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Manny "pacman" Pacquiao was BWAA top fighter in 2006, when he knocked out Erik Morales twice, and was named the best for 2008, the year he defeated Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and Oscar dela Hoya in different weight classes.
Manny Pacquiao, who received the 2008 Fighter of the Year award Friday evening in New York, will join the ranks of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Evander Holyfield if he continues to shine in 2009.
Ali, Frazier, Leonard and Holyfield are so far the only fighters to have won the award three times since the Boxing Writers Association of America started giving the award in 1938, the year heavyweight Jack Dempsey won it.
No fighter in history has won the BWAA top plum four times.
Listed as two-time winners are Carmen Basilio, Floyd Patterson, Dick Tiger, George Foreman, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson, Pernell Whitaker, James Toney and Pacquiao, now the reigning IBO light-welterweight champion.
Ali won the award in 1965, ‘74 and ’75, sharing it with Frazier following their classic Thrilla in Manila battle. Frazier also won it in 1969 and ’71. Leonard was tops in 1976, ‘79 and ’81, and Holyfield in 1990, ’96 and ’97.
BWAA president Jack Hirsch, in a report that came out of philboxing.com, said Pacquiao’s sensational victory over Ricky Hatton last May 2 just made him an early candidate for the 2009 award.
Pacquiao is scheduled to fight in October, and whether it’s against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto or Shane Mosley, another victory may just seal it for the 30-year-old pound-for-pound champion.
Pacquiao has also talked about retirement, and philboxing.com added that Roach, who received his third Trainer of the Year award (after 2003 and ’06), had said two more fights and that should be it.
Pacquiao almost missed gracing the BWAA awards night at the Capitale in New York, and had to take a late flight to the Big City from Manila Friday morning. He was in New York just hours before the 7:30 p.m. affair.
In his acceptance speech, where he spoke fluently in English, aided by a teleprompter, Pacquiao said it was “a great honor” to be chosen as the top fighter for 2008.
source: philstar.com
Manny Pacquiao, who received the 2008 Fighter of the Year award Friday evening in New York, will join the ranks of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Evander Holyfield if he continues to shine in 2009.
Ali, Frazier, Leonard and Holyfield are so far the only fighters to have won the award three times since the Boxing Writers Association of America started giving the award in 1938, the year heavyweight Jack Dempsey won it.
No fighter in history has won the BWAA top plum four times.
Listed as two-time winners are Carmen Basilio, Floyd Patterson, Dick Tiger, George Foreman, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson, Pernell Whitaker, James Toney and Pacquiao, now the reigning IBO light-welterweight champion.
Ali won the award in 1965, ‘74 and ’75, sharing it with Frazier following their classic Thrilla in Manila battle. Frazier also won it in 1969 and ’71. Leonard was tops in 1976, ‘79 and ’81, and Holyfield in 1990, ’96 and ’97.
BWAA president Jack Hirsch, in a report that came out of philboxing.com, said Pacquiao’s sensational victory over Ricky Hatton last May 2 just made him an early candidate for the 2009 award.
Pacquiao is scheduled to fight in October, and whether it’s against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Miguel Cotto or Shane Mosley, another victory may just seal it for the 30-year-old pound-for-pound champion.
Pacquiao has also talked about retirement, and philboxing.com added that Roach, who received his third Trainer of the Year award (after 2003 and ’06), had said two more fights and that should be it.
Pacquiao almost missed gracing the BWAA awards night at the Capitale in New York, and had to take a late flight to the Big City from Manila Friday morning. He was in New York just hours before the 7:30 p.m. affair.
In his acceptance speech, where he spoke fluently in English, aided by a teleprompter, Pacquiao said it was “a great honor” to be chosen as the top fighter for 2008.
source: philstar.com
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