(APR 18) PORTLAND, OR- The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame has announced it’s initial class of inductees who will be honored at an induction ceremony and brunch on July 10th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Further details will be announced prior to the ceremony. The seven inductees, Barbara Buttrick, Bonnie Canino, Christy Martin, Regina Halmich, Christy Halbert, Lucia Rijker and Jo-Ann Hagen (posthumous)]
[By Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing – Photo of Gonzalez/Facebook] (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three young American boxers earned preliminary round wins on Friday at the 2014 Youth World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. The U.S. squad won their first three bouts of the day as female competitors Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) and Martha Fabela (Oakland, Calif.)
(Additional reporting: aiba.org) The 2014 AIBA World Youth Championships (incorporating the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics qualifier) entered its fifth day at the Armeec Arena in Sofia on Good Friday with the standout teams in the Women’s event being Chinese Taipei and Turkey since all three of their boxers overcame stiff opposition to reach the quarter-finals