IBF Statement: We were deeply saddened when we learned of the passing of our former President Hiawatha Knight last week. Hiawatha was part of the fabric of the IBF/USBA. She was a founding member of the organization and held a position on the board of directors until recently. Hiawatha became a leader in the sport
(OCT 2) On October 1, 2014, we brought you Michael O’Neill’s report of the chaotic scenes in Incheon which posed certain questions for the sport’s governing body. In response the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has partially addressed one of the issues raised by instituting Disciplinary proceedings against the Indian boxer (60kg) Laishram Sarita Devi, albeit
President Thomas Pütz: “We all make mistakes – but we got to do our best to correct them.” The German boxing commission (Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer – BDB) officially changed the result of last Saturday’s female world championship between Christina Hammer and Anne Sophie Mathis to a “no contest”. By doing so the BDB followed
(JULY 28) Thus far this year, the sport of professional Women’s boxing, in the United States, where the vast majority of female fighters reside and train, has progressed, (if that term can be stretched far enough to apply), along much the same lines as the past five, quite possibly ten years have unfolded in the
WBAN has just received some fantastic news in regards to the Anne Sophie Mathis vs. Christina Hammer controversial fight that took place on July 26, 2014. The WBF has responded to an appeal that was lodged by Christel Aujoux, the Boxing Agent/Matchmaker with Mathis. They wrote the following: From Torben Seemann Hansen, Chairman on behalf
(JULY 3) On Thursday, July 10th, 11:00 a.m. ETA, at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) will be LIVED STREAMED on the net so that all can see the FIRST INDUCTEES receive their awards—our special guests that include current world champions, retired
(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
With two 2012 Olympic medalists leading the way, Team USA earned five gold medals at the 2014 Cheo Aponte tournament in Saturday night in Caguas, Puerto Rico. London bronze medalist Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) and Olympic champion Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) led the medal haul which included victories from female lightweight Melissa Parker (Fountain, Colo.),
(MAY 31) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Seven American boxers will box in final round action at the Cheo Aponte Tournament tonight in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Female flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas), male lightweight Genaro Gamez (San Diego, Calif.), female lightweight Melissa Parker (Fountain, Colo.), male light welterweight Abraham Nova (San Diego, Calif.), male welterweight
Kristy Harris, Shelley Watts and Kaye Scott are among the 11 boxers named in the Australian team today by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association. Women’s boxing will be contested for the first time in Games’ history in Glasgow. Women’s boxing made its Olympic debut with Australia sending only one athlete to the London 2012 Olympic