Rita fought from 1998 to 2005 with a final boxing record of 3-7-0 (3KO). She had a win against Holly Holm when Holm received an extensive cut in the fourth round on June 27, 2004. RITA TURRISI, born in Sicily, her father a Sicilian and mother Croatian. Her grandfather on her mother’s side was a
Original Letter from promoter who was arranging the fight between Gwen Gemini and Sue TL Fox for May 26, 1977. The two fought at the Expo Center in Portland, Oregon, and fought to a four-round draw. Sue Fox came into the fight 4-2-2, and her much more experienced opponent was 14-1-1. Original copy of the
New Zealand women’s boxing has played an important part in New Zealand’s sports history. They certainly have made their mark worldwide, especially from a small country. Here is a brief history of New Zealand Women’s boxing. Disclaimer: This doesn’t include amateur boxing. First Women’s fight The first women’s professional boxing fight in New Zealand happened
Since their first World Women’s champion in 2010 when Daniella Smith won the first IBF World title, the IBF has had a Women’s rankings from April 2011. However, not all divisions in the women’s rankings were recognised throughout the years. Photo credit: Daniella Smith/History-First IBF Female Boxer holder Today the IBF has released their rankings,
It was a sad and total shock to many in the boxing world that 33 years old Mitch Hapbern took his own life with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mitch was a very respected boxing referee that had Referee’d many fights throughout his career. I covered a female bout between Karen Bill vs. Maria Johansson
Lou DiBella is an American boxing promoter, television and film producer, has been a long time supporter of women’s boxing. Through his famous promotion of Broadway Boxing shows in and around New York City, the president of DiBella Entertainment promoted such fighters as Sonya Lamonakis, Keisha “Fire” McCleod, Jessica Camera, Hanna Gabriels, Cherneka Johnson, Alicia
New Zealand has accomplished a lot in the sport of boxing, especially considering being a small country. One division in particular that has had a lot of success is the Heavyweight division for women’s boxing. Here is a brief history of the division in New Zealand. Disclaimer: We will be looking at the division with
(DEC 23) On Saturday, December 17, 2023, history again was made for female boxers when for the first time in Cuba they held their first women’s boxing tournament. On this date, Cuba made history when the officially sanctioned females to participate in the sport. According to news sources , the introduction of female boxers in
Jill Diamond has served, without compensation, as the International Secretary of the World Boxing Council and International Chair of WBC Cares. She was the recipient of NY’s Ring 8’s 2011 Humanitarian Award and was recently appointed to the USA Mental Health Task Force, guided by Congresswoman Grace Napolitano. She was the first woman to sit