Copyrighted photo by Linda Platt Mrs. Trentman was the first female NY State Boxing Commissioner and had the longest tenure of any commissioner from 1985 to 2000 in New York State. She was appointed by Mario Coumo. From 1978 to 1984, she was a freelance sports writer for El Diario for sports editor, Victor Calderon;
(MAY 24) Flash From the Past: WBAN has just published a Slideshow on YouTube from the June 15, 2012, that took place at the Route 66 Casino Hotel, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Holly Holm, 146, of New Mexico, won by a 10-round unanimous decision over Anne Sophie Mathis, 145.5, of France. Holm won the WBF,
LAS VEGAS, NV —(February 3, 2020) (Latest Update: Event moved to March 27, 2021 with two years of inductees) To purchase tickets for the event, go to www.iwbhf.com — Isra Girgrah Wynn is among seven modern era boxers voted into the 2020 class of the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame. Also included in that
(AUG 7) While it had been a very wet day, the Boxing-Gods made sure the rain had stopped when the first bell sounded for a big World Boxing Federation (WBF) Championship double-header staged outdoors on a football-pitch in Essen, Germany on Saturday evening, August 5. The sold-out event promoted by Bjoern Sothmann had WBF Womens
“Phyllis Kugler posthumously was inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015. her whole family attended the event in honor of Kugler, and her granddaugther displayed her boxing robe for photos at the event that took place in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.” Sue TL Fox
IBF Statement: We were deeply saddened when we learned of the passing of our former President Hiawatha Knight last week. Hiawatha was part of the fabric of the IBF/USBA. She was a founding member of the organization and held a position on the board of directors until recently. Hiawatha became a leader in the sport
(SEPT 18, 2013) It is with great sadness that we learned that Heavyweight Boxing Chmapion Ken Norton died today in a hospital in Arizona. Norton even in the 1970’s was supportive of women’s boxing. He saw Lavonne Ludian and Sue TL Fox fight in the late 1970’s. He was also friends with Clint Eastwood, and we have
Flash from the Past: Borden pulled no punches in her boxing role copyrights by Hugh Townsend Gloria Borden’s love for boxing began before she even started attending New Glasgow’s Temperance Street School in the 1940s. Among her first childhood recollections were the nights at home on Vale Road when her parents and any number of
(MAY 5) Some may think that women boxers putting out “public challenges” to other female boxers may be something that has transpired in the last 10 years or so…..But WBAN has discovered that the first “Public Challenge” as of this date of the research we have in our archives actually took place on September 22,