The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame has announced the 2018 inductees. The eight honorees include five retired boxers, a referee, a boxing judge and a journalist. The fighters include Myriam Lamare, Belinda Laracuente, Jessica Rakoczy, Mary Jo Sanders and Vonda Ward; the boxing judge is Julie Lederman, the referee, honored posthumously, is Belle Martell and
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
Broadcast of Documentary About Claressa Shields and Her Journey to Become the First American Woman to Win Boxing Gold Medal Timed to Coincide with Her Return to the 2016 Summer Olympics – (San Francisco, CA) – T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold is the coming-of-age story of boxing phenom Claressa “T-Rex” Shields from Flint, MI. Sheilds was
(JUNE 4) During the fight – and it was a peppery Pier Sixer even the skeptics had to admit – there didn’t seem to be anything particularly unusual or noteworthy, say nothing of historic, going on. There was blood, buckets of it, and a knockdown, generally six rounds of boxing mayhem. Or, in Christy Salters
PORTLAND, OR—The newly formed International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) has announced the scheduled induction of Regina Halmich into the initial class of seven women to be honored on July 10 in Fort Lauderdale, FL., in conjunction with a US National Female Golden Gloves tournament. Halmich is generally recognized as the boxer who, during
PORTLAND, OR—The newly formed International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) has announced the scheduled induction of Regina Halmich into the initial class of seven women to be honored on July 10 in Fort Lauderdale, FL., in conjunction with a US National Female Golden Gloves tournament. Halmich is generally recognized as the boxer who, during
(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)]
(FEB 2) WBAN announced that in 2014, we were excited about creating a new organization the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S BOXING HALL OF FAME (IWBHF). We have just opened up a Facebook on the IWBHF, and invite you to visit it. WBAN will have the website up for the IWBHF in the near future. IWBHF on Facebook