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FIGHTERS OF THE YEAR NAOYA INOUE & AMANDA SERRANO TO ATTEND 99TH BOXING WRITER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AWARDS DINNER ON JUNE 6TH IN NEW YORK

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FIGHTERS OF THE YEAR NAOYA INOUE & AMANDA SERRANO TO ATTEND 99TH BOXING WRITER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AWARDS DINNER ON JUNE 6TH IN NEW YORK
Naoya Inoue and Amanda Serrano, universally recognized among the world’s best pound-for-pound fighters, have confirmed that they will be attending the 99th Boxing Writers Association of America awards dinner at Park 583, i 583 Park Avenue, in Manhattan, New York, i runga i Rāpare, June 6th, timata i 6 p.m.

Inoue will receive the prestigious Sugar Ray Robinson Award as the 2023 BWAA Fighter of the Year, making history as the first Japanese fighter to win one of boxing’s most prized historic honors, which dates back to Jack Dempsey in 1938.

Serrano is the 2023 Wahine Fighter o te Tau, earning that award for the second time in three years. Whawhai o te Tau, Kaiwhakahaere, Trainer, Broadcaster, Journalism, and Courage awards will also be presented.

Tickets can only be purchased prior to the event and not at the door.

The glittering evening in a landmark venue on Park Avenue will include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, tuwhera pae, dinner, silent auction and a gift bag for every attendee.

Please go to the website at bwaa.org for further information.
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Claressa Shields Is The BWAA’s 2018 Wahine Fighter o te Tau

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By Joseph Santoliquito/BWAA President

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 said.


“I roto i te 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, but in 2018, Claressa
Shields took things to a new level by becoming a two-division world
champion and successfully defending her titles at both 168 a 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. Soon after, the news came that
Hammer had to withdraw from her November clash with Shields due to
injury, engari “T-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.

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Trey Lippe-Morrison hono ope ki Freddie Roach!

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Tulsa, OK (August 4, 2015) - Whakangungu inaianei Heavyweight knockout kingi Trey Lippe-Morrison i raro Freddie Roach i te Kāri Gym Wild i Los Angeles.
He whitu-wa Boxing Writers Association o Amerika (BWAA) Trainer o te Tau, Anō o Roach he i roto i te nui i roto i te aamu. I roto i te rau tau hauwhā whakamutunga, Ako'i Roach ngahau rave rahi, tae atu Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins, Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, James Toney, Michael Moorer, Ruslan Provodnikov Amir Khan me Guillermo Rigondeaux i roto i ētahi atu. I roto i te 2012, I whakawahia Roach ki te Mekemeke Hall of Fame.
"Freddie me ahau hono pai i roto i to tatou wātū tuatahi,"Ka mea a Lippe-Morrison, i whakaakona mua i te hoa kōrero Hehe Reid i te aroaro o logistics paitia mutu to ratou hononga. "Ko te tikanga o te reira i te ao e hinaaro nei Freddie ki te mahi ki ahau, no te mea ahau anake 8-0. Kei te taumata eke tangaroa te nuinga o ana whawhai, a kahore ahau i reira ano. Tatari ahau ki te tiki sparring nui i te Wild Kāri Gym, ka farii i urupare tonu i te tokotoko whakangungu ".
Ki te he tino 8-0 record, I te mana meke hihiri Lippe-Morrison o Roach haurangi i waenga i ona hoa i Wild Card. I Kia 30, Tonu Morrison tona ara o te whakangaromanga, tu Thomas Jones i roto i te rua o nga stanza. He whakataurite unu ki tona papa, te mutunga o Tommy Morrison, Trey o te mahi tino uaua ki te whakapai ake me te whakaatu i te ao mekemeke hanga ana pūkenga tika ia i te whakarongo, e kore tona ingoa whakamutunga. He tino kai i te Buffalo Run Casino i Miami, OK hei wāhanga o te "Franchise wha State", He Lippe-Morrison aha e te reira ki te riro taumahamaha nui i muri Amerika a kia rite ki Roach.
"Ahau tino titiro atu ahau ki te mahi kokonga o Trey mo te wa tuatahi i muri mai i tenei marama,"Ka mea a Roach. "Kei a ia te mana rahi i roto i rua ringa. E haere tatou i ki te patoto i te rota o te iwi i roto i!"
Kaiwhakatairanga Lippe-Morrison o Tony Holden o Holden Productions he hari e tona tiaturiraa moku he whakangungu ki te tangata whānuitia whakaaro te kaiako pai i roto i te hākinakina me te whakapono o te rangi te rohe.
"'Oku Fiefia ki te whai Freddie i runga i te poari ahau,"Ka mea a Holden. I mohio ahau i te motuhake Trey ko Freddie mahi tahi haapapu ia e. Pāpā o Trey he toa nui e ngā te mana huanga nui. Trey e nui atu raw mana i ta tona papa, me ahau te tikanga pono e. Te haere ki te kia nui ki te kite i te whakawhanake i tona mahi i raro i Freddie Roach.”
Ōrite tuatahi Lippe-Morrison o raro i te whakaakoranga o töna Roach haere mai August 29 i Memorial Hall i Joplin, MO.