By Sue TL Fox – August 9, 2003 If boxing federations wish to earn more credibility for their monthly or quarterly women’s boxing ratings, they should probably set a criteria for how they determine those ratings….Viewing some of the latest postings of ratings, it does not appear that there is very much forethought in that
(MAY 5, 2003) Last night at the Trump 29 Casino, in Coachella, California, Bridgett “Baby Doll” Riley, a Five-Time Kickboxing World Champion, Former Boxing Bantamweight World Champion, ranked #7 to #4 in the world in three prominent federations, a true talent in the sport, sporting a 14-3-0 record, and was to have fought a world
In January of this year, WBAN was contacted by Trainer / Manager Terry Nye in regard to his fighter, Jessica Flaharty not being compensated for airline tickets after fighting on a card in Greenbay, Wisconsin. Nye was still trying to resolve the issue with the promoter, but was not able to. Yesterday, March 18, 2002,
Photo/Story by Sue TL Fox – March 3, 2002 (MARCH 3) Last night at the Crown Reef Resort and Conference Center, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, #2 in the world, Bridgett “Baby Doll” Riley took on a very ripe tomato can by the name of Linda Edwards. According to the boxing records WBAN could dig
BALTIMORE (FEB 28) Early this morning at about 2:10 a.m., police had received a call that there was a car accident. When they arrived, they discovered a man and woman identified as Oliver McCafferty, 29, and Lisa R. Brown, 28, who had gunshot wounds to the head. The vehicle was registered to former heavyweight champion
Tonya Harding, the befallen Ice Queen Princess is NOW going to duke it out with Amy “The-Teen-Who-Almost- Murdered-Her-Boyfriend’s-Wife” Fisher according to today’s editorial in USA Today. These two are part of a one-hour March 13 special (9 p.m. ET/PT). This show will capitalize on stars who will don gloves and slug it out with little
Copyrighted by BBC News – February 21, 2002 Mariah Carey is to star as a boxing manager in her next film, according to reports. The troubled singer has landed the role in drama Sweet Science, despite her debut movie Glitter being branded a flop, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The industry paper says Carey, 31, clinched the
Shakura Witherspoon has lost 27 fights and won only nine. Of her last 12 has won only one. Yet last week, like a lamb led to slaughter, she climbed into the ring to face Lucia Rijker. Of the predictable result, one writer said that Witherspoon was “destroyed.” This was a matchup more suitable for sadists
(JUNE 15, 2000 by Sue TL Fox)Tonight at the Universal Amphitheatre, , 22-year old Laila Ali fought a late-replacement boxer—-48 year old grandma Marjorie Jones. Most of the boxing community who contacted WBAN said that this match would not last 25 seconds…Well the bout lasted a whopping 68 seconds with Jones getting knockdown three times with
Story by Sue TL Fox – September 4, 1999. Copyrighted. All rights Reserved. At the beginning of September of 1999, we discovered from a Bremerton Newspaper in the State of Washington, that there was going to be a “History’s First” with the first sanctioned bout between a man and a woman. The woman, 36-year