LUCHADORES DEL AÑO NAOYA INOUE & AMANDA SERRANO ASISTIRÁ A LA 99ª CENA DE PREMIOS DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE ESCRITORES DE BOXEO DE AMÉRICA EL 6 DE JUNIO EN NUEVA YORK
Naoya Inoue y Amanda Serrano, Universalmente reconocido entre los mejores peleadores libra por libra del mundo., han confirmado que asistirán a la 99a cena de premiación de la Asociación de Escritores de Boxeo de América en Park 583, en 583 avenida del Parque, en manhattan, Nueva York, el jueves, 6 de junio, a partir de las 6 p.m.
Inoue recibirá el prestigioso premio Sugar Ray Robinson como 2023 Luchador BWAA del año, Haciendo historia como el primer peleador japonés en ganar uno de los honores históricos más preciados del boxeo., que se remonta a Jack Dempsey en 1938.
serrano es el 2023 Mujer Boxeador del Año, ganando ese premio por segunda vez en tres años. Peleas del año, Gerente, Entrenador, Locutor, Periodismo, y también se entregarán premios a la Coraje.
Las entradas sólo se pueden adquirir antes del evento y no en puerta..
La brillante velada en un lugar emblemático de Park Avenue incluirá cócteles y entremeses., Bar abierto, cena, subasta silenciosa y una bolsa de regalo para cada asistente.
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In a pivotal year for women’s boxing that saw the sport reach more people than ever before, two-time United States Olympic gold medal winner Claressa Shields continued to soar, as she successfully defended her two world middleweight titles, then added three super middleweight belts before the end of a campaign that earned her the 2018 Christy Martin Award, which is given to the Boxing Writers Association of America’s Female Fighter of the Year.
“I am thrilled and honored to receive the Fighter of the Year award from the Boxing Writers Association of America. It is a dream come true, and it furthers my goal to lift women’s boxing to new levels,” Shields.
“En 2019 my goals are to become undisputed champion, to be ranked in the top 10 pound-for-pound list regardless of gender, and to continue the march of women’s boxing toward equality with men.”
The 23-year-old from Flint, Michigan becomes the second winner of the award, which was established in 2017. She will be honored at the BWAA’s annual award dinner, which will take place in 2019 at a site and date to be determined.
“In such a big year for women’s boxing, it wasn’t a surprise that there were so many worthy nominees for this award, pero en 2018, Claressa Shields took things to a new level by becoming a two-division world champion and successfully defending her titles at both 168 y 160 pounds in Showtime and HBO-televised bouts,” said Thomas Gerbasi, chairman of the BWAA’s women’s boxing committee. “That’s impressive in its own right, but the fact that she’s done this all before her tenth pro fight and under the glare of the spotlight that comes with being the face of the sport in the United States made her a unanimous choice for this year’s Christy Martin Award.”
Joining Roy Jones Jr., Andre Ward and the late Emanuel Steward as members of the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018, Shields began the year on a collision course with middleweight champion Christina Hammer, but first she finished up her business at 168 pounds by successfully defending her IBF and WBC titles with a shutout victory over Tori Nelson in January.
Next was Shields’ middleweight debut against Hanna Gabriels in June, and what followed was a Fight of the Year candidate that saw Shields rebound from the first knockdown of her career to win a clear-cut decision and the IBF and WBA belts. Poco después, the news came that Hammer had to withdraw from her November clash with Shields due to lesión, pero “Tirano saurio Rex” didn’t slow down, as she defeated Hannah Rankin and Femke Hermans to successfully defend her middleweight titles while adding the WBC crown to her trophy case.