(JAN 9, 2009) Myriam Lamare, of France, arrived in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, in her anticipated match against Holly Holm, that will take place on January 23, 2009, at the Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Holm has taken on all top challengers in 3 different weight divisions and has amassed 9 world titles. Holm
(JAN 8, 2009) Hackensack, NJ – The Darwish Brothers Knockout Promotions will stage an open workout on January 12, 2009 at 1:00 PM EST at the Police Athletic League of Bergen County in Hackensack, NJ. The PAL is located at 284 Hackensack Avenue in Hackensack, NJ. The media event is in support of the January 22 boxing event
(JAN 7) In the local news media (freep.com), in Detroit, Michigan, they are reporting that Tonya Harding has been added to a Mixed Martial Arts Extreme Cage Fight War card on January 24, 2009 at the palace. She would be boxing, but no opponent has been named. [Flash from the Past photos of Tonya Harding training in 2003]
(JAN 5, 2009) WBAN received a letter from Christy Halbert, Director, Boxing Resource Center, and co-founder of LetThemBox.org. Halbert told WBAN the following, “2009 will be an exciting year for boxing and for LetThemBox.org. By October of this year we will know if women’s boxing events have been added to the 2012 Olympic Games. There
WBAN was notified that Stephanie Dobbs, has been accepted in the Guinness Book of World Records for the “Most professional boxing bouts [female].” Dobbs received a beautiful certificate to commemorate her achievement. Ralph Hannah, of the Records Management Team, with the Guinness World Records said in a letter to Dobbs, “We are pleased to confirm
(JULY 15) This week WBAN conducted an interview with Lucia Rijker about her corporation, Rijker Striker Inc., she has developed that incorporates all of her talents and knowledge that she has gained throughout the last 26 years of competing in and outside the ring. TL Fox: You started Rijker Striker, Inc. in about February of
(NOV 17) David Selwyn is a New York boxing manager and, like the best of that breed, he keeps the interests of his fighters at the head of his “things to do” list. Selwyn is not, to the best of anyone’s knowledge, a scholar of the Chinese language, but he recently invoked one of those
World lightweight champion Katie Taylor has been named as the Irish Times/Vhi Sportswoman of the month recipient for October. Taylor, from the St Fergal’s club in Bray, claimed her third European title on the trot last month just under a year after she won her 60Kg World title in New Delhi, India. The 21 year old
It is traditional in boxing to commemorate a death by a ritual tolling of the ring bell for a count of ten. It may, soon, be appropriate to begin a toll for the sport of Women’s boxing and it’s life span as a viable sport. Women’s boxing is on the verge of suffering the most
My thoughts go back 15 years in time when I first set my feet on American soil. I was excited and looked forward to a career as a professional boxer. Little did I know that there was no women’s boxing going on at the time. The few women boxers from the 70’s and