A century at ringside: the Boxing Writers Association of America at 100 | Thomas Hauser

Born in boxing's golden age and still swinging today, the BWAA has spent a century preserving the stories, sounds and spirits of the sport

When the Boxing Writers Association of American holds its annual awards dinner in New York on 30 April, it will mark the organization's 100th dinner and the start of its 100th year of existence.

The Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York (as the BWAA was originally known) was founded by Damon Runyan, Paul Gallico, Ed Sullivan, Nat Fleischer, Edward J Neil and Wilbur Wood with the stated mission of improving conditions at boxing events for New York writers and their visiting colleagues.