A Possible Laureus Award For Manny Pacquiao

Laureus Trophy

Laureus World  Sport Award are given annually to outstanding sports people from different categories. Laureus core concept is to create a global awards that recognized the achievements of today’s sports heroes. It is Sport for a good cause.

After three press conferences held in Dubai, Madrid and Munich finally the nominees for the 2011 Laureus World Sport Award was announced on January 11, 2011. This years edition is one of the most exciting one, having gathered all the famous sportsman who had made their mark and achieved a lot in their respective sports discipline.

Manny Pacquiao the best pound for pound boxer in the world, and the only boxer who achieved 8 world titles in different weight divisions is one of the nominees. He will face a tough competition against popular sportsman also who have their own share of achievements and even more popular compared to  Manny Pacquiao. His opponents for the Sportsman of the Year Category includes Lakers Star Kobe Bryant,  Spanish Tennis Star Rafael Nadal,   Sebastian Vettel, youngest winner of Formula One World Championship. Barcelona footballers Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi were also nominated.

The categories for this years edition of Laureus Award are as follows.

  1. Laureus World Sportman of the Year
  2. Laureus World Sportwoman of the Year
  3. Laureus World Team of the Year
  4. Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year
  5. Laureus World Comeback of the Year
  6. World Sportsperson of the Year with Disability
  7. World Action Sportsperson of the Year

Laureus World Sports Academy Chairman Edwin Moses, was quoted as saying “This has been a great year for sport  and the academy are going to find it extremely difficult to decide who to vote for as winners”.

The winner of the Laureus Awards will received Laureus Statuete which is 30 centimeter high and weigh 2.5 kg. Each figure contains 670 grams of pure solid silver.

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