Photo credit: Dalia Duran, IWBHF Board Member – Photo (Lucia Rijker, Bonnie Canino, Christy Halbert) Bonnie Canino spent so many years in the ring. She told WBAN, that she lost count of how many black eyes she had received in the sport—but she definitely remembers the first. Bonnie said, “I was four, and I got
(JULY 11) The first of the 2014 national Women’s Golden Gloves championships have been handed out yesterday and today after some crowd pleasing bouts in the senior novice and youth division. The open finals are Saturday night at the Pier 66 Hyatt Regency in Fort Lauderdale. General admission tickets at $15 will be available
(APR 18) PORTLAND, OR- The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame has announced it’s initial class of inductees who will be honored at an induction ceremony and brunch on July 10th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Further details will be announced prior to the ceremony. The seven inductees, Barbara Buttrick, Bonnie Canino, Christy Martin, Regina Halmich, Christy Halbert, Lucia Rijker and Jo-Ann Hagen (posthumous)]
(NOV 1) Female boxer Yvonne Reis, at the age of 46 years old, will be fighting her “last” professional boxing match, in New Hampshire, on November 10th against Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes. The two will fight at the weight of 150 pounds, six rounds, three minute rounds that was requested for this fight. After this November 10th
The Olympic Games begin in a few weeks and during this quadrennial event the sport of Women’s boxing is making a historic debut. Much has been written about what the debut of female boxers in the 2012 Games will mean to the sport; what impact the Games will have on the future of female boxing,
The National Women’s Golden Gloves closed out it’s final night in Chicago with 10 Junior Division and 12 Open divisions bouts. A crowd of over 500 boxing fans packed the Ramada Plaza Ballroom to witness over four hours of action with all bouts, except two, going the distance. The Open Division got out to
NORTH CAROLINA (SEPT 25, 2001) Late results on the USA Women’s National Boxing Championships that took place at the Marine Base Camp Lejune, in North Carolina, September 19 – 22, 2001…One Hundred and sixty five competitors had pre-registered for the USA Women’s National Boxing Championships, but only fifty-one women showed for the event. This was