Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach have been named 2009 fighter and trainer of the year respectively.

And Roach has backed Britain's WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan to be his next major star.

Pacquiao and Roach were recipients of the awards from the Boxing Writers Association of America for the second year in a row.

It was Pacquiao's third Sugar Ray Robinson trophy in four years and followed world title victories in 2009 over light welterweight Ricky Hatton and welterweight Miguel Cotto as the boxer from the Philippines staked his claim to be the best pound for pound boxer in the world.

Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) topped the voting ahead of fellow nominees Arthur Abraham, Vitali Klitschko, Andre Ward and Paul Williams.

He was also voted the BWAA's fighter of the decade on a ballot also featuring Marco Antonio Barrera, Joe Calzaghe, Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Marquez, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Shane Mosley.

Roach's award, named in honour of his own former trainer and training mentor Eddie Futch, was his fourth since 2003, having begun training Pacquiao in 2001.

Now, Roach is hoping Britain's Khan can emulate Pacquiao's success.

"Manny and I are a great team and to win this award you need a great fighter," Roach told ESPN.com. "Hopefully, Amir Khan will be my next guy."

Former Olympic silver medallist Khan is scheduled to make his American debut as a professional on April 3 in Las Vegas when he makes a mandatory defence of his WBA belt against Marcos Maidana.

Victory against the Argentine could set up a clash with Marquez the following month and the Mexican, coming off a welterweight defeat to Mayweather last September, was also honoured by the BWAA for his part in the fight of the year, a lightweight clash between Marquez and Juan Diaz.

Marquez won the contest last February in Houston with a ninth round stoppage.