Pacquiao off for BWAA Fighter of Decade award

[ChampBox@PR]

he deserves it but we must understand if floyd didnt retire there was no chance in hell he would be winning it

Would, Should, Could, but didnt so Shut The **** Up!

[GT-R]

Floyd can still get that dam award! 2020 here we come!

[nujabes77]

and *****s still thinking floyd is the best in this era

[Vegan101]

Congratulations Congressman Manny Pacquiao!

also advance congratulations to Floyd Mayweather as the sole recipient of the DOTDA . (Ducker Of The Decade Award)

[tibbar]

dont worry, theres another BWAA FOTD award in 2019 so cheer up *****s!

nope, theyre not going to agree with you, it will be on 2020 for them, thats when their next decade ends

[tito yuca]

Tell me what Floyd would've done in those 2 years of retirement that might have got him the FOTD award?

Fight Margarito,Cotto???
Hatton rematch?
LOL

For starters, he would've gone ahead with the Oscar rematch. That means Manny never fights Oscar and doesn't get the victory that made all the extremely ****** boxing fans/writers that couldn't see that Oscar was shot think that Pac was the greatest thing since slice bread.

That alone would have COMPLETELY changed the public perception of Pac vs. Floyd when it comes to fighter of the decade. No one in their right minds would have had Pac anywhere near Floyd before that victory. Before the Oscar fight, all people talked about when it came to Pac was how Marquez beat him in the rematch and how he should give him a third fight.

[Ryannn]

For starters, he would've gone ahead with the Oscar rematch. That means Manny never fights Oscar and doesn't get the victory that made all the extremely ****** boxing fans/writers that couldn't see that Oscar was shot think that Pac was the greatest thing since slice bread.

That alone would have COMPLETELY changed the public perception of Pac vs. Floyd when it comes to fighter of the decade. No one in their right minds would have had Pac anywhere near Floyd before that victory. Before the Oscar fight, all people talked about when it came to Pac was how Marquez beat him in the rematch and how he should give him a third fight.

lol.

the oscar fight is the one that is downplayed the most by experts.

manny would have won that award even without oscar..

[Pacquiao'd]

haha, "fotd" is sxared of needles and wants cut off days.


haha, pacthetic

[JM1]

MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao flies to New York today to receive his Fighter of the Decade award from the Boxing Writers Association of America, and take a much-deserved family vacation off the waters of Mexico, on board a 120-foot yacht.

The BWAA Awards will take place on June 4 at the Roosevelt Hotel at Madison Avenue and 45th Street in midtown Manhattan, and the presence of the Filipino boxing icon will provide the glitter needed in this night of boxing.

A check with the BWAA website showed that Pacquiao will be the first boxer to receive the Fighter of the Decade award.

Pacquiao leaves with his family, including his wife Jinkee, with twin sister Janette, their kids Michael, Jimwell and Princess, and their nannies, as well as the boxer’s Canadian adviser, Mike Koncz, on an evening flight.

Koncz said Pacquiao isn’t sure yet if he’d be at ringside of the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman light-middleweight contest on June 5 at the Yankee Stadium. If Cotto wins, there’s a chance he might face Pacquiao in November.

A couple of meetings in New York
will take some of Pacquiao’s time. Then it’s off to Mexico for a couple of days of vacation to be hosted by Fernando Beltran, the amiable boxing figure from Mexico, according to Koncz.

“We’re heading off to an undisclosed place,” said the boxer’s adviser, who gave a clue of how grand it’s going to be when he added that they’d board a luxurious yacht to “enjoy some privacy in the middle of the water.”

All trips to and from Mexico will be on board a private plane, something Pacquiao is now accustomed to.

Koncz said while there’s no date yet on their return flight to Manila, he said Pacquiao should be back either on the 12th or 13th of June because his crash course on governance at the University of the Philippines will start on the 14th.

The 31-year-old Pacquiao was elected congressman in his home province of Sarangani during the May 10 elections, and became the first boxer, active or retired, ever to be elected to the House of Representatives.

Pacquiao received his first Fighter of the Year award in 2006 following his smashing victories over Erik Morales. Then in 2008, he was honored once more for his wins over Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and Oscar dela Hoya.

Freddie Roach will also receive the Trainer of the Year award, his fourth.

Pacquiao, the only boxer to win seven world titles in seven different weight classes, is only the fifth fighter in history to win the prestigious award three times -- next to Muhammad Ali, Jose Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Evander Holyfield.

Ali, who will be remembered as “The Greatest,” won the award in 1965, 1974 and 1975, the year he shared it with Frazier who had won its previously in 1961 and 1971. It was in 1975 that Ali and Frazier staged the historic “Thrilla in Manila.”

Leonard won it in 1976, 1979 and 1981 while Holyfield earned the nod of the BWAA in 1990, 1996 and 1997. Among the two-time winners are Floyd Patterson, Carmen Basilio, **** Tiger, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Mike Tyson.

Oscar dela Hoya, known as boxing’s golden boy, only won the award once, in 1995. as well as Ricky Hatton in 2005 and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2007. The fact that Pacquiao has won it thrice only cements his status as the best there is today.

congratulations manny! well deserved

[Pacdbest]

he deserves it but we must understand if floyd didnt retire there was no chance in hell he would be winning it

Floyd retires to protect his undefeated record!! He got scared of cotto and cheato. And now He's scared of Pac!! But he's cornered now!!!