January 2020 marks 11 years since Giselle Salandy at just the age of 21 years old died in a vehicular accident on the morning of January 4, 2009, when she crashed into a concrete pillar while driving west into Port of Spain on the Beetham Highway. [Copyrighted Story written by Sue TL Fox of WBAN]
(JULY 1) The 2nd European Games ended in Minsk, Belarus on Sunday and both GB Boxing and Team Ireland had many medals to display when they arrived back on home soil. Altogether 317 boxers including 59 women attended in the European Games from a record number of 44 nations in Minsk, Belarus. Irish boxing deposited another
On June 13, 2019, Mericia Quinones, 27 years old passed away. WBAN would like to give our condolences to family and friends of Mericia. WBAN had a story written on September 18, 2013, entitled, Through the Tragic Floods of Colorado Emerges a Triple Threat”. In that story in 2013, the following was written: “Mericia Quinones,
(MAY 10) Latest update on worldwide female boxing this weekend. As I previous wrote a month ago, that according to this weekend and many previous weekends throughout the last year or two…we still are not seeing the activity change much for the regular club venues to feature female boxing, even though we are having some
(APR 19) According to this weekend and many previous weekends throughout the last year or two…we still are not seeing the activity change much for the regular club venues to feature female boxing, even though we are having some fantastic high-profile bouts going on that are being televised and showcased. I went through Boxrec this
(APR 17) Ask Bridgett Riley about boxing being a “contact” sport, and she might not exactly agree with you, and for a reason you might not believe. Her now Hall of Fame pro boxing career was at an early crossroads – her record a middling 2-2 – following back-to-back loses to Theresa Arnold, herself an accomplished boxer
On March 24, 2019 in Athens, Greece the first World title fight in the countries history will take place between power punching Christina “Black Mamba” Linardatou (10-1, 5 KOs) and number 1 Canadian ranked Kandi Wyatt (8-0, 3 KOs). They will be fighting for the vacant WBO 140 pound title. Manny Lavdakis, Perseas Promotions CEO,
(MARCH 13) WBAN was saddened to hear of the recent passing of 42-year old Freeda Foreman. We would like to give our sincere condolences to family and friends of Foreman. As many media sources have reported, she was found unresponsive inside her Houston home on March 9, 2019. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Tebben
(JAN 18) Today the Memorial Service was held in Davis, California, for slain rookie officer Natalie Corona, just 22 years old when she was killed on duty. According to news sources Officer Corona was ambushed Thursday night while responding to a three-vehicle crash, Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said. Corona was shot and killed when
(MAY 6) Multi-world welterweight champion, Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus of Bergen, Norway entered the ring Saturday night, holding five of boxing’s most prestigious titles that include the WBC, IBF, IBO, WBA, and WBO. Across the ring was Rhode Island’s own, Kali “KO Mequinonoag” Reis, a former WBC women’s champion, using her underdog role to fuel