THE RING’s Naoki Fukuda is big winner in BWAA photo contest
Photographer Naoki Fukuda, who shoots for THE RING Magazine and RingTV.com, was the big winner in the Boxing Writers Association of American photo contest for 2014.
Fukuda took first place in the Action category with a photo of Robert Guerrero punching Yoshihiro Kamegai and honorable mention in the Feature category with a shot of Daniel Jacobs holding his son after a fight. The images were posted on RingTV.com.
Fukuda has won top honors in the Action category in three of the past five years.
Al Bello of Getty Images took first place in the Feature category with a photo of Marcus Browne throwing punches in a swimming pool.
Complete results are below:
ACTION
First place
NAOKI FUKUDA, RingTV.com
Second place
CHRIS FARINA, Top Rank
Third Place
PETER FRUTKOFF, Fightnews.com
Honorable Mention
EDWARD LEA, The Press of Atlantic City; Esther Lin, Showtime; Mikey Williams, Top Rank
FEATURE
First place
AL BELLO, Getty Images
Second place
ED MULHOLLAND, HBO Sports
Third place
MIKEY WILLIAMS, Top Rank
Honorable Mention
NAOKI FUKUDA, RingTV.com