Update on the Women Boxing
Archive Network (WBAN) with announcing that we have now been
on the Internet 25 plus years, going live in May of
1998 by Sue TL Fox
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 fantastic fight she had
fighting Dierdre Gogarty. Being a pioneer boxer it peeked my
interest.
What is odd, is WBAN would have never taken place in May of
1998, because originally, I wanted to create a website on
Breast Cancer, an informational site.
At the same time, I discovered in September 1996, and only
by accident that the history of women's boxing was not
accurate---I knew "first hand" that in fact the 1970s and
1980s on the net was inaccurate. I knew that because I was
from that era of boxing.
And so I changed from having a breast cancer info site to
the "History of Women's Boxing" online website, naming it
Women Boxing Archive Network.
I spent two solid years of researching the history of the
sport, and by May of 1998, I was ready to go online.
I remember before going online that one of my family
member's told me that no one would be interested in the
history of the sport---even though there was not ONE website
on the net covering the true history of the sport!
Little did that family member know that as soon as I went
live on the net----the site exploded with traffic.
From covering the history of the sport---within a short time
became covering the current pro and amateur boxers who had
contacted me about issues they were experiencing in the
sport.
That ended up being my mission in life----Giving any and all
boxers exposure, whether they had one fight or 50
fights---and I have stuck true to that mission.
I did not care if anyone had ever heard of the female boxer,
I would do any and all stories, biographies, updates,
fights, to give them exposure---some of it was not good
exposure but the truth of what was going on which included
mismatches, etc.
I continue to do in that in today's sport of women's boxing,
and will continue to do that.
In addition, I would like to
mention that WBAN has grown to many affiliated websites:
The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame that I founded
and created in January of 2014.
www.iwbhf.com
On October 6-7, 2023, at the
Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, we celebrated not
only our 25-year Anniversary of WBAN but the ten year
anniversary of the IWBHF.
Our next event is slated for April 4-5, 2025, at the Orleans
Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada for the fourth year at this
casino. We will be in our 26th year, just short of our
27th year on our net next April 2025!
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WEBSITES
www.womensboxing.org
www.womenboxingrecords.com
www.wban2012.com
www.wbanmember.com
www.floridaboxing.com
www.iwbhf.com
www.wban.tv
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