(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
The night in February of 2000 when Ann Wolfe proved me absolutely wrong! On February 11, 2000, on an all-female boxing card in Kenner, Louisiana, Ann Wolfe took a fight against veteran boxer Mary Ann Almager. Wolfe was fairly new with three pro fights at the time. I recall at the time that I was
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
Linda Platt is one of the first, if not the first, female boxing photographers in the country and possible internationally. She covered boxing from December 1979 through late August 1989. Her work has appeared on Entertainment Tonight. She photographed boxing matches for UPI, Reuters and AP. Her photos were published twice in Sports Illustrated, with
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
(JULY 26) After the outrage that was felt from many areas of the sport, over the seven-second bout of Miranda Adkins vs. Seniesa Estrada where Estrada was defending her WBC Silver Light Flyweight belt—-the fight was viewed as the fastest KO in women’s boxing history. Unfortunately the bout viewed by most onlline and elsewhere, saw
Tonight the long-awaited fight will take place with Mikaela Mayer, 12-0-0 (5KO), of Colorado Springs, Colorado, who faces Helen Joseph, 17-4-2 (10KO), of Hamden, Connecticut. The two will be fighting a non-title ten round bout, in the main event at “The Bubble” at the MGM Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be televised on
(JULY 10) The hottest news to hit the sport this week is that boxing fans will finally get to see a rematch between Katie Taylor of Ireland and Delfine Persoon, of Belgium, that will take place on August 22, 2020, at the Matchroom Fight Camp. In this ten-round multi-world title bout, Taylor will be defending