(SEPT 6) On August 30, 2019, at the Double Tree Hotel, in Brisbane, California, the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) held our sixth year in the sport to honor our twelve 2019 IWBHF Inductees, and special honorees who received other awards. [Photo credits: Mary Ann Owen] We held our event just one day
The annual seminal event in the sport of Women’s boxing, the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame induction, will be held on August 30 at the Double Tree Hotel in Brisbane, CA (approximately ten miles north of San Francisco). The 2019 ceremony/dinner, the sixth edition of a celebration of the sport of Women’s boxing, it’s
(JULY 1) The 2nd European Games ended in Minsk, Belarus on Sunday and both GB Boxing and Team Ireland had many medals to display when they arrived back on home soil. Altogether 317 boxers including 59 women attended in the European Games from a record number of 44 nations in Minsk, Belarus. Irish boxing deposited another
(JUNE 28) TICKETS are available for sale for the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame. We have also DISCOUNT tickets for who qualify for those tickets in the event. Come and enjoy meeting a lot of these great world champions and more! We have three great guest speakers at the event. CHRISTY MARTIN, JILL DIAMOND,
On June 13, 2019, Mericia Quinones, 27 years old passed away. WBAN would like to give our condolences to family and friends of Mericia. WBAN had a story written on September 18, 2013, entitled, Through the Tragic Floods of Colorado Emerges a Triple Threat”. In that story in 2013, the following was written: “Mericia Quinones,
On Saturday, June 1, 2019, undefeated heavyweight multi-world champion Anthony Joshua, 22-0-0 (21KO), is set to fight Andy Ruiz Jr, 32-1-0 (21KO), in yet again defending his IBF, IBO, WBA, and WBO Heavyweight world titles. Many in the boxing world have compared Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, as boxing’s flagship division that can
(MAY 24) Special Poster that has been made for WBAN in honor of the past / pioneer female boxers who paved the way the where the sport is today! To celebrate WBAN on the net for now over 20 years, and the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame celebrating five years in existence, going into our
(MAY 17) Latest update on worldwide female boxing this weekend. We have some very interesting matchups and one absolutely ridiculous matchup with one of the boxer with a 0-20-0, matched up with a 9-0-0 boxer….Check out this weekend’s activity. [by Sue TL Fox/WBAN]. Friday, May 17, 2019 At the Polideportivo Municipal, Pomán, Catamarca, Argentina, in
(MAY 10) Latest update on worldwide female boxing this weekend. As I previous wrote a month ago, that according to this weekend and many previous weekends throughout the last year or two…we still are not seeing the activity change much for the regular club venues to feature female boxing, even though we are having some
(APR 19) According to this weekend and many previous weekends throughout the last year or two…we still are not seeing the activity change much for the regular club venues to feature female boxing, even though we are having some fantastic high-profile bouts going on that are being televised and showcased. I went through Boxrec this