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WBAN PETITION: We have hit over the 1585 mark!
by Sue TL Fox
August 30, 2013
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(AUG 30) I would like to encourage the WOMEN
BOXERS to support this petition on the issue of EQUALITY. What
AFFECTS one of you AFFECTS ALL of you in the sport!Think about this
----NEXT OLYMPICS -
36
FEMALES, 250 MALES.
PETITION
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Busy Weekend for WBAN!
by Sue TL Fox
August 30, 2013 |
(AUG 30) This morning
I am off California, in what will be the biggest
gathering of female boxers, both pro and amateur that I will
get to meet up with. I will be covering the Beautiful
Brawlers III, that will be held at the SportsHouse, in
Redwood City, California. It is a fantastic amateur
boxing show that has been promoted..Full
Story
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AIBA Subsidiary WSB increases Men's
weights from 5 to 10 yet Women still restricted to Three weights -
Where is the Justice in that?
by Sue TL Fox
August 30, 2013
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(AUG 30)
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) confirmed this week
through its subsidiary World Series of Boxing (WSB) that there
will now be 10 weights for Male boxers in the new W.S.B series
which begins in Mexico City tonight and tomorrow and sees Cuba
enter a team – the Cuba Domadores - fifty one years after Fidel
Castro banned pro-boxing in Cuba in 1962.
Full Story
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Latest Update on the Beautiful
Brawlers III
Source/Press Release
August 29, 2013 |
(AUG 29) 21 Top level female boxing matches featuring
current Olympians, National Champions and future stars. Three
separate boxing shows presented as one..each with a Main Event and
supporting undercard in..Full
Story
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One on One Interview with Celina
Salazar!
by Sue TL Fox
August 27, 2013 |
(AUG 27) WBAN got an
opportunity this week to interview professional boxer 24-year
old Celina Salazar, of San Antonio, Texas. Salazar
has been boxing professionally since April of 2009, when she
debuted against Lisa Lamb. Salazar, with a 5-1-2 (1KO),
has fought some of the top female boxers in the sport, that
include Christina Ruiz, Melinda Cooper, and now former world
champion Ana Julaton, who she just recently defeated on August
17th by a 10-round unanimous decision in Cancun, Mexico.
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Menzer Wins by a decision over Goda
Dailydaite
August 25, 2013 |
(AUG 25)
Last
night at the Warsteiner Hockeypark, Moenchengladbach,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Ina Menzer of Germany won a
10-round unanimous decision over Goda Dailydaite. Judges
scores, 100-88, 100-88, and 97-92. The two were fighting for a
WBF, WIBA and WIBF Featherweight title.
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Delfine Persoon
Wins by a TKO over Galina Gumliiska
August 24, 2013 |
(AUG 24)
Last night in Kursaal, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium, Delfine Persoon, 25-1-0 (11KO),won by a second
round TKO over
Galina Gumliiska, 9-25-1 (1KO), in a scheduled eight round
bout. As WBAN said it was a "Yawn" fight and a
predictable outcome. Gumliiska has now lost 15 fights
out of the last 16 fights she has fought in.
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It's worse than we thought
by Sue TL Fox
August 23, 2013
Photo: Generic |
(AUG 23)
In a notice dated August 5, AIBA posted on their website that
they would not pursue a quota-neutral proposal with the IOC to
increase women's categories for the Rio Games. In another
surprise, AIBA added that the three women's Olympic weight
categories might be changed for 2016. ...Full
Story
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Bringin’ the Heat: The Boxing
Tribune’s interview with Heather “The Heat” Hardy
by Jim McGrady of
The Boxing Tribune
August 22, 2013 |
(AUG 22) I recently had the opportunity to talk with
Heather Hardy, a rising star in the women’s super-bantamweight
division, undefeated at 6-0 with 1 knockout.
Hardy is a 31 year old single mother, who lives and fights out of
Brooklyn, New York. She trains at Gleason’s Gym under the tutelage
of Devon Cormack, and just six fights into her professional career,
is quickly becoming a fan favorite on the New York circuit,
regularly appearing on Lou DiBella’s “Broadway Boxing” cards.
