Al Buck Award

The Al Buck Award, known alternatively as the Boxing Writers of America Manager of the Year Award, 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 for Al Buck, an American sportswriter, long of The Ring, 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.

List of winners

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  United States
1972 Paddy Flood

Gregorio Benitez

  United States

 Puerto Rico

1973 Gil Clancy  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  United States
1980 Emanuel Steward  United States
1981 Janks Morton

Michael Trainer

  United States

 United States

1990 Shelly Finkel  United States
1991 Al Certo  United States
1992 Rock Newman  United States
1993 Lou Duva

Shelly Finkel

  United States
1994 George Foreman  United States
1995 Fred Levin

Stanly Levin

  United States
1996 No award conferred
1997 Pat Lynch  United States
1998 Floyd Mayweather, Senior  United States
1999 Panos Eliades

Frank Maloney

 England

2000 Félix Trinidad, Senior  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 No award conferred
2013 Al Haymon  United States

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