(JAN 22) AIBA issues new Membership Policy and renounces to collect the 2021 annual membership fee from its National Federations due to the COVID pandemic AIBA renounces to ask National Federations to pay any membership fee for the year 2021 in view of the exceptional situation caused by the COVID pandemic. The AIBA Board has further
(JAN 21) When the boxers of the USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Team arrived in Colorado Springs, Colo. this week they walked into a new training facility with just over six months left until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and even less time to their qualification tournaments. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, USA Boxing athletes have
WBAN just published our first history-first coverage of the historic U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing had officially kicked off with the tournament at the Northern Quest resort. All 24 participants as well as USA Boxing officials were on hand for the official event draw, which would determine each of the athletes road to
(NOV 17) Katie Taylor’s masterful Undisputed Lightweight World Title defence against Miriam Gutierrez at The SSE Arena, Wembley drew more than two million views across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Sports made the historic World Title triple-header, featuring Terri Harper and Rachel Ball, available to all, customers and non-subscribers alike, via multiple digital platforms including
[Approx, date 1980s] In our last issue M. Chabut described the origins of The Foyer Club Sports et Loisirs at Grenoble in France, of which he is a Director, and in particular its section for teaching boxing and wrestling to young girls aged between 10 and 16. In a recent letter he has sent us
(NOV 15) Saturday night brought a great night for women’s boxing on a Matchroom Boxing card, in what was reported as the “first female triple-header in the United Kingdom in boxing history” and streamed on Sky Sports, DAZN, at the SSE Arena, in Wembley for boxing fans to be treated to three fantastic matchups of
WBAN has began to publish historical photos in our archives to feature photographs that we have collected through over 22 years on the net covering the history of the sport, and the current latest news of the sport, both pro and amateur. In the photos, in Volume #1, it has the following and more in
Copyrighted photo by Linda Platt Mrs. Trentman was the first female NY State Boxing Commissioner and had the longest tenure of any commissioner from 1985 to 2000 in New York State. She was appointed by Mario Coumo. From 1978 to 1984, she was a freelance sports writer for El Diario for sports editor, Victor Calderon;
It has certainly been a rocky start to the year with many events being postponed and pushed back – despite the difficult start through March and April however many organizers were able to turn things around quickly. Horse racing had been among the first to get things kick started again. This came following the cancellation
It has certainly been a rocky start to the year with many events being postponed and pushed back – despite the difficult start through March and April however many organisers were able to turn things around quickly. Horse racing had been amongst the first to get things kickstarted again. This came following the cancellation of