This last weekend, on January 14th, at the Barclay’s Center, in New York, we had the privilege to have our independent WBAN World title belt on the line when Amanda Serrano fought Yazmin Rivas. The WBAN belt can only be fought by top boxers in our ratings, and it must accompany a Federation Belt on
This last weekend, on January 14th, at the Barclay’s Center, in New York, we had the privilege to have our independent WBAN World title belt on the line when Amanda Serrano fought Yazmin Rivas. The WBAN belt can only be fought by top boxers in our ratings, and it must accompany a Federation Belt on
Women’s boxing is beginning in 2017 with a very exciting world title fight that will take place next Saturday on January 14, 2017. We have Amanda Serrano vs. Yazmin Rivas fighting for the (Independent/award) WBAN world title, with Serrano defending her WBO Junior Featherweight world title, and the special WBC (super bantam) Diamond belt in
(MAR 20) BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA -The day that Mikaela Mayer (Los Angeles, Calif.) has been working toward for the past six years finally came on Saturday at the Americas Qualifier in Buenos Aires. The American lightweight clinched her berth in the 2016 Olympic Games with a gold medal victory in Argentina. She was one of
(MAR 1) The Asian Federation Olympic qualifiers for Rio open in Quian’an, China on March 26th but even if boxers like Mary Kom, Sarita Devi Laishram and male counterparts should qualify they are still in danger of being excluded by the AIBA from Rio 2016. So far not one Indian boxer has qualified but even
(FEB 16) LAS VEGAS, NV – After guiding the organization she founded for 19 years, International Female Boxing Association (IFBA) President Judy Kulis announces today that she is stepping down from her post. Kulis, who was able to attract the biggest names in women’s boxing to fight for IFBA titles, and who helped grow the
(JAN 22) The European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) has today confirmed that the dates and venue of the 2016 AOB European qualifiers have been changed. This brief note appears on the organisation’s website Friday morning. “The AIBA Executive Committee approved the change of the dates and the Host City of the upcoming AOB European Olympic Qualifiers.
(JAN 18) WBAN and the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) are happy to announce that we have several board members attending the WBC Women’s World Boxing Convention that is being held from January 27th to January 30th in Tijuana, Mexico. The IWBHF is honored to be invited by the WBC and will be
On January 1st, Ireland’s Katie Taylor, (one of our WBAN ‘Amateurs of the Year 2015) began 2016 as the AIBA World no.1 Lightweight just as she has done ever since first reaching the top of the podium back in 2006. “What Katie Taylor has achieved over the last ten years in international competition, including the
(JUNE 10) This is the age of hyperbole, exaggeration has become the norm. One of the adjectives orally chucked about, with abandon, today, is “historic.” It is often applied to an event that, at the time it occurs, seems to have secured it’s place in the pantheon of never-to-be-forgotten occurrences. Remember the score of the