The Boxing Writers Association of America has announced its nominees for its 2019 year-end awards.
The categories are: Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year, Trainer of the Year, Manager of the Year, Most Courageous, Long and Meritorious Service, Excellence in Broadcast Journalism and the Good Guy Award.
The BWAA also will select a Fighter of the Decade, which has been dubbed the Joe Louis Fighter of the Decade Award.
The nominees and winners are selected by a vote of BWAA members. The winners will be announced at noon ET on January 17.
Here are the nominees (in alphabetical order):
Joe Louis Fighter of the Decade
Canelo Alvarez
Wladimir Klitschko
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Manny Pacquiao
Andre Ward
Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year
Canelo Alvarez
Naoya Inoue
Manny Pacquiao
Errol Spence Jr.
Josh Taylor
Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year
Gennadiy Golovkin-Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire
Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman
Andy Ruiz-Andy Joshua I
Errol Spence Jr.-Shawn Porter
Josh Taylor-Regis Prograis
Eddie Futch Trainer of the Year
Jay Deas/Mark Breland
Derrick James
Brian McIntyre
Eddy Reynoso
Manny Robles
Cus D’Amato Manager of the Year
Keith Connolly
Luis DeCubas Jr.
Peter Kahn
David McWater
Rick Mirigian
Marvin Kohn Good Guy Award
Anthony Dirrell
Norm Frauenheim
Jose Ramirez
Tim Smith
Mauricio Sulaiman
Sam Taub Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award
Tim Bradley Jr.
David Dinkins
Jim Gray
Mauro Ranallo
Andre Ward
Barney Nagler Long and Meritorious Service Award
Teddy Atlas
Michael Buffer
Bob Canobbio
Henry Hascup
John Sheppard
John McCain-Bill Crawford Courage Award
Marc Abrams
Brian Custer
Mauro Ranallo
Jose Santa Cruz
Adonis Stevenson