(AUG 7) While it had been a very wet day, the Boxing-Gods made sure the rain had stopped when the first bell sounded for a big World Boxing Federation (WBF) Championship double-header staged outdoors on a football-pitch in Essen, Germany on Saturday evening, August 5. The sold-out event promoted by Bjoern Sothmann had WBF Womens
Source/PR -Photo Credit: Courtesy – (AUG 6) QUINCY, Mass. – Former New England welterweight champion Derek “The Surgeon” Silveira defeated former world title challenger Michael “Cold Blood” Clark last night (Sat., Aug. 5) in the “Fight Night at the Bay” main event, presented by Granite Chin Promotions, at Marina Bay Sportplex in Quincy, Massachusetts. Silveira (12-1,
(JULY 30) Katie Taylor, Ireland’s Gold Medallist from the 2012 Olympics in London, and 5 times AIBA World Champion, duly won her first ever Pro bout in the United States as she proved (as expected) much too strong for the gallant Texan, 22 years old Jasmine Clarkson when the two clashed on Saturday night at
(JULY 28) This week I got an opportunity to interview two-times Olympic Gold Medalist and USA Champion boxer Claressa Shields who is breaking barriers in women’s boxing in the USA. Since Shields won two Gold medals back to back, the only USA boxer to ever accomplish this. Women’s boxing now has the momentum and credibility
(JULY 23) DETROIT – German WBC Super Middleweight World Champion Nikki Adler is hard at work for her Friday, August 4 title defense against two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa “T-Rex” Shields. Adler (16-0, 9 KOs) will make the third defense of her WBC 168-pound title, and try to add the IBF Super Middleweight belt to
Source/PR/Courtesy photo: (JULY 17) Budding women’s boxing superstar, community activist, role model and two-time Olympic gold medalist, Claressa Shields has been bestowed with another honor, as she has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Award for “Biggest Powerhouse.” In winning the prestigious award, which honors the heaviest hitters, strongest
When WBAN first came into existence on the net in May of 1998, I said, ” each and every female boxer who played a part in the sport, whether they had one fight or 50 fights, is the very reason why the sport is where it is today.” Earlier this month, I had the pleasure
(AUG 25) This weekend WBAN has listed some of the highlights of women’s boxing that will take place worldwide. We would love to be listing much more boxing action but it looks like slim pickin’s otherwise. On Saturday night, August 27, 2016 – Palenque de la Feria, Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, Mariana Juarez will fight
It was last week that an application from First Lady Promotions to arrange a bout in Norway was approved. 10,000 tickets to a show headlined by Cecilia Braekhus herself was released for sale the day after, and within 12 hours the first boxing event in Norway in over 30 years was sold out, despite the
(JAN 27) The International Boxing Association (AIBA) turns 70 this year so a milestone year in the history of the Association. President Dr.Ching Kuo Wu rightly said: “AIBA celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2016 and will reach the symbolic milestone of 200 National Federation members, underlining boxing’s position among the world’s farthest-reaching, most popular sports