Category: News Story

Mixed Match in Seattle: McGregor vs. Chow – 1999

   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

Historic Article: Pioneer Boxer – Bonnie Prestwood from the 1970s and 1980s

On February 11, 1999, WBAN was able to contact Bonnie Prestwood, another past World-class Bantamweight/Flyweight boxers in the World from 1978 – 1986.  Prestwood still resides in Indiana.  She told me that she boxed for about ten years.  She said that she had so many unofficial fights in small towns in many make-shift situations that

Welcome To WBAN™! By Sue TL Fox

During my early days in boxing, you could find the usual assortment of items at the gym: worn out heavy bags, one used and slightly droopy boxing ring, drippy showers, squeaky lockers and the gravely voice of an overly-excited trainer. And, yet, at the same time, I never felt more like I belonged. I loved

Biggest Upset of the Year – Sumya Anani vs. Christy Martin

The Coal Miner’s daughter must have been more naughty than nice in 1998.  How else to explain Sumya Anani’s delivery of a lump of early  Christmas coal to Christy Martin’s holiday celebration?    When the Kansas City native stunned the women’s boxing world with her upset win December 18, it was the kind of fight that

Fight Report: Christy Martin vs. Diedre Gogarty

Christy Martin vs. Diedre Gogarty – The Fight that lit the sport  on Fire! On March 16, 1996, on a Showtime televised card, Christy Martin and Diedre Gogarty set the sport on fire when they outshown the Mike Tyson mainliner.  Martin won the six-rounder by a unanimous decision.  This WAS the defining fight that lit the