By BoxingScene.com staff
 
Five writers for BoxingScene.com — Lyle Fitzsimmons, Thomas Gerbasi, David P. Greisman, Thomas Hauser and Cliff Rold — have been recognized in this year’s “Bernies” competition, which honors the best boxing writing among members of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
 
Hauser led the way with a first-place prize in the news story category for “ Sergio Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto ,” which ran on TheSweetScience.com.
 
He also won a second-place in investigative reporting for “ What Is Al Haymon Planning? ” — which ran on BoxingScene.com — and received an honorable mention in the category of feature articles under 1,500 words for “ The SCP Summer Premier Auction ,” an article that ran on TheSweetScience.com and raised concerns over the legitimacy of several boxing-related items sold at a notable sports memorabilia auction.

Those can be read at:
 
 
Hauser has now won 10 first-place prizes and numerous other BWAA writing awards.
 
Gerbasi received an honorable mention in the category of feature articles over 1,500 words for “ Venroy July and Boxing’s Greatest Story ,” about a lawyer who is also a professional cruiserweight boxer.

 
Gerbasi has now won two first-place awards, one second-place award, two third-place awards and six honorable mentions.
 
Rold received an honorable mention in event coverage for his article on a charity boxing card, “ Fighting For Titles, Fighting For a Cause in DC .”
 
 
This is the second honorable mention for Rold.
 
Fitzsimmons received three honorable mentions: one in the category of event coverage for "Carl Froch the Vindicated British King After Flooring George Groves in Rematch," which ran on BleacherReport.com, another in the column category for "What Adrien Broner Needs to Learn from Floyd Mayweather in and out of the Ring," which ran on BleacherReport.com, and also in the news story category for "Weekend bait-and-switch a tired routine from Floyd Mayweather," which ran on CBSSports.com.

Those articles can be read at:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2081913-carl-froch-the-vindicated-british-king-after-flooring-george-groves-in-rematch
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2051156-what-adrien-broner-needs-to-learn-from-floyd-mayweather-in-and-out-of-the-ring
http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24713516/weekend-bait-and-switch-a-tired-mayweather-routine
 
He has now won one third-place award and five honorable mentions.
 
Greisman won a second-place prize in the event coverage category for “ Cotto-Martinez: A Revival, A Requiem .” He also received an honorable mention in the column category for “ Mendez-Barthelemy: Two Punches Too Late ” and an honorable mention in the category of feature articles under 1,500 words for “ Ponce De Leon-Lopez 2: Diluted Revenge .”
 
Those articles can be read at:
 
Greisman has now won two first-place prizes, three second-place awards and 12 honorable mentions.

The following is the official news release from the Boxing Writers Association of America:
 
SPRINGS TOLEDO, VETERANS HEAD LIST OF BWAA WRITING CONTEST WINNERS
 
Boxing essayist Springs Toledo, a regular contributor to TheSweetScience.com, was the top winner in the 14th annual Boxing Writers Association of America writing contest, which drew a near-record number of entries and entrants.
 
Toledo took first places in Feature (Over 1,500 Words) and in Investigative Reporting, as well as seconds in Column and Feature (Under 1,500 Words). His four-award haul upped his total number in the BWAA writing competition to 20.
 
He and other BWAA writing contest winners, as well as in boxing photography (the results of which not yet been announced), will be recognized at the 90th annual BWAA Awards Dinner, which will be held April 24 at Capitale in New York City, the night before the Wladimir Klitschko-Bryant Jennings heavyweight championship bout in Madison Square Garden. Hailed as the “Academy Awards of Boxing,” the BWAA Awards Dinner will be emceed by Brooklyn Nets announcer David Diamonte and will also salute a host of honorees and special guests, a list topped by 2014 Fighter of the Year Terence Crawford.
 
At 44, Toledo, a Boston native who now lives in Plymouth, Mass., is the youngest in a lineup of veteran journalists who dominated the contest. Other first places went to Kieran Mulvaney, of HBOBoxing.com, in Event Coverage; Jerry Izenberg, columnist emeritus for the Newark Star-Ledger, in Column; Thomas Hauser, of TheSweetScience.com, in News Story, and Bill Dwyre, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, in Feature (Under 1,500 Words).
 
Izenberg, 84, a Korean War veteran, began writing at the Star-Ledger in 1951 while still a student at Rutgers University. An inductee into the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame, he is the author of 13 books and is one of only two writers to have covered every Super Bowl.
 
Dwyre, 70, is a Notre Dame graduate who previously worked at the Milwaukee Journal before arriving at the Times in 1981. He is the recipient of the Red Smith Award from the Associated Press Sports Editors in 1996. In addition to his first place award, he took a third in Column and an Honorable Mention in Event Coverage.
 
Hauser, 69, is a New York City native and Columbia Law School graduate who has authored 41 books, 20 of which have been about boxing. He augmented his first place award with a second in Investigative Reporting.
 
Mulvaney, 47, who was born in England and now lives in Bristol, Vermont, has a devoted following for his boxing coverage, but he also is an acclaimed writer about wildlife and the environment. He added an Honorable Mention in Feature (Over 1,500 Words) to his first place.
 
Among other multiple award winners are: Ivan G. Goldman (seconds in Column and News Story); Eric Raskin (thirds in Investigative Reporting and Event Coverage)
 
The BWAA Awards Dinner is open to the public. Ticket information can be found at www.bwaa.org.
 
