Nonito Donaire is BWAA Fighter of the Year; Marquez-Pacman is F.O.Y. |
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Sunday, 27 January 2013 15:30
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Donaire's trainer Robert Garcia has been recognized as winner of the Eddie Futch "Trainer of the Year" award. In addition to Donaire, Garcia has developed world title holders including Mikey Garcia and Brandon Rios. Max Kellerman has always been one of the more charismatic, intelligent and independent voices about boxing on television, on HBO and before that on ESPN. The BWAA will recognize Kellerman with its award for "Excellence in Boxing Journalism." Just a year or so ago, middleweight Danny Jacobs' biggest fight was outside the ring. A battle with cancer not only threatened his ring career, but his life. Everyone is ecstatic that Jacobs, now recovered, resumed his career last October. The BWAA has voted to bestow upon the Brooklyn fighter the 2012 Bill Crawford award for "Courage in Overcoming Adversity." It was only a matter of time before Kathy Duva and Bruce Trampler won the newly named Barney Nagler award for "Long and Meritorious Service" to the sport of boxing. Duva and Trampler finished tied in BWAA member voting, and both will be honored. Trampler, with promoter Top Rank, is a grass-roots matchmaker who developed many a champion and contender over the years. Kathy Duva, since taking over the reins at Main Events, has led her company to a resurgence. deepwater says:
Agree with donaire. Agree with foy . Al Haymon is a snake in the shadows , 2-1 odds that another man accepts the award in haymons place. Maybe those 2 brothers or their camera loving pop. Garcia is a punk making up excuses rib,finger, 6th toe. Zab can't beat too many these days but he would beat Garcia in bk. deepwater says:
Have you read the gloves by anasi? That book was about our team and trainer . The supreme team dino da vinci says:
@Deep. No, but I back in the early '90's I did read Shadow Box by Plimpton. Actually, I hadn't heard of this book until now. I'll pick up a copy and let you know my thoughts. brownsugar says: Agree with Dino... where's the love for Springs....even the articles I don't like or agree with are worth their weight in diamonds. Radam G says: Boxing is often a mythic sport literally. Tell the myth until it is believed as the truth. TSS Superscribe S-To has not done this. He pulls up the straight-up truths from the deepest covers. And the mythologists that be don't like it and cannot handle it. So of course they are going to ice S-To outta BWAA awards. dino da vinci says: Braa? dino da vinci says: Actually, I typed it as you wrote it but this iPad does what it wants. Again, BRAA? Radam G says: BRAA = Boxing Readers Action Association. Hehehe! Pay your union fee of $12thou. Hehe! Holla! dino da vinci says: BRAA = Boxing Readers Action Association. Hehehe! Pay your union fee of $12thou. Hehe! Holla! Hey, that's less than the shakedown fee from some of the organizations. I actually see some value there. Where do I send the check? Radam G says: Good one, Ddv! You are slicky slick on my trail to ID me. Just donate the $12thou to Rev. [Big] George Foreman. He's always shaking me down for Jesus. Holla! ArneK. says: Congrats to all the winners. I'm curious, however, why the BWAA chose to re-name the award for "long and meritorious service" in honor of Barney Nagler. I'm not greatly opposed -- I chewed the fat with Barney on several occasions and he was just as Bert Sugar described him: a very sweet man plus he was a prolific writer who wrote a great book. However, I personally would have kept the award named for Hizzoner James J. Walker, and I don't care if his administration ended in scandal. After all, this is boxing. So ... can anyone tell me what was the impetus behind re-naming the award? ArneK. says:
Congrats to all the winners. I'm curious, however, why the BWAA chose to re-name the award for "long and meritorious service" in honor of Barney Nagler. I'm not greatly opposed -- I chewed the fat with Barney on several occasions and he was just as Bert Sugar described him: a very sweet man plus he was a prolific writer who wrote a great book. However, I personally would have kept the award named for Hizzoner James J. Walker, and I don't care if his administration ended in scandal. After all, this is boxing. So ... can anyone tell me what was the impetus behind re-naming the award?
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Super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire has been named Fighter of the Year for 2012 by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Donaire successfully defended his world title four times in 2012, the last two by stoppage, as he surged toward the top of most pound-for-pound fighter lists. It marks the fourth time in the last seven years that a boxer from the Philippines has won the BWAA's Sugar Ray Robinson "Fighter of the Year" award. Countryman Manny Pacquiao won in 2006, 2008, and 2009.
I'm sure Peter Finney is an outstanding boxing writer. But if someone doesn't give Springs Toledo an award of this magnitude real soon, we'll stop posting the results here.*
With that off my chest, they did manage to do a nice job with the rest of the categories.
*Yes, we look out for our own here at TSS, but I can assure you nobody alive has read more boxing books than me and Springs is Pat Putnam great, maybe a smidgen better, and arguably best I ever read. Since he hasn't won anything yet, I'll let you do the math.