(MAY 24) This has been quite a journey so far, that began in 1996, after wanting to get in shape to run in the Race For the Cure in Portland, Oregon. I joined a boxing gym in Portland, after not being in the sport for 17 plus years. I learned about Christy Martin and the
(APR 29) WBAN is excited to announce that the month of May 2020, we are giving an honorary Fighter of the month to prominent Pioneer Female Boxing champion Barbara Buttrick, 90 years old for her life long achievements in the sport, in and out of the ring. [Story by WBAN’s Sue TL Fox] Barbara Buttrick
(FEB 21, 2020) This year marks our seventh year anniversary since the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) became in existence. We have since inducted many of the top retired female boxers, and males who have contributed largely to the success of women’s boxing. In January of 2014, was our first announcement of the
(SEPT 14) Last night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, WBAN would like to give a huge congratulations to Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano who fought for our WBAN Featherweight Independent World Title Belt along with the World Title federation belts! Serrano fought Heather “The Heat” Hardy, winning the bout by a ten-round unanimous
(SEPT 5) We are excited to announce that in the upcoming super fight between two Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano versus Heather “The Heat” Hardy, the two will be fighting for the WBAN Featherweight World Title Independent Belt that is added to their sanctioned belts! This will be the second weight class that Serrano, 36-1-1
The annual seminal event in the sport of Women’s boxing, the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame induction, will be held on August 30 at the Double Tree Hotel in Brisbane, CA (approximately ten miles north of San Francisco). The 2019 ceremony/dinner, the sixth edition of a celebration of the sport of Women’s boxing, it’s
On June 13, 2019, Mericia Quinones, 27 years old passed away. WBAN would like to give our condolences to family and friends of Mericia. WBAN had a story written on September 18, 2013, entitled, Through the Tragic Floods of Colorado Emerges a Triple Threat”. In that story in 2013, the following was written: “Mericia Quinones,
(MAY 17) Latest update on worldwide female boxing this weekend. We have some very interesting matchups and one absolutely ridiculous matchup with one of the boxer with a 0-20-0, matched up with a 9-0-0 boxer….Check out this weekend’s activity. [by Sue TL Fox/WBAN]. Friday, May 17, 2019 At the Polideportivo Municipal, Pomán, Catamarca, Argentina, in
(MAY 10) Latest update on worldwide female boxing this weekend. As I previous wrote a month ago, that according to this weekend and many previous weekends throughout the last year or two…we still are not seeing the activity change much for the regular club venues to feature female boxing, even though we are having some
(APR 19) According to this weekend and many previous weekends throughout the last year or two…we still are not seeing the activity change much for the regular club venues to feature female boxing, even though we are having some fantastic high-profile bouts going on that are being televised and showcased. I went through Boxrec this