The full list of award winners:
 
BOXING EVENT COVERAGE
 
First Place
KIERAN MULVANEY, “ Kovalev Brings Down Curtain in Hopkins’ Lengthy Reign ,” InsideHBOBoxing.com, November 9, 2014
 
Second Place
DAVID P. GREISMAN, “ Cotto-Martinez: A Revival, A Requiem ,” BoxingScene.com, June 9, 2014
 
Third Place (Tie)
BERNARD FERNANDEZ, “ Just Call New Champ Algieri ‘Hands of Stony Brook’ ,” TheSweetScience.com, June 16, 2014
ERIC RASKIN, “ Better Call Saul: Alvarez Finds the Right Opponent ,” Grantland, March 10, 2014
 
Honorable Mention: Adam Berlin, Boxing.com; Bill Dwyre, The Los Angeles Times; Lyle Fitzsimmons, BleacherReport.com; Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com; Joseph Santoliquito, Sherdog.com; T.K. Stewart, Examiner.com
 
BOXING COLUMN
 
First Place
JERRY IZENBERG, “ 40 Years Ago, Muhammad Ali Shocked George Foreman – And I Was There ,” Newark Star-Ledger, October 29, 2014
 
Second Place (Tie)
ADAM BERLIN, “ Non-Superlative: This Year’s Ballot for Boxing Hall of Fame ,” Boxing.com, October 20, 2014
IVAN G. GOLDMAN, “ Golovkin-Geale Bout Shows N.Y. Commission Still A Bloody Mess ,” BoxingInsider.com, July 28, 2014
SPRINGS TOLEDO, “ Wonderland ,” TheSweetScience.com, June 30, 2014
 
Third Place
BILL DWYRE, “ Klitschko Takes On the Fight in Kiev ,” The Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2014
 
Honorable Mention: Bernard Fernandez, TheSweetScience.com; Lyle Fitzsimmons, TheBleacherReport.com: Norm Frauenheim, 15Rounds.com; David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com
 
BOXING NEWS STORY
 
First Place
THOMAS HAUSER, “ Sergio Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto, ” TheSweetScience.com, June 11, 2014
 
Second Place (Tie)
ADAM BERLIN, “ Choosing His Chariot: Hopkins Takes On Kovalev ,” Boxing.com, August 3, 2014
IVAN G. GOLDMAN, “ Dan Goossen, Fun-Loving Fight Promoter, Dies at 64 ,” BoxingInsider.com, September 29, 2014
 
Third Place (Tie)
BILL DWYRE, “ Mayweather Just Can’t Seem To Find the Right Words ,” The Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2014
 
NORM FRAUENHEIM, “ Glovegate Breaks Out Before Mayweather-Maidana ,” 15Rounds.com, May 3, 2014
 
Honorable Mention: Bernard Fernandez, TheSweetScience.com; Lyle Fitzsimmons, CBSSports.com; Lance Pugmire, The Los Angeles Times; Joseph Santoliquito, RingTV.com; David Weinberg, The Press of Atlantic City
 
BOXING FEATURE (Under 1,500 words)
 
First Place
BILL DWYRE, “ Crying For the Beloved Country ,” The Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2014
 
Second Place
SPRINGS TOLEDO, “ Stugots ,” TheSweetScience.com, April 25, 2014
 
Third Place:
MICHAEL ROSENTHAL, “ Victor Ortiz: Ability Is There, Questions Linger ,” The Ring, November 5, 2014
 
Honorable Mention: Ivan G. Goldman, BoxingInsider.com; David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com; Thomas Hauser, TheSweetScience.com; Zachary Levin, Athletes Quarterly; Gordon Marino, The Ring; Lance Pugmire, The Los Angeles Times; Joseph Santoliquito, RingTV.com; Mark Whicker, Truthdig.com
 
BOXING FEATURE (Over 1,500 words)
 
First Place
SPRINGS TOLEDO, “ A Wrinkle in Time ,” TheSweetScience.com, November 13, 2014
Second Place
 
JEFF MacGREGOR, “ Bernard Hopkins Fights Father Time ,” ESPN.com, April 19, 2014
Third Place
 
TIM SMITH, “ Mike Perez: Title Shot Ahead, Disabled Foe Behind ,” BleacherReport.com, July 24, 2014
 
Honorable Mention: Adam Berlin, Boxing.com; Bernard Fernandez, The Ring; Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com; Lee Groves, RingTV.com; Kieran Mulvaney, Boxing News; Carlo Rotella, The New York Times Magazine; Joseph Santoliquito, The Ring; Michael Woods, TheSweetScience.com
 
BOXING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
 
First Place
SPRINGS TOLEDO, “ Battle Hymn: The Untold Story of Little Tiger Wade ,” TheSweetScience.com, March 17, 19, 24, 27, 31, April 3, 7, 9, 14, 16, 2014
 
Second Place
THOMAS HAUSER, “ What Is Al Haymon Planning? ,” BoxingScene.com, July 7, 2014
 
Third Place (Tie)
THOM LOVERRO, “ FBI Suspected 1964 Ali-Liston Fight Was Rigged By Mob ,” The Washington Times, February 24, 2014
ERIC RASKIN, “ 42 to 1 ,” Playboy, January/February 2015 (on Newsstands December 2014
 
Honorable Mention: Norm Frauenheim, The Ring; David Weinberg, The Press of Atlantic City
 
2014 BERNIES JUDGES:
Tommy Deas—Executive Sports Editor, Tuscaloosa News; 2nd Vice President Associated Press Sports Editors
Dave Kindred—Former Sports Columnist, Louisville Courier-Journal, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution
Doug Krikorian—Former Sports Columnist, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Long Beach Press
Bryce Miller—Retired Sports Columnist, Des Moines Register
John Schulian—Former Sports Columnist, Chicago Sun Times; 1984 Nat Fleischer Award Winner
Ed Schuyler—Retired Boxing Writer, Associated Press; 2010 Inductee, International Boxing Hall of Fame; 1979 Nat Fleischer Award Winner