 Andre Ward is BWAA
Fighter of the Year
Wolak - Rodriguez I Named Top Fight
Virgil Hunter, Al Bernstein, Elbaum & Bozella also to be honored
Andre Ward has won an Olympic gold medal, professional world titles, and Showtime's Super Six super-middleweight tournament. Now the Boxing Writers Association of America has named Ward its Fighter of the Year for 2011, bestowing its Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award. Ward was chosen over nominees Nonito Donaire, Wladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao.
For all winners, see our Boxing Awards page.
 Klitschko Brothers to be Honored at BWAA Dinner
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have been chosen to receive the BWAA's James A. Farley Award for "Honesty and Integrity in Boxing."
 George Plimpton Named Liebling Award Winner
Colin Hart Wins Fleischer
George Plimpton, the elegant literary adventurer who graced boxing with witty, insightful prose and once had his nose broken in the line of duty, will receive this year’s A.J. Liebling Award. The Boxing Writers Association of America presents the award in memory of Liebling, the legendary New Yorker wordsmith who called his favorite sport "The Sweet Science."
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BWAA Co-Sponsors Bill Gallo Bust
The Boxing Writers Association of America, along with the Veteran Boxers Association of New York/Ring 8 and the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation, co-sponsored the creation of a bust of Bill Gallo, the late New York Daily News cartoonist and writer. Gallo was a longtime BWAA member and 1999 Liebling Award winner. The bronze bust, created by sculptor Carl LeVotch (far right, with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and BWAA President Jack Hirsch), will be displayed permanently at Gallagher’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, a Gallo favorite.
Bert Sugar, 1937-2012
 The Boxing Writers Association of America mourns the passing of Bert Sugar, at age 74. Sugar was the most charismatic boxing writer of his generation, a throwback to a bygone era when writers like Damon Runyon and Paul Gallico wrote about the sport. He edited Boxing Illustrated and The Ring, and in 1990 the BWAA honored Sugar with the Nat Fleischer award for "Excellence in Boxing Journalism." In 2005, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
"Sugar's presence will be missed," said BWAA President Jack Hirsch. "What everyone will agree on is that there was no one quite like him."
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