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Menzer vs. Dailydaite For
WBF World Title Live On Eurosport
Source/WBF
August 22, 2013 |
(AUG 22) On Saturday August 24, 2013, Ina Menzer of Germany will
enter her farewell-fight when she takes on fellow former world
champion Goda Dailydaite for the World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Womens World Featherweight Interim title at the Warsteiner
Hockeypark in hometown Moenchengladbach...Full
Story
(AUG 22) WBAN has
just posted the full fight video of the Celina Salazar vs. Ana
Julaton 10 round fight that took place at the Plaza de Toros,
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Celina Salazar,122.6, of San Antonio, Texas, improved her record to 5-1-2
(1KO), when she defeated Ana Julaton, 12-4-1 (2KO)
Video
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WBAN PETITION: We have hit over the 1240 mark on the WBAN
Petition
August 21, 2013 |
(AUG 21). I would like to
encourage the WOMEN BOXERS to support this petition on asking that
female boxers are treated with EQUALITY. WHAT AFFECTS ONE--- AFFECTS
ALL BOXERS in the sport---Think about this ----NEXT OLYMPICS - 36
FEMALES, 250 MALES.
WBAN PETITION
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Beautiful Brawlers III at the
SportsHouse in Redwood City, CA - August 31st!
Official Press Release
August 21, 2013
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San Francisco, CA - Beautiful Brawlers III will take place at
the SportsHouse in Redwood City, CA. The amateur event
will feature top female boxers of all ages, including current
and future Olympians. Many of the elite female boxers in
the Western United States will be competing in a twenty bout,
amateur showcase competition, with many targeting a run for the
2016 Olympics in Brazil.
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Dr Rogge and Dr Wu - You DO have an
opportunity to increase number of weights for women WITHOUT
increasing number of athletes or medals!
by Michael O'Neill
August 20, 2013 |
(AUG 20) Olympic Boxing fans, indeed the boxing community in
general, male and female, ‘amateur’ and pro are still ‘reeling’ from
the news – hidden away in just one small paragraph of an I.O.C
website update - that there will still only be three weights for
female boxers in Rio 2016, a decision conveyed at the International
Olympic Committee’s Executive Board meeting...Full
Story
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Marianne Marston Prepares for her
upcoming fight by enlisting Former Champion Ian Dappa Napa
Source/PR
August 20, 2013 |
(AUG 20) Woolwich, London based
Super Bantamweight Marianne Marston has enlisted former British
and European Bantamweight Champion Ian Dappa Napa as her main
sparring partner, as she prepares for her upcoming bout on the
Dave Murphy Acourtier Events promoted mega fourteen bout show
NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS, which takes place at York Hall in Bethnal
Green, London on Friday 4th October.
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Three New WBF Champions Crowned In
Mexico!
Source: WBF
August 19, 2013 |
(AUG 19)
In what was a big night of boxing, the WBF
crowned three new champions in Mexico on Saturday, August 17.
At the El Chamizal arena in Puerto Penasco, Sonora state, two
local favorites won WBF titles as Linda “La Muneca” Soto and
Javier “El Rebelde” Carrera took home the Women's
Intercontinental Super Flyweight and North American Welterweight
titles respectively.
Full Story
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Cool Story of the Week: Kaliesha
"Wild Wild" West featured in "Capture!"
by Sue TL Fox
Photos Courtesy: cwtv.com
August 18, 2013 |
(AUG 18) In what is WBAN's Cool Story of the Week, we would like
to tell boxing fans about world boxing champion Kaliesha "Wild Wild"
West, has just recently been featured in the show "Capture."
Her teammate is Matt Rosado who is a jujitsu artist, and they are
considered the "Fighters" on the show. Most of the teams also have
some specialty skills coming into the competition.
Full
Story with photos
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Results from Japan:
Su-Yun Hong Wins by a Split over Mari Ando
August 18, 2013 |
(AUG 18) Tonight (time zone in South Korea) at Junggu Hall
in Seoul, South Korea, Su-Yun Hong won over Mari Ando from Japan by
split decision. Su-Yun Hong defended her WBO minimum weight title.
