Futch–Condon Award Explained

The Eddie Futch-John F.X. Condon Award, commonly referred to as the Futch–Condon Award and known alternatively as the Boxing Writers Association of America Trainer of the Year Award, has been conferred annually since 1989 by the Boxing Writers Association of America on the trainer, irrespective of nationality or gender, adjudged by the membership of the Association to have been the best in boxing in a given year.

Named for Eddie Futch, a Detroit, Michigan-based trainer who helped Don Jordan to the world welterweight championship in 1958 and also trained or co-trained world champions Ken Norton, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, and Riddick Bowe, and for John F.X. Condon, for 42 years the public address announcer at Madison Square Garden and the winner of the 1984 Sam Taub Award, given by the International Boxing Hall of Fame for career "excellence in broadcasting journalism",[1] 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

YearTrainerNation
1989George Benton
1990
1991Eddie Futch
1992
1993Emanuel Steward
1994Teddy Atlas
1995Felix Trinidad Sr.
1996Don Turner
1997
1998Jack Mosley
1999Miguel Diaz
2000
2001English "Bouie" Fisher
2002Buddy McGirt
2003Freddie Roach
2004Dan Birmingham
2005
2006
2007Enzo Calzaghe
2008
2009
2010
2011Virgil Hunter
2012Robert Garcia
2013
2014
2015Abel Sanchez
2016Shane McGuigan
2017Anatoly Lomachenko
2018
2019Eddy Reynoso
2020Teófimo López, Sr.
2021Eddy Reynoso
2022Derrick James
2023Brian McIntyre

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mike . Lupica . Mike Lupica . VOICE OF NEW YORK: That was John Condon . New York Daily News . June 8, 2004 . 2008-06-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080630213023/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/06/08/2004-06-08_voice_of_new_york__that_was_.html . 2008-06-30 .