The Boxing Writers Association of America announced its nominees for its annual year-end awards for 2022. The award winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 10, at 12-noon ET, after all award winners are personally notified. Here are the BWAA 2022 Nominations:
Sugar Ray Robinson Award Fighter Of The Year 2022 nominees: Dmitry Bivol, Hector Luis Garcia, Devin Haney, Naoya Inoue, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Kenshiro Teraji.
*No Jermell Crawford???
Muhammad Ali – Joe Frazier Award Fight of the Year 2022 nominees: Jermell Charlo KO 10 Brian Castano II, Sebastian Fundora KO 9 Erickson Lubin, Joe Joyce KO 11 Joe Parker, Sivenathi Nontshinga W 12 Hector Flores, Jai Opetaia W 12 Mairis Briedis and Leigh Wood KO 12 Michael Conlan.
Eddie Futch Award Trainer of the Year 2022 nominees: Bill Haney, Derrick James, Gennady Mashyanov, Colin Nathan and Bob Santos.
Cus D’Amato Award Manager of the Year 2022 nominees: Luis DeCubas Jr., Bill Haney, Peter Kahn, Vadim Kornilov and Brian Peters.
Marvin Kohn Good Guy Award 2022 nominees: Lee Groves, Sam Jackson/Andrew Roberts, Jose Ramirez, Gary Russell Jr. and John Scully.
Sam Taub Award Excellence in Broadcast Journalism 2022 nominees: David Dinkins, Jim Gray, Dave Harmon, Mauro Ranallo and James “Smitty” Smith.
Barney Nagler Award Long and Meritorious Service 2022 nominees: Ed Brophy, John DiSanto, Gordon Hall, Henry Hascup and John Sheppard.
John McCain-Bill Crawford Courage Award 2022 nominees: Prichard Colon, Billy Dib, Bernard Fernandez, Jose Santa Cruz Jr. and Oleksandr Usyk/Vasiliy Lomachenko.
