James J. Walker Memorial Award
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Named after New York State Senator James J. Walker, who sponsored the bill legalizing boxing in New York State in 1920, and awarded annually since 1940 by the Boxing Writers' Association of New York for "long and meritorious service in boxing." Before 1947, it was known as the "Meritorious Service Award." Starting in 2009, this award was renamed for John F.X. Condon.
- 1940: James J. Walker
- 1941: Gene Tunney
- 1942: No Award
- 1943: Nat Fleischer
- 1944: John J. Phelan
- 1945: James J. Johnston
- 1946: Mike Jacobs
- 1947: James A. Farley
- 1948: Dan Morgan
- 1949: Abe J. Greene
- 1950: Wilbur Wood
- 1951: Edward P. F. Eagan
- 1952: George A. Barton
- 1953: Dr. Vincent A. Nardiello
- 1954: Jim Braddock
- 1955: Harry Mendel
- 1956: Frank Graham
- 1957: Jack Dempsey
- 1958: Sam Taub
- 1959: Marv Jenson
- 1960: Ned Brown
- 1961: Dr. Alexander Schiff
- 1962: Dr. Mal Stevens
- 1963: Harry Markson
- 1964: Mickey Walker
- 1965: Jack Cuddy
- 1966: Nat Fleischer
- 1967: Joe Louis
- 1968: John Condon
- 1969: Murray Goodman
- 1970: Don Dunphy
- 1971: Teddy Brenner
- 1972: Dr. Edwin Campbell
- 1973: Barney Nagler
- 1974: Bobby Gleason
- 1975: Dan Daniel
- 1976: Duke Stefano
- 1977: Chris Dundee
- 1978: Ray Arcel & Freddie Brown
- 1979: Marvin Kohn & Bobby Goodman
- 1980: Nat Loubet
- 1981: Bill Gallo
- 1982: Eddie Futch
- 1983: Tom Kenville
- 1984: Muhammad Ali
- 1985: Irving Rudd
- 1986: Dick Young
- 1987: Jack Fiske
- 1988: Arthur Mercante Sr.
- 1989: Marty Cohen
- 1990: Jay Edson
- 1991: Howard Albert
- 1992: Ralph Citro
- 1993: Lou Duva
- 1994: Willie Pep
- 1995: Floyd Patterson
- 1996: Angelo Dundee
- 1997: Mills Lane
- 1998: Steve Acunto
- 1999: Al Gavin, Bob Jackson, J. Russell Peltz
- 2000: Gil Clancy
- 2001: Don Chargin and Lorraine Chargin
- 2002: Hank Kaplan
- 2003: Jimmy Glenn
- 2004: Marc Ratner
- 2005: Teddy Blackburn
- 2006: Larry Merchant
- 2007: Nigel Collins
- 2008: Steve Farhood
- 2009: Jerry Izenberg