The Boxing Writers Association of America has narrowed down its top candidates for the organization’s 2025 awards. Members will vote for their top picks, with the winners in each category to be honored later this year at the BWAA's annual awards ceremony.
BWAA Fighter Of The Year
- Dmitry Bivol
- Terence Crawford
- Naoya Inoue
- Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez
- Rene Santiago
Fight Of The Year
- Carlos Canizales KO5 Panya Pradabsri II
- Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz W10 Angelo Fierro
- Chris Eubank W 12 Conor Benn
- Christian Mbilli W 10 Lester Martinez
- Kenshiro Teraji KO 12 Seigo Yuri Akui
Trainer of the Year
- Ben Davison
- Freddy Fundora
- Robert Garcia
- Shingo Inoue
- Andy Lee
Manager of the Year
- Keith Connelly
- Robert Garcia
- Peter Kahn
- Vadim Kornilov
- Rick Mirigian
Sam Taub Award (Excellence in Broadcast Journalism)
- Jim Gray
- Dave Harmon
- Roy Jones
- Mauro Ranallo
- James “Smitty” Smith
Marvin Kohn Good Guy award
- Russ Anber
- Chris DeBlasio
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Steve Pratt
- Don Turner
Barney Nagler Long and Meritorious Service award
- Henry Hascup
- Don Majeski
- Dr. Nitin Sethi
- John Sheppard
John McCain & Bill Crawford Award for Courage In Overcoming Adversity
- Billy Dib
- Joe Gallagher
- Sampson Lewkowicz
- Christy Martin
- Yudai Shigeoka
