(AUGUST 25) 5’7″ Super Bantamweight Ramla Ali born in Mogadishu, Somalia, recently made a history-first along with her opponent Crystal Garcia Nova, when they fought at the Jeddah Superdome, in Saudi Arabia in a scheduled eight-round bout. The fight did not last too long when in the first round (1:05) Ramla won by a KO. Ali
(AUGUST 21, 2022) Yes, I understand folks that we at times want to bury the true history of the sport—especially when “today’s” promoters want so badly to claim a “History-first”. Please for those doing that, don’t erase the blood, sweat, and tears of those before today’s boxers. I remember all too well when a fighter claimed
(AUG 15) In an exciting upcoming event for women’s boxing there will be an All-Female card that will take place at the O2 Arena, Greenwich, in London, England, on September 10, 2022. This card is being mis-represented by the news media that this is a “History-First”. It is NOT. The first all-female card to take
(AUG 5, 2022) Many of you may not be aware of this—but Bob Arum of Top Rank tried to offer some of us Pioneer female boxers a one-year boxing contract of three fights in 1977…..WBAN would like to share this rare document with the boxing community. Documents have been moved to the WBAN Archive Collection. The
(JULY 13) The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) is happy to announce the latest addition to our event that takes place on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. We have quite a line-up thus far for our IWBHF Induction Ceremony that is definitely a “Don’t Miss
WBAN has only one question: Why in the world is this a world title fight? On Saturday night, June 4, 2022, at the Ulrich-Pfeiffer-Halle, Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Ema Kozin, 21-1-1, is fighting Szilvia Szabados, 18-18-0 for a vacant WBF Super Welterweight title. (According to online source) Kozin fought in her last fight the likes of
We have updated Women Boxing Archive Network (WBAN) with announcing that we have now been on the Internet 24 plus years, going live in May of 1998. Before talking about the roots of WBAN, I first want to thank everyone from photographers, writers, boxers, managers, promoters, matchmakers and more for helping me to accomplish having
The International Boxing Association (IBA) Extraordinary Congress concluded the first of two days of meetings in Istanbul earlier today. Of 165 eligible members, 142 were in attendance in person in Istanbul, while 8 joined online. Elections for the positions of President and independent members of the Board of Directors of IBA remain scheduled for the
The Official Draw confirmed that 310 boxers from 73 countries are attending the 12th edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships which is taking place in Istanbul, Turkey. The 7th Qinhuangdao edition in 2012 was the previous record-holder with the participation of 305 boxers from 70 nations, therefore, the Istanbul event breaks the previous achievement. Several
(MAY 2) After the fantastic female bout(s) that took place at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, that had a sold-out crowd of over19,000 boxing fans, and we are sure the sport has gained much momentum after this event, we would like to let those boxing fans and more know that an International Women’s