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FIGHTERS OF THE YEAR AND OF THE DECADE By Maloney L. Samaco PhilBoxing.com Wed, 08 Jan 2020  The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) was organized in 1926 and originally known as the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The organizational purpose is to "promote better working conditions for boxing writers, as well as hold its writers to the highest professional and ethical standards." The BWAA holds an annual awards banquet where it gives fighter, fight, and trainer of the year, among other awards. * * * The Boxing Writers Association of America's Fighter of the Year is bestowed to recognize "an individual who did the most for boxing in the previous year." It was previously named as the Edward J. Neil Trophy and in 2009 the award was renamed after boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson. Starting with the 1990s, the BWAA began to recognize an award for "Joe Louis Fighter of the Decade." * * * The Nominees for the BWAA Fighter of the Year 2019 award are: 1. Manny Pacquiao — outclassing Adrien Broner in January, then won against a younger Keith Thurman in July, where he claimed his twelfth major world title. 2. Canelo Alvarez — won over Daniel Jacobs in May, and then climbed to the light heavyweight division wresting the WBO world title by stopping Sergey Kovalev gaining another world title in his fourth weight division. 3. Naoya Inoue — battered Emmanuel Rodriguez then defeated Nonito Donaire in a dazzling encounter to win the World Boxing Super Series’ bantamweight tournament. 4. Josh Taylor — in the other World Boxing Super Series tournament in the junior welterweight division, he defeated Ivan Barnachyck and then won the title unification match against Regis Prograis by majority decision in the WBSS final. 5. Errol Spence Jr — he completely dominated Mikey Garcia, who climbed up two weight classes and then unified the welterweight titles by outpointing Shawn Porter in an action-packed match. * * * The Nominees for Fighter of the Decade 2010-2019 award are: 1. Manny Pacquiao 2. Canelo Alvarez 3. Floyd Mayweather 4. Andre Ward 5. Wladimir Klitschko * * * Nominees for Fight of the Year 2019 are: 1. Gennady Golovkin vs. Sergey Derevyanchenko 2. Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire 3. Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman 4. Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr I 5. Josh Taylor vs Regis Prograis 6. Errol Spence Jr. vs Shawn Porter * * * Nominees for Trainer of the Year: 2019 are: 1. Jay Deas/Mark Breland (Deontay Wilder) 2. Derrick James (Errol Spence, Jermell Charlo) 3. Brian McIntyre (Terence Crawford, Jamel Herring) 4. Eddie Reynoso (Canelo Alvarez, Oscar Valdez, Ryan Garcia) 5. Manny Robles (Andy Ruiz Jr) * * * The winners of the BWAA Fighter of the Year are: 1938 – Jack Dempsey of United States 1939 – Billy Conn of United States 1940 – Henry Armstrong of United States 1941 – Joe Louis of United States 1942 – Barney Ross of United States 1943 – Boxers of the Armed Forces of United States 1944 – Benny Leonard of United States 1945 – James J. Walker of United States 1946 – Tony Zale of United States 1947 – Gus Lesnevich of United States 1948 – Ike Williams of United States 1949 – Ezzard Charles of United States 1950 – Sugar Ray Robinson of United States 1951 – Jersey Joe Walcott of of United States 1952 – Rocky Marciano of United States 1953 – Kid Gavilán of Cuba 1954 – Bobo Olson of United States 1955 – Carmen Basilio of United States 1956 – Floyd Patterson of United States 1957 – Carmen Basilio (2) of United States 1958 – Archie Moore of United States 1959 – Ingemar Johansson of Sweden 1960 – Floyd Patterson (2) of United States 1961 – Gene Fullmer of of United States 1962 – Dick Tiger of Nigeria 1963 – Emile Griffith of of United States Virgin Islands 1964 – Willie Pastrano of United States 1965 – Muhammad Ali of United States 1966 – Dick Tiger (2) of Nigeria 1967 – Carlos Ortiz of Puerto Rico 1968 – Bob Foster of United States 1969 – Joe Frazier of United States 1970 – Ken Buchanan of United Kingdom 1971 – Joe Frazier (2) of United States 1972 – Carlos Monzón of Argentina 1973 – George Foreman of United States 1974 – Muhammad Ali (2) of United States 1975 – Muhammad Ali (3), and Joe Frazier (3) all of United States 1976 – Howard Davis, Jr., Leo Randolph, Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, and Michael Spinks all of United States 1977 – Ken Norton of United States 1978 – Larry Holmes of United States 1979 – Sugar Ray Leonard (2) of United States 1980 – Thomas Hearns of United States 1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard (3) of United States 1982 – Aaron Pryor of United States 1983 – Marvin Hagler of United States 1984 – Thomas Hearns (2) of United States 1985 – Marvin Hagler (2) of United States 1986 – Mike Tyson of United States 1987 –Julio César Chávez of Mexico 1988 – Mike Tyson (2) of United States 1989 – Pernell Whitaker of United States 1990 – Evander Holyfield of United States 1991 – James Toney of United States 1992 – Riddick Bowe of United States 1993 – Pernell Whitaker (2) of United States 1994 – George Foreman (2) of United States 1995 – Oscar De La Hoya of United States 1996 – Evander Holyfield (2) of United States 1997 – Evander Holyfield (3) of United States 1998 – Shane Mosley of United States 1999 – Lennox Lewis of Canada/United Kingdom 2000 – Félix Trinidad of Puerto Rico 2001 – Bernard Hopkins of United States 2002 – Vernon Forrest of United States 2003 – James Toney (2) of United States 2004 – Glen Johnson of Jamaica 2005 – Ricky Hatton of United Kingdom 2006 – Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines 2007 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr. of United States 2008 – Manny Pacquiao (2) of the Philippines 2009 – Manny Pacquiao (3) of the Philippines 2010 – Sergio Martínez of Argentina 2011 – Andre Ward of United States 2012 – Nonito Donaire of the Philippines 2013 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (2) of United States 2014 – Terence Crawford of of United States 2015 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (3) of United States 2016 – Carl Frampton of United Kingdom 2017 – Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine 2018 – Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine * * * The previous winners of the BWAA Fighter of the Decade are: 1990s: Roy Jones Jr. of United States 2000s: Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines * * * The Ring magazine, known as the "Bible of Boxing", was established in 1922 and has named a Fighter of the Year since 1928. The awardee is selected by the magazine editors and is based on a "boxer's performance in the ring for the year." * * * The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year winners are: 1928 – Gene Tunney of United States 1929 – Tommy Loughran of United States 1930 – Max Schmeling of Germany 1931 – Tommy Loughran (2) of United States 1932 – Jack Sharkey of United States 1933 – no award was given 1934 – Tony Canzoneri and Barney Ross all of United States 1935 – Barney Ross (2) of United States 1936 – Joe Louis of United States 1937 – Henry Armstrong of United States 1938 – Joe Louis (2) of United States 1939 – Joe Louis (3) of United States 1940 – Billy Conn of United States 1941 – Joe Louis (4) of United States 1942 – Sugar Ray Robinson of United States 1943 – Fred Apostoli of United States 1944 – Beau Jack of United States 1945 – Willie Pep of United States 1946 – Tony Zale of United States 1947 – Gus Lesnevich of United States 1948 – Ike Williams of United States 1949 – Ezzard Charles of United States 1950 – Ezzard Charles (2) of United States 1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson (2) of United States 1952 – Rocky Marciano of United States 1953 – Bobo Olson of United States 1954 – Rocky Marciano (2) of United States 1955 – Rocky Marciano (3) of United States 1956 – Floyd Patterson of United States 1957 – Carmen Basilio of United States 1958 – Ingemar Johansson of Sweden 1959 – Ingemar Johansson (2) of Sweden 1960 – Floyd Patterson (2) of United States 1961 – Joe Brown of United States 1962 – Dick Tiger of Nigeria 1963 – Muhammad Ali of United States 1964 – Emile Griffith of United States Virgin Islands 1965 – Dick Tiger (2) of Nigeria 1966 – Muhammad Ali (2) of United States (retroactively awarded in 2016 due to draft controversy) 1967 – Joe Frazier of United States 1968 – Italy Nino Benvenuti of Italy 1969 – Cuba José Nápoles of Cuba 1970 – Joe Frazier (2) of United States 1971 – Joe Frazier (3) of United States 1972 – Muhammad Ali (3) of United States and Argentina Carlos Monzón of Argentina 1973 – George Foreman of United States 1974 – Muhammad Ali (4) of United States 1975 – Muhammad Ali (5) of United States 1976 – George Foreman (2) of United States 1977 – Mexico Carlos Zarate of Mexico 1978 – Muhammad Ali (6) of United States 1979 – Sugar Ray Leonard of United States 1980 – Thomas Hearns of United States 1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard (2) of United States and Salvador Sánchez of Mexico 1982 – Larry Holmes of United States 1983 – Marvin Hagler of United States 1984 – Thomas Hearns (2) of United States 1985 – Marvin Hagler (2) and Donald Curry all of United States 1986 – Mike Tyson of United States 1987 – Evander Holyfield of United States 1988 – Mike Tyson (2) of United States 1989 – Pernell Whitaker of United States 1990 – Julio César Chávez of Mexico 1991 – James Toney of United States 1992 – Riddick Bowe of United States 1993 – Michael Carbajal of United States 1994 – Roy Jones Jr. of United States 1995 – Oscar De La Hoya of United States 1996 – Evander Holyfield (2) of United States 1997 – Evander Holyfield (3) of United States 1998 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. of United States 1999 – Paulie Ayala of United States 2000 – Félix Trinidad of Puerto Rico 2001 – Bernard Hopkins of United States 2002 – Vernon Forrest of United States 2003 – James Toney (2) of United States 2004 – Glen Johnson of Jamaica 2005 – Ricky Hatton of United Kingdom 2006 – Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines 2007 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2) of United States 2008 – Manny Pacquiao (2) of the Philippines 2009 – Manny Pacquiao (3) of the Philippines 2010 – Sergio Martínez of Argentina 2011 – Andre Ward of United States 2012 – Juan Manuel Márquez of Mexico 2013 – Adonis Stevenson of Canada 2014 – Sergey Kovalev of Russia 2015 – Tyson Fury of United Kingdom 2016 – Carl Frampton of United Kingdom 2017 – Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine 2018 – Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine 2019 – Canelo Alvarez of Mexico * * * The previous winners of The Ring Fighter of the Decade are the following: 1910s: Sam Langford of Canada 1920s: Benny Leonard of United States 1930s: Henry Armstrong of United States 1940s: Sugar Ray Robinson of United States 1950s: Sugar Ray Robinson of United States 1960s: Muhammad Ali of United States 1970s: Roberto Durán of Panama 1980s: Sugar Ray Leonard of United States 1990s: Roy Jones Jr. of United States 2000s: Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines Click here to view a list of other articles written by Maloney L. 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