Category: WBAN Story

AIBA Terminates Indian Amateur Boxing Federation’s Membership – by Michael O’Neill

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) today terminated the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation’s (IABF) membership after what it described as ‘an extensive evaluation and assessment of all issues surrounding the sport of boxing in India’.   The IABF had in fact been temporarily suspended since December 2012 albeit boxers had been allowed to compete in major International

Sulem Urbina Reflects on Winning Gold at the 2014 Independence Cup

  Photo/Courtesy – Team Urbina (FEB 27) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO/Press Release – Sulem Urbina’s amateur boxing win streak continues as she captured the 112 lb/51 kg gold medal at the Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican RepublicTwenty-three year old amateur boxer, Sulem Urbina, a Mexican born, U.S. resident, returned to her Team Mexico training camp in Mexico

WBAN’s Hot Prospects of the Year Step up to the plate to fight each other!

   WBAN is happy to report that we have a “hot” top matchup taking place on February 28, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in San Diego, California, when Noemi “La Rebelde” Bosques, 4-0-1 (1KO), of St. Petersburg, Florida, travels clear across the United States to fight Kenia Enriquez, 9-0-0 (5KO), of Tijuana, Mexico,   In WBAN’s

Hardy Split-Decisions Fuentes at Roseland by Bernie McCoy

(FEB 13) Heather Hardy won her eighth straight professional bout on Wednesday night, but it wasn’t easy. The undefeated Brooklyn super bantamweight eked out a razor thin split decision over a game, aggressive Cristina Fuentes in the feature bout of a nine fight DiBella Entertainment card at the historic Roseland Ballroom, which will be razed

Patricia Alcivar 2009 – 2015

Author: Sue TL Fox/WBAN   Photo credit:  Courtesy photo/Alcivar Patricia Alcivar aka “Patty Boom Boom”, 5’4″, was born in Elmhurst, New York on December 12, 1976 and lived in New York City all her life, until 2007 when she moved to Asheville, North Carolina. Patricia was an accomplished amateur boxer having won two consecutive NYC Golden

Veronica Simmons 2000 – 2002

Author:  Dee Williams/WBAN 5’9½” super middleweight “Vicious” Veronica Simmons was born on March 30, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York. She began boxing in  1995 and has trained in New York City at Kingsway Gym and at Gleason’s. Veronica had a spectacular career as an amateur, winning every competition she entered and compiling a perfect 15-0