Written by Christopher Benedict “The majority of women in professional boxing is in it for the money. Otherwise, we wouldn’t subject ourselves to the catcalls and remarks on how undignified boxing is for young ladies,” Shirley Tucker wrote in an October 18, 1977 editorial printed in the San Francisco Examiner. The byline simply carried her
Photo credit: Dalia Duran, IWBHF Board Member – Photo (Lucia Rijker, Bonnie Canino, Christy Halbert) Bonnie Canino spent so many years in the ring. She told WBAN, that she lost count of how many black eyes she had received in the sport—but she definitely remembers the first. Bonnie said, “I was four, and I got
JoAnn Hagen, a fighter in the fifties, was the only female to defeat Barbara Buttrick. She was very graceful in her movements when she boxed in the ring. Some interesting tidbits on Hagan (from The Police Gazette-June 1950): Hagen had appeared on the Steve Allen Show in November 1956. The show was viewable at the
RENES, Switzerland (July 26, 2024) — The National Federations for boxing in Italy, South Korea, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands have become the latest four organizations to have their membership applications approved by the new International Federation, World Boxing. It means World Boxing, which was set up to keep boxing at the heart of the Olympic
This month Women Boxing Archive Network (WBAN) celebrates its 26 years on the Internet. WBAN went live on the net on February 18, 1998. It has been quite a journey and continues to be a journey in progress. I want to thank all of you who have: Contributed photos, stories, videos, press releases; Shared tips
Photo credit: Diane Fischer – Courtesy to be published with biography Dee Lee…the mother…Dee Lee…the loving daughter…Dee Lee…the meat cutter…Dee Lee…Atlantic City’s hairdresser to the stars…Dee Lee…the community difference maker…and Dee Lee…the glamorous, fierce, groundbreaking boxing promoter. Just who is the gorgeous red head named Dee Lee and why have so many people of all
This news was reported on October 16, 2023, apparently it took the BBC up until 2023 to issue the first black female a British Boxing Board of Control “manager’s licence—-So we are reporting the historical landmark for the BBC to do such a thing—I am sure female boxers and the boxing community are thrilled about
The National Federations for boxing in the Philippines, Scotland, Wales, Suriname and the US Virgin Islands have become the latest five organizations to have their membership applications approved by World Boxing, the new international federation established to keep boxing at the heart of the Olympic Movement and support the growth and development of the sport
(OCT 11) On October 6, 2023,at the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame event, at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at our pre-celebration day of the “Night of the Stars” event, WBAN presented three mini-WBAN Belts with a case to three prominent pioneer female boxers for the first time in the