Jimmy Finn, an icon in the history of women’s boxing had his roots in his addiction to running a gym, especially in his local village of Ballyfin in the midlands of Ireland. Finn represented his club and county for decades and got into coaching, probably because nobody else was interested in supporting the girls who
Article Caption /1977: SOME DAYS IT DOESN’T pay to get out of bed, let alone get in a boxing ring. For Toni Lear Rodriguez of Portland it was a tough night all over as the welterweight took a beating from Sue Fox of Las Vegas in a four-round women’s bout at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe
With less than one month until the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships begin in Belgrade, and two months until the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships begin in Istanbul, AIBA unveiled “Fair Chance, Fair Fight” as the theme of the competitions and AIBA’s work towards them. The “Fair Chance” team has been created for athletes who
***we are posting this for historical purposes only/ the original article is on UPI Archive by Carrie Muskat MINNEAPOLIS — Sweaty, winded and smiling, Sue ‘K.O.’ Carlson waved her gloved hands around the dimly lit corner of the Olympia Gym in south Minneapolis that she uses as her boxing ring. ‘It’s not much — and it’s
On September 4, 2021, in Brookings, Oregon, pioneer female boxer Teresa “Red Star Princess” Kibby passed away at the age of 68 years old. She was born on August 12, 1953. Kibby was born to Emil and Evelyn Buckskin in Tollhouse, California. She was later adopted by the Kibby family of Smith River, California in
PHOTOS ON FILE WITH WBAN (SEPT 3) On August 28, 2021, at the IGA Stadium, in Montreal, Canada, boxing fans around the world heard after a six-round scheduled fight between Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, an 18 year old, getting stopped in the fourth round by 31 year old Marie Pier Houle, that Zapata was critically injured
(JUNE 1) [IWBHF Tickets: www.iwbhf.com/tickets.htm ] The coronavirus pandemic, as it did with all sports, had a debilitating effect on the sport of Women’s boxing. However, this particular sport and the athletes who have chosen to compete inside the ropes are no strangers to surmounting obstacles in their path to a boxing ring. It is,
The new edition of the Belgrade Winner Tournament women’s semi-finals impressed all of the experts and caused several surprises in Serbia. Chile’s former Italian boxer, Valentina Bustamante is the first ever woman from the South American nation who won a title in a major international tournament as the Belgrade Winner. More than 200 boxers attended
Three competition days are over at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships. This championship is the first global boxing event to take place in Poland. There have already been bouts in almost all of the weight categories, with the exception of three women and two men divisions. Boxers in the men’s flyweight (52kg), women’s bantamweight (54kg), women’s
President of the International Boxing Association Mr. Umar Kremlev during his visit to Uzbekistan officially announced that AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships will take place in Tashkent in 2023. The city of Tashkent is awarded the 2023 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships after the successful bid presentation by the Boxing Federation of Uzbekistan. The AIBA