Tag: Female Boxing

It’s a Rap for 2021-Looking forward to 2022!

(JAN 3) Well, it has been quite a year in 2021!  Let me do a review of all the good and the “Not so Good” of what happened in 2021.  I am looking forward to tackling the good and “Not so Good” in 2022! We began 2021 with the excitement of preparing, and working hard toward

Gender Equality and Youth At the Heart of the Paris 2024 Olympic Sports Programme

PRESS RELEASE/HISTORY RELATED:   THE EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) TODAY APPROVED THE EVENT PROGRAMME AND ATHLETE QUOTAS FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024, WHICH ARE CENTRED ON GENDER EQUALITY AND YOUTH. Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and breaking were confirmed as additional sports proposed by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee. This new

WBAN Celebrates 22 Years on the Net!

(MAY 24)  This has been quite a journey so far, that began in 1996, after wanting to get in shape to run in the Race For the Cure in Portland, Oregon.   I joined a boxing gym in Portland, after not being in the sport for 17 plus years.  I learned about Christy Martin and the

AIBA Congress in Budapest postponed until June 20th, 2020 because of Coronavirus

(MAR 4, 2020)  Extraordinary AIBA Congress, scheduled in Budapest on March, is postponed for 3-month period because of Coronavirus outbreak. AIBA Executive Committee took this decision by e-mail vote due to the force majeure. AIBA National Federations are invited to attend an Extraordinary AIBA Congress on June 20th, 2020 in Budapest, Hungary. The mandate of