(APR 27, 2017) Earlier today, WBAN received a press release by Golden Boy Promotions in regards to Marlen Esparza fighting her second pro bout after a very successful amateur boxing career, earning a Bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics. She will be fighting Samantha Salazar in a four-round bout. She is set to fight on
The British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) are set to introduce hand held Infra-Scanners, that can detect Brain bleeds, at events sanctioned by themselves in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. On announcing the introduction of Infra-Scanners, that will be available ringside at events sanctioned by them, BIBA Vice President Gianluca Di Caro said.
Katie Taylor will fight for the third time in the pros on the undercard of the Heavyweight blockbuster between David Haye and Tony Bellew at The O2 in London on March 4, live on Sky Sports.The name of her opponent is expected to be announced in the next 10 days. The former Irish amateur star made
On Saturday, as a service to our readers we published an AIBA Press Release into the events in Rio which brought the Olympic boxing tournament into disrepute – that Press Release concluded that “Whilst the Special Investigation found no active interference in the results, AIBA moved quickly to identify those involved and took the necessary
Following the grave concern expressed by parents and children as a result of the AIBA’s announcement on ‘no headgear’ for women and other categories of Boxer, some good news just through from two Associations in Europe, Boxing England and the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA). An announcement from Boxing England on Wednesday night : Statement from
Good news for boxing fans in general comes today in the form of a joint Press Release issued in London by IMG Media and the AIBA. There are though no major female championships scheduled for 2017, but next year will be a busy year and of course by then we will also have the new
International Boxing Association (AIBA) Press Releases are noted more for what they do NOT tell us than what they do but even so the fact that there was no formal Press Release following December’s Executive Committee meeting in Switzerland did ring ‘ alarm bells’ in several countries. Such meetings usually agree any major changes 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,
As a freelance sports journalist, one often takes for granted the various Press Releases received from Sporting organisations throughout the world, and indeed we often analyse them to see if they are just promoting a particular product or personality, be they amateur or professional. Others just boast of their own achievements, some of which do
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