Photo credit: Dalia Duran, IWBHF Board Member – Photo (Lucia Rijker, Bonnie Canino, Christy Halbert) Bonnie Canino spent so many years in the ring. She told WBAN, that she lost count of how many black eyes she had received in the sport—but she definitely remembers the first. Bonnie said, “I was four, and I got
JoAnn Hagen, a fighter in the fifties, was the only female to defeat Barbara Buttrick. She was very graceful in her movements when she boxed in the ring. Some interesting tidbits on Hagan (from The Police Gazette-June 1950): Hagen had appeared on the Steve Allen Show in November 1956. The show was viewable at the
This news was reported on October 16, 2023, apparently it took the BBC up until 2023 to issue the first black female a British Boxing Board of Control “manager’s licence—-So we are reporting the historical landmark for the BBC to do such a thing—I am sure female boxers and the boxing community are thrilled about
Historic copyright information: Santa Fe, N.M., Sunday , October 28, 1984 THE NEW MEXICAN C-3 Santa Fe’s Darlina Valdez, who won the first world title ever decided in women’s boxing, will return to the ring for the first time in more than a year Saturday to take on Arlene Weber of Albuquerque in a six
(OCT 11) On October 6, 2023,at the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame event, at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at our pre-celebration day of the “Night of the Stars” event, WBAN presented three mini-WBAN Belts with a case to three prominent pioneer female boxers for the first time in the
Boxing superstar Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields continued to make history this week, as the world’s top pound-for-pound women’s boxer was awarded the 2023 ESPY Award for “Best Boxer” prior to Wednesday’s award ceremony. Shields became the first ever female boxer to win the award that has been given out since 1993. “First I want to thank
Historic article: article in the South Bend Tribune Magazine – estimated year 1956. The Article is by Sarah Lockkerbie. It talks about her eight years in boxing, and that sometimes she had to resort to wrestling when boxing was not allow. It also reports that she participated in CANADA’s FIRST EVENT of the kind, Stage
In the top left photo, Reid lands a left to Therese Robitaille’s chin, Copyrights: The Whig-Standard, dated July 30, 1991; and in the bottom right photo Robitaille (left) backs away from a right delivered by Reid, copyrights: Rob Cowperthwaite/The Kingston Whig-Standard/Postmedia Network.] Jenny Reid, born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Toronto, Ontario, she was
New Zealand women’s boxing has played an important part in New Zealand’s sports history. They certainly have made their mark worldwide, especially from a small country. Here is a brief history of New Zealand Women’s boxing. Disclaimer: This doesn’t include amateur boxing. First Women’s fight The first women’s professional boxing fight in New Zealand happened
Since their first World Women’s champion in 2010 when Daniella Smith won the first IBF World title, the IBF has had a Women’s rankings from April 2011. However, not all divisions in the women’s rankings were recognised throughout the years. Photo credit: Daniella Smith/History-First IBF Female Boxer holder Today the IBF has released their rankings,