(APR 21) WBAN had the pleasure of catching up with retired world boxing champion Daisy “The Lady” Lang. Lang boxed professionally from 1996 to 2004. Lang was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, but during her boxing years she fought out of Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Lang had an accumulative record of 19-3-1 (7KO). During her time
(NOV 17) David Selwyn is a New York boxing manager and, like the best of that breed, he keeps the interests of his fighters at the head of his “things to do” list. Selwyn is not, to the best of anyone’s knowledge, a scholar of the Chinese language, but he recently invoked one of those
World lightweight champion Katie Taylor has been named as the Irish Times/Vhi Sportswoman of the month recipient for October. Taylor, from the St Fergal’s club in Bray, claimed her third European title on the trot last month just under a year after she won her 60Kg World title in New Delhi, India. The 21 year old
It is traditional in boxing to commemorate a death by a ritual tolling of the ring bell for a count of ten. It may, soon, be appropriate to begin a toll for the sport of Women’s boxing and it’s life span as a viable sport. Women’s boxing is on the verge of suffering the most
My thoughts go back 15 years in time when I first set my feet on American soil. I was excited and looked forward to a career as a professional boxer. Little did I know that there was no women’s boxing going on at the time. The few women boxers from the 70’s and
I recently had a chance to sit down with up and coming prospect Natalie “Too Bad” Brown at Chris Johnson’s Fighting Alliance boxing gym in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. As a professional the 28 year old Brown is currently 4-0, with three of those wins coming by way of knockout. [Photos by Durell Wambolt] Brown
Meet Paola Casalinuovo…..Casalinuovo, 27 years old, can tell boxing fans first hand, the struggles and frustrations of trying to be in women’s boxing. You will more than likely not recognize her name, because she struggles to fight from afar, where most do not even want the sport in their country. You will also