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
(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)]
[by Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing] Four new assistant coaches have been nominated to the United States Olympic Committee to join Head Coach Basheer Abdullah (Colorado Springs, Colo.) at the 2012 Olympic Games. The four assistant coaches who will complete the Olympic staff are: Anthony Chase (Marietta, Ga.), Christy Halbert (Nashville, Tenn.), Charles Leverette (Fountain, Colo.) and
(JAN 5, 2009) WBAN received a letter from Christy Halbert, Director, Boxing Resource Center, and co-founder of LetThemBox.org. Halbert told WBAN the following, “2009 will be an exciting year for boxing and for LetThemBox.org. By October of this year we will know if women’s boxing events have been added to the 2012 Olympic Games. There