(APR 27) On May 5, 2018, at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California, a high-profile women’s unified world title bout that will makes it’s debut in the first-ever history-making televised female bout live on HBO. The ten-round bout will feature undefeated multi-world champion Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus, who will be defending her IBF, IBO, WBA,
NEW YORK – Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and unified women’s super middleweight Champion Claressa Shields will attempt to become a two-division world champion on Friday, June 22 live on SHOWTIME when she faces unified women’s 154-pound champion Hanna Gabriels for the vacant IBF and WBA Middleweight World Championships at Masonic Temple in Detroit, Mich. The
Belle Martell was the first female boxing referee licensed in the state of California on April 30, 1940.She was also renowned as a Ring Announcer, boxing promoter for amateur fights, and a time keeper. Along with her husband, Art Martell, Belle was a fixture in amateur boxing beginning in the early 1930s through the 1950s.
(JAN 27, 2018) – Associated Press) A boxing official described as “one of Uzbekistan’s leading criminals” by United States authorities has been named interim president of the Olympic sport’s governing body. The International Boxing Federation (AIBA) said its vice-president Gafur Rakhimov was promoted on Saturday after the “unexpected resignation” of interim leader Franco Falcinelli. “Rakhimov
(JAN 7) the times her parents thought she was in her bedroom, 14-year-old Cecilia Braekhus would creep towards her window, silently climb out and shimmy down the high fire escape on the side of the house to go training. Each time she wasn’t thinking about making history. She just didn’t want her parents to find
(AUG 13) Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino hosted the Fifth annual Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Awards dinner last night, former Female Boxer Lucia Rijker was inducted with boxing legends like Michael and Leon Spinks, Tommy Hearns, Michael Carbajal, Erik Morales and, Richie Sandoval. Rijker fought in the 1980s-1990s and was frequently dubbed as ”
(AUG 10) As we revealed earlier this week, Edenderry in County Offaly, Ireland will host an International Female Boxing sparring camp 22nd /29th August and we can now bring the sensational news that Team India’s 22 woman squad will include the famous 5 time World champion Mary Kom, the only woman apart from our own
(AUG 10) Nora Daigle, former pro Canadian boxer who competed from 1995-2000 and who currently lives in Ottawa came to visit Toronto’s Shape Your Life boxing program this week. Shape Your Life (SYL) [https://shapeyourlifeboxing.com] is a free, non-contact boxing program for women-identified boxers who have experienced violence. Shape Your Life (SYL) started in 2007 and
(AUG 7) While it had been a very wet day, the Boxing-Gods made sure the rain had stopped when the first bell sounded for a big World Boxing Federation (WBF) Championship double-header staged outdoors on a football-pitch in Essen, Germany on Saturday evening, August 5. The sold-out event promoted by Bjoern Sothmann had WBF Womens
(AUGUST 7) A pretty good weekend for Irish women boxers in the first major women’s tournament in Europe this year. No Katie Taylor this year of course as she is now a Pro but the young Irish team has done well so far now that we’ve reached the Quarter-final stage of the EUBC European Union