Month: February 2014

Sulem Urbina Reflects on Winning Gold at the 2014 Independence Cup

  Photo/Courtesy – Team Urbina (FEB 27) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO/Press Release – Sulem Urbina’s amateur boxing win streak continues as she captured the 112 lb/51 kg gold medal at the Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican RepublicTwenty-three year old amateur boxer, Sulem Urbina, a Mexican born, U.S. resident, returned to her Team Mexico training camp in Mexico

WBAN’s Hot Prospects of the Year Step up to the plate to fight each other!

   WBAN is happy to report that we have a “hot” top matchup taking place on February 28, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in San Diego, California, when Noemi “La Rebelde” Bosques, 4-0-1 (1KO), of St. Petersburg, Florida, travels clear across the United States to fight Kenia Enriquez, 9-0-0 (5KO), of Tijuana, Mexico,   In WBAN’s

Hardy Split-Decisions Fuentes at Roseland by Bernie McCoy

(FEB 13) Heather Hardy won her eighth straight professional bout on Wednesday night, but it wasn’t easy. The undefeated Brooklyn super bantamweight eked out a razor thin split decision over a game, aggressive Cristina Fuentes in the feature bout of a nine fight DiBella Entertainment card at the historic Roseland Ballroom, which will be razed

Video Catalog Added to Master Search! by Sue TL Fox

(FEB 10) I am thrilled to announce that we have a big addition to Master Search, that will have a video catalog with fights that happen around the world and are on the net, Video Catalog. The videos on Master Search are also categorized into individual years. Dee Williams, the creator of Master Search, has

Myriam Lamare Announces Retirement – by Bernie McCoy

    (FEB 7) Myriam Lamare has announced her retirement from the boxing ring after more than ten years and twenty- six bouts in which the French welterweight fought every top boxer in her weight class, winning twenty-two times. Those are the statistics. But mere numbers don’t begin scratch the surface of capturing just how skilled

International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame!

(FEB 2) WBAN announced that in 2014, we were excited about creating a new organization the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S BOXING HALL OF FAME (IWBHF). We have just opened up a Facebook on the IWBHF, and invite you to visit it.  WBAN will have the website up for the IWBHF in the near future.   IWBHF on Facebook