by Sue TL Fox – October 15, 2003 – Copyrights of story/photo WBAN recently met up on Oct. 15, with Tonya Harding, her trainer, Paul Brown, and Linda Lewis at Grand Gym, in Portland, Oregon. That particular day, Harding was ill, but still came into the gym and spoke with WBAN and worked out
WBAN had an opportunity to talk with Laila Ali in a candid one on one, where Ali pulls NO punches about many issues in this sport, including her upcoming fight with Christy Martin on August 23, her past fights with Valerie Mahfood, her thoughts on Ann Wolfe, and much more! TL Fox: First off, I
Cathy “Cat” Davis was one of the best known women boxers from the 1970’s to early 1980’s. Through the five years that WBAN has been on the net, it has received countless emails from long-time boxing fans of Davis. And they would always ask the same question—What ever happened to Cat? Well, I am pleased
Tonight I had the opportunity to talk with Laila “She Bee-stingin” Ali about her upcoming fight this Friday, November 8, at the Stratoshere Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Ali and Valerie Mahfood is the mainliner on “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN2. The two will duke it out for the unification of three belts
This week I conducted a one on one Interview with Yolanda Gonzalez. Yolanda is a lawyer by day and boxer by night. Yolanda’s boxing background included participating as an amateur, and was the New Jersey 1999 Golden Gloves Champion, and the Diamond Gloves Champion of 2000. In addition, she received the honor of “The Fighter of the Night” in her
On December 1, 2001, WBAN got an opportunity to interview Bob Halloway who was a close friend of pioneer female boxer, Joann Hagen, the only boxer to defeat Barbara Buttrick in the ring. Holloway had some great tidbits of “behind the scenes” in regards to Hagen and her boxing career. TL Fox: When did
TL FOX: What is your experience as a boxer? And do you think that experience qualifies you to know what is best for women boxers? SHERRY: I slipped on my first pair of gloves in 1996. At that time I resided in the state of Virginia whereas the opportunity to gain experience via competing
Written by Carol Ann Weber – January 1, 2001 Yes, the night of her fourth fight, Freeda appeared on my radio show. She talked a lot about working her butt off to get her into such great shape (she lost well over 40 pounds total), and that she had made a decision to devote
By Carol Ann Weber/November 1, 2000 After reading Sue Fox’s commentary regarding the recent press conference held for the Tapia/Ayala fight in Las Vegas, where she noticed the screaming absence of any female boxers, I realized that our femme fatales of the ring could use a little guidance in not only getting their faces
by Sue TL Fox – September 1, 2000 “First off, I want to tell you before asking you any questions that I think you are doing a great job in women’s boxing, and you are an excellent representative for the sport. I viewed the tape of yourself and Laila Ali, and from the tape it appeared