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, has been conferred annually since 1967 by the

Boxing Writers Association of America The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) 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 ...

on the

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, irrespective of nationality or

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of fighter represented, adjudged by the membership of the Association to have been the best in

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in a given year. Named after Cus D'Amato, an

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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

References

External links

List of award winners and winner biographies from
boxrec.com
List of award winners from the official site of the Boxing Writers Association of America
of the International Boxing Hall of Fame {{DEFAULTSORT:Cus D'Amato Award + Boxing awards Coaching awards American sports trophies and awards Awards established in 1967

List of winners

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