This last weekend, on January 14th, at the Barclay’s Center, in New York, we had the privilege to have our independent WBAN World title belt on the line when Amanda Serrano fought Yazmin Rivas. The WBAN belt can only be fought by top boxers in our ratings, and it must accompany a Federation Belt on
Women’s boxing is beginning in 2017 with a very exciting world title fight that will take place next Saturday on January 14, 2017. We have Amanda Serrano vs. Yazmin Rivas fighting for the (Independent/award) WBAN world title, with Serrano defending her WBO Junior Featherweight world title, and the special WBC (super bantam) Diamond belt in
As we announced in 2016, WBAN began to publish the BoxRec female rankings on a continuing monthly basis. We would like to give a huge congratulations to our Number #1 boxers who are starting out the NEW YEAR 2017 as our #1 rated boxers! January 2017 Ratings In our Press Release we went on to say,
When WBAN first came into existence on the net in May of 1998, I said, ” each and every female boxer who played a part in the sport, whether they had one fight or 50 fights, is the very reason why the sport is where it is today.” Earlier this month, I had the pleasure
(AUG 25) This weekend WBAN has listed some of the highlights of women’s boxing that will take place worldwide. We would love to be listing much more boxing action but it looks like slim pickin’s otherwise. On Saturday night, August 27, 2016 – Palenque de la Feria, Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, Mariana Juarez will fight
(AUG 22) Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent brought their unbeaten records to the southernmost tip of Brooklyn, commonly known as Coney Island, staging a ten round donnybrook that stole the show at the Premier Boxing program, promoted in conjunction with Lou Di Bella’s Di Bella Entertainment at the open air Ford Amphitheater, hard by the
(AUG 20) Estelle Mosselly of France is the new 60kg Olympic Lightweight champion coming from behind to defeat China’s Yin Junhua on a split decision in Rio Friday. It’s been a magnificent year for the French woman who also struck Gold in Astana at the 2016 Women’s World Championships earlier this year. Team USA’s Claressa
On Saturday night, June 18, 2016, at the Polideportivo José María Vargas, La Guaira, Venezuela, history was made when the WBA presented an all-female card, featuring six female bouts, with four WBA world championships and three WBA Regional titles. WBAN was told that not only was it an all-female boxing card, but that the referees,
(JAN 18) WBAN and the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) are happy to announce that we have several board members attending the WBC Women’s World Boxing Convention that is being held from January 27th to January 30th in Tijuana, Mexico. The IWBHF is honored to be invited by the WBC and will be
(JAN 8) The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame recently published that we were going to host our 2016 Induction Ceremony on April 30, 2016. Due to some Inductees, invited guests and attendees which will be at our 2016 Induction Ceremony, we have decided to reschedule. Dates and location will be forthcoming. We will however,