(JULY 29) COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – The U.S. Olympic Boxing Team has now been on the ground in Rio de Janeiro for nine days and the squad has adjusted well to their new surroundings. After arriving in Brazil on Wednesday, July 20, the team opened a joint training camp with host nation Brazil and the
(JULY 23) Alicia Napoleon won a unanimous decision over Kita Watkins, in a six round middleweight bout, on the top of Ronson Frank’s Uprising Promotions’ action packed seven fight card at the Five Star Banquet Hall in Long Island City in Queens, NY, on Friday night. Napoleon, 155, raised her record to 7-0 while the
It was last week that an application from First Lady Promotions to arrange a bout in Norway was approved. 10,000 tickets to a show headlined by Cecilia Braekhus herself was released for sale the day after, and within 12 hours the first boxing event in Norway in over 30 years was sold out, despite the
The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) would like to announce that the nominations are open for 2017 until December 31, 2106. You can go to 2017 nomination Form at this link. About the IWBHF: The IWBHF first formed in 2014, where we celebrated our inaugural class inductees in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, that included