Big HISTORICAL ISSUE that was raised prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London—-Were female boxers going to have to wear skirts! On February 25, 2012, WBAN posted this article – It has now been determined by the AIBA that the women boxers can now choose to wear a skirt. What now? Are female amateur
By Julie Goldsticker (FEB 7) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The historic U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing will officially kick off with the tournament draw and media availability on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Northern Quest resort. All 24 participants as well as USA Boxing officials will be hand for the official event
By Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing – (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A record breaking number of athletes will compete in the 2012 USA Boxing National Championships, February 26-March 3 at the Fort Carson Special Events Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Registration for the event concluded on Monday and a whopping 718 athletes have signed up to compete in
Having won a fifth successive European 60kg title in Rotterdam in October and a fourth in a row European Union crown in Katowice earlier in the Summer, Katie Taylor received the coveted ‘ Boxer of the Year’ award at the Irish Amateur Boxing Association Annual Awards Dinner at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin on
Interviews with Four Women Boxers at The Canada’s Junior Nationals On February 17-20, 2005, the Canada’s amateur Junior Nationals took place in Brantford, Canada, and was hosted by the Brantford Youth Boxing Club. The event was first rate, and Jason Robinson and Boxing Ontario did a fantastic job! While covering this event,
National Caliber Boxers Square Off in Oshkosh /by Bill Harris OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN [DEC 9, 2003] Oshkosh amateur boxing fans got a chance Saturday, December 7, to see two nationally ranked female boxers in the middle weight classes in action. Naquana Smalls of Marinette, boxing out of the Peshtigo Boxing Club, faced Krysta Savage, Chippewa
Amateur boxing in Wisconsin would take a giant step forward with the adoption of a bill to bring the state into the 20th or even 19th century. In the last session the bill was vetoed by then-Republican governor, Scott McCallum, now job seeking as Democrat Jim Doyle has taken over leadership of a state that
Five Women’s Matches to Be on 10–Bout Card MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (March 21, 2003) – One of the six women’s bouts on the 10-bout amateur boxing show to be held this Saturday at the Rave here has been canceled because one contestant, Natalie Gray, is prevented by snow from getting here from Denver. The other five female
Rush of Boxing Shows Has Women in Training – by Bill Harris MILWAUKEE, March 8, 2003 – In gyms around Wisconsin amateur boxers are honing their skills as opportunities to gain experience in the ring roll in. In March alone there are four in-state programs starting this Saturday in Eau Claire; then on to
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (March 12) – Four women’s bouts have been firmed up by the matchmaker for the March 22 amateur boxing show to be held here at the Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave., by the Duke Roufus Gym. A fifth woman awaits a matchup which Roufus says he is sure will be made and