(APR 21, 2020) It wasn’t immediately clear after Christy Martin defeated Deirdre Gogarty in their historic March 16, 1996 bout what a game changer their fight really was. But it didn’t take that long, either, before the boxing world came to realize something special happened that night at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
(MAR 11) On Sunday, March 8, 2020, there was a tragic accident that took place where a group of Sonoran amateur boxers died in a bus accident. WBAN was first notified of this tragedy on Facebook, where it was written: “Yet another sad story hits our world of boxing as a bus loaded with amateur
(FEB 21, 2020) This year marks our seventh year anniversary since the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) became in existence. We have since inducted many of the top retired female boxers, and males who have contributed largely to the success of women’s boxing. In January of 2014, was our first announcement of the
January 2020 marks 11 years since Giselle Salandy at just the age of 21 years old died in a vehicular accident on the morning of January 4, 2009, when she crashed into a concrete pillar while driving west into Port of Spain on the Beetham Highway. [Copyrighted Story written by Sue TL Fox of WBAN]
(SEPT 14) Last night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, WBAN would like to give a huge congratulations to Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano who fought for our WBAN Featherweight Independent World Title Belt along with the World Title federation belts! Serrano fought Heather “The Heat” Hardy, winning the bout by a ten-round unanimous
(SEPT 6) On August 30, 2019, at the Double Tree Hotel, in Brisbane, California, the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) held our sixth year in the sport to honor our twelve 2019 IWBHF Inductees, and special honorees who received other awards. [Photo credits: Mary Ann Owen] We held our event just one day
The annual seminal event in the sport of Women’s boxing, the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame induction, will be held on August 30 at the Double Tree Hotel in Brisbane, CA (approximately ten miles north of San Francisco). The 2019 ceremony/dinner, the sixth edition of a celebration of the sport of Women’s boxing, it’s
(JULY 1) The 2nd European Games ended in Minsk, Belarus on Sunday and both GB Boxing and Team Ireland had many medals to display when they arrived back on home soil. Altogether 317 boxers including 59 women attended in the European Games from a record number of 44 nations in Minsk, Belarus. Irish boxing deposited another
(JUNE 28) TICKETS are available for sale for the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame. We have also DISCOUNT tickets for who qualify for those tickets in the event. Come and enjoy meeting a lot of these great world champions and more! We have three great guest speakers at the event. CHRISTY MARTIN, JILL DIAMOND,
On June 13, 2019, Mericia Quinones, 27 years old passed away. WBAN would like to give our condolences to family and friends of Mericia. WBAN had a story written on September 18, 2013, entitled, Through the Tragic Floods of Colorado Emerges a Triple Threat”. In that story in 2013, the following was written: “Mericia Quinones,