Boxing News pick up another British Sports Journalism Award

Boxing News

BOXING NEWSย beat off stiff competition to claim their third consecutive British Sports Journalism Award at the SJAโ€™s 2018 awards ceremony on Monday night (February 26) at Westminsterโ€™s Park Plaza.

BNย again won the Special Sports Edition category, this time for the well-receivedย 100 Greatest Heavyweight Boxersย which followed awards for 2017โ€™sย 100 Greatest British Boxersย and the tribute issue to Muhammad Ali from 2016.

Editor Matt Christie was surprised to get the nod this year over the highly commendedย Lev Yashin: From bullet maker to Balon dโ€™Or Winnerย from the BBC andย The Telegraphโ€™sย World Cup 2018.ย The Guardian,ย The Independent,ย The Sunday Timesย and theย Daily Mailย were the other publications who made the shortlist.

โ€œTo stand up here and representย Boxing Newsย while accepting this award from the SJA is both a great surprise and a great honour,โ€ said Christie. โ€œThis all began for Boxing News way back in 1909 and since then, the brand has been churning out top content week in, week out. Itโ€™s not often I get chance to thank the team for all their hard work but cheers guys, we did it again.โ€

Host Jim Rosenthal joked, โ€œItโ€™sย Boxing News, punching above their weight again.”

There was another win in the Sports Feature Writer category forย The Guardianโ€™sย Donald McRae, also a keen contributor toย Boxing News. There was another winner with links toย BNย in the shape of theย Daily Mailโ€™sย Daniel Matthews who once spent time in our offices while he was still at university. The education obviously served him well; he was named as the Young Sports Writer of the year.

Others from the boxing industry who were recognised included the BBCโ€™s Mike Costello, who was highly commended in the Sports Commentator category where Ronald McIntosh was also shortlisted. Steve Bunce made the shortlist for the Sports Pundit award for his work alongside Costello on BBC Radio 5 Live.

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