Month: January 2013

Week One: WBAN Weekly Review

 WBAN has created a new segment beginning this year, the “WBAN Weekly Review”.  This addition will do a weekly “recap” of news that has come in, reports,  and other boxing snippets around the world. WBAN activity for the week Our first story we ran on WBAN for 2013: WBAN had an opportunity this week to

Meet Rachel Clark: WBAN Goes One-on-One with her!

(JAN 5)  WBAN caught up with  southpaw Rachel “The Joker” Clark this week, a light middleweight from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Clark has been boxing as a professional since April of 2008, when she pro debuted at the Plex, in North Charleston, South Carolina. In that first fight, Clark stopped her opponent, Betsy Rowell, with a second TKO. Rowell was also

USA Boxing to Host the Inaugural Junior World Team – Julie Goldsticker

(JAN 3) USA Boxing will hold the first-ever Junior World Team Open, January 7-11 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev. The event will showcase many of the nation’s top 15 and 16-year-old boxers as the male competitors vie for the opportunity to represent the United States at the 2013 AIBA Junior Men’s World

2013 WBC News: WBC Ambassador Denzel Washington Visits Troops

(JAN 3) This week WBC Cares Ambassador, Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brooks Army Medical Center in Antonio, Texas. This is where soldiers come to be hospitalized in the United States, especially burn victims. There are some building there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a hotel where Soldiers’ families

What is on the Horizon for WBAN in 2013? by Sue TL Fox

 I would like to talk about some of the new changes and what I would like to add to my “Hit List” in 2013.   First off….with the WBAN 2012 Yearly Awards that will be posted later today—- I would like to tell everyone that we are adding something special to this biggest yearly segment that

What is on the Horizon for WBAN in 2013? by Sue TL Fox

(JAN 1) I would like to talk about some of the new changes and  what I would like to add to my “Hit List” in 2013. First off….with the WBAN 2012 Yearly Awards that will  be posted later today—- I would like to tell everyone that we  are adding something special to this biggest yearly

Tomato Cans are for recycling…not boxing! by Sue TL Fox

That’s right folks—-“Tomato Cans” are NOT for boxing…and yet the sport continues to furnish a fresh supply of tomato cans for World Champions, Top World contenders, and boxers who have a lot more experience than their defenseless opponents. And who does it hurt?—- EVERYONE! Every time a top woman boxer goes into the ring with

Graciela Casillas – Pioneer Female Boxer

  Graciela Cassillas, born in Los Angeles, California, one of the top female boxers and Martial Artists in the sport that had over 30 pro fights, was one of the true talents that fought in the late 1970’s – 1980’s.  She retired from competition in 1986 having earned the WKA and IWBA Bantamweight championship.  Cassillas said