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Cecilia Braekhus Tops The BWAA's Inaugural Women's Pound-For-Pound List

Cecilia Braekhus Tops The BWAA's Inaugural Women's Pound-For-Pound List

The BWAA is proud to announce its first women's top 10 pound-for-pound list, selected on a point system. Twice a year, in June and December, the BWAA will go public with its listings. Topping the first list is Cecilia Braekhus, who already made history earlier this year by being named the first BWAA Female Fighter of the Year. Braekhus is followed by Amanda Serrano, Layla McCarter, Claressa Shields, Yesica Yolanda Bopp, Jelena Mrdjenovich, Delfine Persoon, Kenia Enriquez, Mar

Vasiliy Lomachenko Remains The BWAA’s Pound-For-Pound King

Vasiliy Lomachenko Remains The BWAA’s Pound-For-Pound King

For the second-straight time, Vasiliy Lomachenko, now a lightweight, is the BWAA’s pound-for-pound king. Lomachenko remains on top followed by Terence Crawford, who held the position for the first two BWAA’s pound-for-pound polls, which are selected by BWAA members from respected news outlets and is broken down based on a descending points system, with a first-place vote receiving 10 points, a second-place vote receiving nine points and so on. Ties go to the fighter with the

BWAA Members Bernard Fernandez And Dave Weinberg Get Inducted Into AC Hall Of Fame

BWAA Members Bernard Fernandez And Dave Weinberg Get Inducted Into AC Hall Of Fame

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Between Bernard Fernandez and Dave Weinberg, they have covered everything in boxing. Fernandez, 70, the esteemed former Philadelphia Daily News boxing writer who retired in 2012, and the highly respected Weinberg, 60, the lead boxing writer for the Atlantic City Press, have combined for over 60 years of boxing coverage between them. On Sunday, their work was celebrated when the two were inducted as part of the second class of the Atlantic City Boxing Hal

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