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Pacquiao to receive BWAA 2009 Fighter of the Year and Fighter of the Decade award
Pacquiao to receive BWAA 2009 Fighter of the Year and Fighter of the Decade award in New York June 4
May 22, 2:12 AMFilipino Sports ExaminerDennis "dSource" Guillermo
The Boxing Writers Association of America will be having it's 85th annual awards dinner in New York City, on June 4, 2010, and for the third time in it's history, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is being honored as it's Fighter of the Year. Only Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield have won the prestigious award in as many occasions.
Not only is Pacquiao the recipient of the award which this year will bear the name of one of the greatest fighters of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson, the newly elected Congressman of Saranggani Province, Philippines is also being awarded as it's Fighter of the Decade.
Pacquiao's attendance to grace the ceremony and personally receive the award has been confirmed and announced through the BWAA website.
Other winners receiving awards are:
Freddie Roach - Trainer of the Year
Juan Manuel Marquez & Juan Diaz - Fight of the Year
Mills Lane - James A. Farley award for Honesty and Integrity
Alexis Arguello - Marvin Kohn Good Guy Award
Side Note: This year will be a special BWAA dinner because I will be attending it. Not that anybody will notice, but I'm just saying. Kidding aside, congratulations to all the winners!
May 22, 2:12 AMFilipino Sports ExaminerDennis "dSource" Guillermo
The Boxing Writers Association of America will be having it's 85th annual awards dinner in New York City, on June 4, 2010, and for the third time in it's history, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is being honored as it's Fighter of the Year. Only Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield have won the prestigious award in as many occasions.
Not only is Pacquiao the recipient of the award which this year will bear the name of one of the greatest fighters of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson, the newly elected Congressman of Saranggani Province, Philippines is also being awarded as it's Fighter of the Decade.
Pacquiao's attendance to grace the ceremony and personally receive the award has been confirmed and announced through the BWAA website.
Other winners receiving awards are:
Freddie Roach - Trainer of the Year
Juan Manuel Marquez & Juan Diaz - Fight of the Year
Mills Lane - James A. Farley award for Honesty and Integrity
Alexis Arguello - Marvin Kohn Good Guy Award
Side Note: This year will be a special BWAA dinner because I will be attending it. Not that anybody will notice, but I'm just saying. Kidding aside, congratulations to all the winners!
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