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  • JakeNDaBox
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    Comments Thread For: Matthysse-Molina, Cunningham, Roach Nab BWAA Awards

    Barring injuries, illness or contract disputes, John Molina Jr. and Lucas Matthysse will have both had their first fight of 2015 by the time the annual Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) Awards dinner rolls around.

    Whatever happens in their respective upcoming fights, they will have April 24th to look forward to. It's fitting their their unforgettable war from last April will take place nearly one year to the date of this year's awards dinner, as their instant classic was announced by the BWAA as the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier winner for 2014 Fight of the Year. [Click Here To Read More]
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    • LowBlowKO
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      It irks me that the BWAA seem to only watch fights from the US and the UK. I know some members do go further afield but it seems a lot are relatively narrow minded. Shame.

      Well done to the winners but...shame on the BWAA!

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        • JakeNDaBox
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          Originally posted by LowBlowKO
          It irks me that the BWAA seem to only watch fights from the US and the UK. I know some members do go further afield but it seems a lot are relatively narrow minded. Shame.

          Well done to the winners but...shame on the BWAA!
          Couldn't have said it any better - or maybe I could have
          Rodriguez-Takayama: An Unforgivable BWAA Oversight
          http://www.boxingscene.com/rodriguez-takayama-an-unforgivable-bwaa-oversight--87813
          By Jake Donovan - Looking back at 2014, chances are that most casual boxing fans – which ranges from everyone just below the hardcore level to those who tune in for the occasional big fight – will remember August 9 as the night the bottom nearly fell out from the sport. It was the night that Golden Boy Promotions, Al Haymon and Showtime joined forces to present a card littered with gross mismatches. The show took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, headlined by Danny Garcia’s two-round wipeout of Rod Salka, a fringe 130 lb. contender who’d moved up more than two weight classes for what became a meaningless non-title fight at a 142 lb. catchweight. As the voting results come in for the 2014 Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) awards, it seems that show caught the voting member panel’s attention more so than any other boxing action to have taken place on the evening of August 9. It’s the only way to explain how the BWAA completely blew it when it came to honoring the 2014 Fight of the Year. The oversight would be somewhat more forgivable if the strawweight unification bout between Francisco Rodriguez Jr. and Katsunari Takayama didn’t benefit from stateside coverage. It would be forgivable if the bout wasn’t at all replayed, or if a full viewing wasn’t available anywhere online.

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            • fighting man
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              Naoya got over looked, Shingo got over looked, Iwao Hakamada got over looked, Takayama vs Rodriguez got overlooked... Do we need to just start accepting that the BWAA are going to ignore so many fighters and fights they are becoming a joke?

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                • tredh
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                  I don't know off the top of my head all the fighters Roach trains.

                  So could somebody please tell me why got trainer of the year?

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                    • Pigeons
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                      Freddie Roach and Al Haymon have a monopoly on the Trainer/Manager of the Year awards.

                      BWAA should add an award for Round and KO of the Year.

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                        • mrlopez
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                          wont be too long before Crackhead Sr. has an article published with him crying, bi.tching and moaning about freddie roch aint sh.it

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                              Crawford with the Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award

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