(MAR 31, 2005) WBAN broke the news on March 18, that Christy “The Coal Miner’s Daughter” Martin was finally going to face Lucia Rijker on July 9th, in Los Angeles, California. Rijker gained international attention after being featured as the “villain boxer” in the Oscar Winning movie “Million Dollar Baby”. Now, Rijker and Martin will
(MAR 10, 2005) Kristy “Rose” Follmar [Inset photo] meets Lisa “Lil Warrior” Lewis in an eight-round junior lightweight match in Tustin on Saturday. Follmar and Lewis headline the 7th annual charity fight card sponsored by Marconi Foundation for Kids at the famous Marconi Auto Museum home to dozens of the most exotic cars in the
(FEB 13, 2005) A seventeenth century French dramatist, Pierre Corneille, no boxing fan he, once said “When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph.” Those 300 year old words were proven conclusively once again over the weekend when two women boxers, Laila Ali and Layla McCarter both achieved
(JULY 20) Last night at the Sky Ute Casino, in Ignacio, Colorado, there was a women’s match on the undercard between Terri Cruz vs. Vangie Abeyta. Abeyta was stopped in the second round. The first time Cruz fought Abeyta, was last year on July 21, 2002—-in that fight, Abeyta was KO’d in the first round.
(JULY 1, 2003) Today in Biloxi, Mississippi, the press conference for the August 23rd, Pay-Per-View fight that is to take place at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, proved to be quite exciting when Martin and Ali ended up in a pre-fight brawl! WBAN spoke to Laila Ali shortly after the incident and told WBAN about what had
Cathy “Cat” Davis was one of the best known women boxers from the 1970’s to early 1980’s. Through the five years that WBAN has been on the net, it has received countless emails from long-time boxing fans of Davis. And they would always ask the same question—What ever happened to Cat? Well, I am pleased
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE ALI – MAHFOOD FIGHT! Photos and Story By Sue TL Fox -November 8, 2002 I had decided that it was time to meet Laila Ali. She was one of the boxers that I had never covered ringside, and felt that this would be a good fight to meet her. I had
Tonight I had the opportunity to talk with Laila “She Bee-stingin” Ali about her upcoming fight this Friday, November 8, at the Stratoshere Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Ali and Valerie Mahfood is the mainliner on “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN2. The two will duke it out for the unification of three belts
Tony “Mr. T” Trudnich, a longtime Vegas boxing promoter was found dead by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 68. His death was ruled a suicide. Mr. T was one of the promoters who promoted women’s boxing in the late 70’s and had promoted many boxing matches for Sue TL Fox. He
This week I conducted a one on one Interview with Yolanda Gonzalez. Yolanda is a lawyer by day and boxer by night. Yolanda’s boxing background included participating as an amateur, and was the New Jersey 1999 Golden Gloves Champion, and the Diamond Gloves Champion of 2000. In addition, she received the honor of “The Fighter of the Night” in her