(DEC 30) In 2013, it has been an amazing year for WBAN.  I went on the road quite a bit to covered amateur and pro boxing shows, and got an opportunity to meet many of you, that previously,  I had only spoken to by either phone, text message, Facebook, and emails.   I met up with more boxing folks in the year 2013, than I have any other year. 

In the year 2014 WBAN is going to have major changes for the good of the sport.

#1:  WBAN RECORDS MEMBERS SITE BECOMES PUBLIC!

First off, we are going to go public with the WBAN Records Member site.  The site is a fantastic resource for the world and we are going to unlock that great source of information.

#2:  MASTER SEARCH WILL ALSO LINK HUGE GALLERIES

Secondly, we have already began having our MASTER SEARCH public as of December 27th.  What you will see with WBAN's worldwide boxing records that no other website have is that if there are any video, flash slideshows or photo galleries attached to that fighter, it will be linked to their record.  That will be shown to be added soon to the Master Search. 

#3:  WBAN  HALL OF FAME

Thirdly, WBAN is having a WBAN Hall of Fame!   A judging committee will be established to consider and approve nominations for induction into the WBAN Hall of Fame. To be accepted, nominees must be retired female boxers, and/or male or females who have played a significant role in the sport that have contributed to the sport. 

The WBAN Hall of Fame will contain a pictorial history of each person and various sporting memorabilia that we have available to display on the net. WBAN VIRTUAL HALL OF FAME

#4:  NEW WBAN WEBSITE WITH FEATURING AN INTERACTIVE HISTORICAL DATABASE ON WOMENS BOXING TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

WBAN will be announcing very soon a project that WBAN has been working on for some time.  I was writing about the history of the sport, and after thinking of the best way to present the history, since it seems that even when I thought I had it right---something would show up, just to make me see I actually did not have it right.    I have discovered throughout the years that the history of the sport continues to change as we learn more about what happened in the past which at times can be quite hidden. 

Due to what I have seen throughout the 17 years of researching the history of women's boxing and writing a book at the time about the history---I made a decision to actually go virtual with my book and all the research I have done on the sport in the last 17 years.

This has been one of the most exciting projects I have been involved in and created and I look forward to introducing that site soon.  The world wide audience can view it, send in updates to correct it, when it may not be accurate and it will be the very largest website in the world that features historical events in women's boxing.

#5:  WBAN ON THE ROAD IN 2014

Lastly, I am very happy to announce that I will be taking three to four major road trips to meet up with boxers in gyms, go to local amateur and pro events, and meet up with many of you while we  go on these planned two-week trips to hit as many places as possible.  We will be contacting gyms, or they can contact us and let us know about the female boxers in their gyms, and we will see if we can plan a visit to that gym, or special event.