Al Buck Award
Encyclopedia
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.
Boxing Writers Association of America
The Boxing Writers Association of America was originally formed in 1926 as the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The association's purpose is to promote better working conditions for boxing writers, as well as hold its writers to the highest professional and ethical standards...
on the manager
Talent manager
A talent manager, also known as an artist manager or band manager, is an individual or company who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry...
, irrespective of nationality or class of fighter represented, adjudged by the membership of the Association to have been the best in boxing
Boxing
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in a given year.
Named for Al Buck, an American
United States
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sportswriter, long of The Ring
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...
, 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 |
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| 1967 | Gil Clancy Gil Clancy Gilbert Thomas "Gil" Clancy was a Hall of Fame boxing trainer and one of the most noted boxing commentators of the 1980s and 1990s. He worked with such famous boxers as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman, as well as Gerry Cooney in his fight with Foreman. In the 1990s, he worked with... |
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| 1968 | Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee is an American boxing cornerman. He is best known for his work with Muhammad Ali , and has worked with 15 world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, José Nápoles, George Foreman, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Rodriguez and Willie Pastrano.-Professional career:Born in... |
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| 1969 | Yancey Durham | |
| 1970 | Dick Sadler | |
| 1971 | Yancey Durham | |
| 1972 | Paddy Flood ----Gregorio Benitez |
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| 1973 | Gil Clancy Gil Clancy Gilbert Thomas "Gil" Clancy was a Hall of Fame boxing trainer and one of the most noted boxing commentators of the 1980s and 1990s. He worked with such famous boxers as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman, as well as Gerry Cooney in his fight with Foreman. In the 1990s, he worked with... |
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| 1974 | Herbert Muhammad | |
| 1975 | Eddie Futch Eddie Futch Eddie Futch was a boxing trainer. Among the fighters he trained are Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and Trevor Berbick, four of the five men to defeat Muhammad Ali.... |
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| 1976 | Bob Biron | |
| 1977 | Bill Slayton | |
| 1978 | Richie Giachetti Richie Giachetti Richie Giachetti is a boxing trainer who has worked with a number of world champions including Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson.Giachetti first began working in boxing in 1961 and also helped Don King in his first promotion with Muhammad Ali.... |
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| 1979 | Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee is an American boxing cornerman. He is best known for his work with Muhammad Ali , and has worked with 15 world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, José Nápoles, George Foreman, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Rodriguez and Willie Pastrano.-Professional career:Born in... |
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| 1980 | Emanuel Steward Emanuel Steward Emanuel Steward is an American boxing trainer, commentator and inductee of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.-Life and career:... |
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| 1981 | Janks Morton ----Michael Trainer |
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| 1990 | Shelly Finkel Shelly Finkel Shelly Finkel is an American boxing and music manager and promoter. Finkel started out in music, promoting acts such as Vanilla Fudge and Mountain, before moving into boxing in the late 1970s... |
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| 1991 | Al Certo | |
| 1992 | Rock Newman | |
| 1993 | Lou Duva Lou Duva Louis "Lou" Duva is a boxing trainer and manager who has handled some of the most famous boxers in the world including 19 World Champions. The Duva family have promoted boxing events in over 20 countries on six continents... ----Shelly Finkel Shelly Finkel Shelly Finkel is an American boxing and music manager and promoter. Finkel started out in music, promoting acts such as Vanilla Fudge and Mountain, before moving into boxing in the late 1970s... |
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| 1994 | George Foreman George Foreman George Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and successful entrepreneur... |
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| 1995 | Fred Levin ----Stanly Levin |
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| 1996 | No award conferred | |
| 1997 | Pat Lynch | |
| 1998 | Floyd Mayweather, Senior Floyd Mayweather Sr. Floyd Mayweather, Sr. is an American boxing trainer. A welterweight contender during the 1970s and 1980s, he recently returned to action in 2011 capturing the UBF title. Floyd Sr. is known for his defensive ability and overall knowledge of boxing strategy. He is the father and former trainer of... |
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| 1999 | Panos Eliades ----Frank Maloney Frank Maloney Frank Maloney is a boxing manager and promoter and United Kingdom Independence Party politician. He is most famous for managing Lennox Lewis to the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World.-Early life:... |
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| 2000 | Félix Trinidad, Senior | |
| 2001 | Ricardo Maldonado | |
| 2002 | Norman Stone Norman Stone Norman Stone is a British academic, historian, author and is currently a Professor in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara... ----Klaus Peter-Kohl |
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| 2003 | No award conferred | |
| 2004 | Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion... |
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| 2005 | Al Haymon | |
| 2006 | No award conferred | |
| 2007 | Cameron Dunkin | |
| 2008 | Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion.... |
See also
- 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
External links
- List of award winners and winner biographies from boxrec.comBoxrec.comBoxRec or boxrec.com is a website dedicated to keep updated records of professional boxers, both male and female. It also maintains a mediawiki-based encyclopaedia of boxing: ....
- List of award winners from the official site of the Boxing Writers Association of America
- List of BWAA awards from the official site of the International Boxing Hall of FameInternational Boxing Hall of FameThe modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta...