89th Boxing Writers Association Dinner is May 1; Tix Info Here!

It’s almost dinner time!

The 89th annual Boxing Writers Association of America will run Thursday, May 1, at the MGM Grand, days before Floyd Mayweather takes on the challenger Marcos Maidana at the MGM. This gala event is open to the public, and would be a dream event to attend for a mega fight fan!

BOXING WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

89th Annual Awards Dinner

Thursday, May 1, 2014

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV

3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV

Cocktails: 6:00 pm

Dinner and Awards: 7:30 pm

TICKETS

$200 per person

$2,000 per table of ten

A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPECIAL VIP TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE

–$400 per person

–$4,000 per table of ten

–Includes Premium Seating at Dinner and Special VIP Gift

Payment via Mastercard/Visa, AmEx, Check, Money Order or PayPal

must be received no later than April 25, 2014

BOXING WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

P.O. BOX 153, Rockaway Park, NY 11694

For further event information: BWAA Website: www.bwaa.org

We Will Be Honoring:

FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR.

The Sugar Ray Robinson Award

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

FREDDIE ROACH

The Eddie Futch Award

TRAINER OF THE YEAR

TIM BRADLEY – RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV

The Ali-Frazier Award

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

AL HAYMON

The Cus D’Amato Award

MANAGER OF THE YEAR

LEE SAMUELS and COL. BOB SHERIDAN

The Barney Nagler Award

LONG AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE

JIMMY LENNON, JR.

The Marvin Kohn “Good Guy” Award

PAUL WILLIAMS

The Bill Crawford Award

COURAGE IN OVERCOMING ADVERSITY

SANDY GRADY

The A.J. Liebling Award

OUTSTANDING BOXING WRITING

DAN RAFAEL

The Nat Fleischer Award

EXCELLENCE IN BOXING WRITING

PAUL MALIGNAGGI

The Sam Taub Award

EXCELLENCE IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM

JOHN SHEPPARD

The James A. Farley Award

HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN BOXING

BERNIE AWARD WINNERS FOR BOXING WRITING and SILENT AUCTION ALSO!

The event program is a superb way to promote your fighter, your company, or your cause!

Event Journal Reservation Form

Outside Back Cover (Color):                                   $3,000 SOLD

Inside Front Cover (Color):                                      $2,500 SOLD

Page 1 (Opp. Inside Front Cover) (Color):             $2,500

Inside Back Cover (Color):                                       $2,000 SOLD

Last Page (Opp. Inside Back Cover) (Color):        $2,000

Full Page (Color):                             $1,250

Full Page (B&W):                             $1,000

½ Page (Color):                                $700½

Page (B&W):                                     $600

¼ Page (Color):                                $500

¼ Page (B&W):                                $400

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DEADLINE: APRIL 12, 2014

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Mechanical Requirements:

Trim Size                           8 ½“ x 11”

Full Page Bleed                8 ¾“ x 11 ¼“

Full Page Non-Bleed        8 ½” x 11”

Half Page                           8” x 5 ½ “ (Horizontal)

Quarter Page                    5 ½ “ x 5 ½ “

Material Requirements:

Send ad by email or on a disk, using 300 dpi. Include the art and type on disks. Pdf files are preferred; tiff, jpeg, eps files are acceptable. Adobe in Design is preferred page layout format.

Send specs and payment to:

Ricardo Salazar

973-207-5236 or 973-481-0253

Email: omrboxing@aol.com

OR

Feel free to email BWAA first vice president Michael Woods at Fightwrite@gmail.com with any questions you might have.

Please remember that boxing writers promote the sport we all adore, and supporting the BWAA is helping lift up your cause, and the sport as a whole. We are all in this together!

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