Hauser Receives Honor.

Thomas Hauser has been selected by the Boxing Writers Association of America as recipient of the 2004 Nat Fleischer Award for Career Achievement in Boxing Journalism. Hauser has been the lead writer for Secondsout.com since October 2001. Since then, he has authored 142 articles for the website. He is the first internet writer to receive the Fleischer honor, which previously has been given only to writers for major print publications. Hauser’s reports on the boxing scene have become a staple for Internet boxing fans. His investigative series on the New York State Athletic Commission led to widespread personnel changes at the NYSAC. More recently, he authored several ground-breaking pieces on the behind-the-scenes dealings between Shelly Finkel and Showtime.

Hauser is the author of 31 books, including “Missing” (which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and served as the basis for the Academy-Award-winning film starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek). His articles about the sweet science have been published in four volumes. A fifth collection entitled “Chaos, Corruption, Courage, and Glory” arrives in bookstores in early March.

Hauser is also well-known in boxing circles as the author of “Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times” and “The Black Lights.” Film rights to his most recent novel — “Mark Twain Remembers” — have been acquired for Dreamworks by Steven Spielberg.

The formal presentation to Hauser will be made at the 80th annual Boxing Writers Association of America awards dinner, which will be held this year at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on May 6th.