Another Award for Manny Pacquiao

The awards are added to the many that has come Pacquiao’s way in recent years, particularly in 2008 and 2009. It is a testament to the recognition accorded to his dominance of boxing spread over a record-setting seven different weight divisions. His two victories last year cemented his status as a legitimate all-time great in the sport.

In May, he met British Superstar for the IBO and Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. His two-round annihilation of the Hitman stunned the boxing world which was expecting a grueling, competitive battle.

The Pacman followed that up with a 12th-round stoppage of Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in his last fight in November, for the latter’s WBO Welterweight title, also in Las Vegas. The victory earned him his seventh world title in his seventh weight division – an unprecedented feat.

It is the third time Pacquiao won the award as Fighter of the year, after similar recognitions in 2006 and 2008. The award is named after the consensus greatest fighter of all time, Sugar Ray Robinson. Manny will most likely receive the trophy during the BWAA’s 85th banquet in New York City in June.

Topping it all off is the organization’s naming of the current pound for pound king as the Fighter of the Decade. He bested some of the sport’s biggest names on his way to that recognition. Pacquiao is currently training for his first defense of the welterweight crown against Joshua Clottey in March.

Source : Two Minutes News