1977 Bill Slayton   United States
1978 Richie Giachetti   United States
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
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
2001 Ricardo Maldonado   Mexico
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
2009 No award conferred
2010 No award conferred
2011 No award conferred
2012 Al Haymon (2)   United States
2013 Al Haymon (3)   United States
2014 Al Haymon (4)   United States
2015 Al Haymon (5)[2]   United States
2019 Keith Connolly   United States
2020 David McWater   United States
2021 Eddy Reynoso   Mexico
2022 Peter Khan   United States
2023 Bill Haney

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Boxing Writers Association of America Manager of the Year". Box Rec. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Cus D'Amato Award Manager of the Year". BWAA. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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