Sports Illustrated has announced that 16-time WWE World Champion John Cena will be honoured as the recipient of this year’s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award at Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year Awards. The prestigious award is bestowed each year to an athlete or sports figure who embodies the ideals of sportsmanship, leadership and philanthropy, all of which describes Cena!
It's also given to those who have used sports as a platform to make the world a better place and seeing how much he's done for Make A Wish, it's fair to say that's once again an accurate assessment.
The Cenation Leader joins previous recipients of the award, including Magic Johnson, Jack Nicklaus, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Brown, Bill Russell and Colin Kaepernick. The Sportsperson of the Year Awards will be held on Tuesday, December 11th and will be televised nationally on Thursday, December 13th, at 9/8 C on NBCSN. Our congratulations go out to the popular WWE Superstar.