By Fox Doucette What is a Hall of Famer? You name the sport, you'll get dozens of people with dozens of opinions about the criteria for enshrinement in their sport's hallowed halls of immortality. Do championships matter? If so, Dick Butkus never appeared in a playoff game during his career with some truly awful Bears teams in the 1970s, but he is correctly considered one of … [Read more...]
Andre Ward and Virgil Hunter Named Top Fighter and Trainer by the BWAA
Unified super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0-0, 13 KOs) has been named the 2011 Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year, beating out Wladimir Klitschko, Nonito Donaire, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao for the award. Ward’s trainer, Virgil Hill, won the Eddie Futch award for trainer of the year. Ward began 2011 with a near-shutout victory over … [Read more...]