The final judge scores were 94-96, 99-91 and 98-92. Source/Samart
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Maria Suarez Wins by
Decision over Salas
August 17, 2013 |
(AUG 17)
Last night at the Chumash Casino, in Santa Ynez, California,
Maria [Maggie] Suarez, raised her record to 6-0-1, when she won by a
six round decision over Gloria "La Bombita" Salas [Salazar].
WBAN was told that Salas lost by a close decision. At the scales
both boxers came in at 111.
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Hyun-Mi Choi won over
Raika Fujin
August 17, 2013 |
(AUG 17)
On Thursday night, August 15, 2013, at Wolmi Park in Icheon,
South Korea, Hyun-Mi Choi won over Raika Fujin by 10-round unanimous
decision. Hyun-Mi Choi became WBA super featherweight interim
champion. The final judge scores were 93-97, 93-97 and 94-96.
To check out the fight video you can go here: Fight
Video Source: Samart
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Crystal Morales Wins by a Split in
"Fight of the Night" in Costa Mesa!
Photos & Story by
Sue TL Fox
August 17, 2013 |
(AUG 17) On Thursday night at the Orange County Fairgrounds
Events Center, in Costa Mesa, California, I had the opportunity to
be present at the IFBA World Lightweight championship bout between
Rhonda Luna vs. Crystal Morales. The fight was a rematch
Full Story
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At the Scales in Costa Mesa!
Photos/Story
By Sue TL Fox
August 15, 2013 |
(AUGUST 15) Yesterday I arrived in Costa Mesa, California to cover
the weigh-in for the Rhonda Luna vs. Crystal Morales IFBA World
Title fight that will take place TONIGHT at the Orange County
Fair & Event Center, at the Hangar. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and
the show starts at 7:30 p.m. There will be five boxing matches
and two MMA Bouts.
Full Story with photos
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A Few Words from Fox
August 14, 2013
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(AUG 14)
I am off to Costa Mesa, California to cover the Rhonda Luna vs.
Crystal Morales fight that will take place tomorrow night. Don't
forget about the WBAN petition we have going on behalf of the
Equality of female boxers for the next Olympics. As we stand right
now there will be only 36 female boxers/3 weight classes in
the Olympics, 250 male boxers in 10 weight classes.
WBAN
Petition
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Beautiful Brawlers III Blowing the
Female Amateur Ring with Olympian Queen Underwood
Official Press Release
Source:
Babyface Boxing
August 14, 2013
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Headlining the Beautiful Brawlers III is USA Olympian and
beloved icon from Seattle, Washington, 132 lbs Queen Underwood,
who came two months ago from the Continentals in Venezuela
wearing the champions gold medal. Underwood will box a local
favorite and 2013 Adidas National Champion Stalacia Leggett.
They will be the Main Event at the Spectacular all-female
amateur championship boxing card: Beautiful Brawlers III. ..Full
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Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Honor
Layla McCarter - Fighter of the Year!
by Sue TL Fox
August 12, 2013
Photo: Mary Ann Owen |
(AUGUST 12) On Saturday night at the
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame held it’s first-ever induction ceremony
and dinner before a sold-out audience of 400 boxing celebrities,
dignitaries and fans tonight at the Monte Carlo Las Vegas Resort and
Casino......Full
Story
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Martin And Marston Head-up Huge Event
In Bugibba, Malta on Aug 30th
source/PR
August 12, 2013 |
(AUG 12)
Malta's reigning WBU International Light Welterweight Champion
Super Steve Martin and London based Marianne "Golden Girl" Marston
co-headline a sensational night of boxing at the Demis Tonna
Prize Boxing Promotions Rumble in the Med Part IV Judgement Day
event at the Dolmen Hotel and Spa Resort in Bugibba, Malta on
Friday the 30th August.
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Jessica Nery Plata
successfully defends her WBC Youth Title
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(AUG 12) On Saturday night at
the Auditorio Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Mexico, Jessica Nery
Plata, now 11-0-0 (2KO), won a 10-round unanimous decision over
Jasseth Noriega, now 16-2-1, Plata was defending her WBC light
flyweight youth title.
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Four Female Boxing Bouts on South
Korea Card
by Sue TL Fox
August 12, 2013 |
(AUG 12) On August 15th, at the Wolmido, Icheon,
South Korea, there are four scheduled female bouts. There
is also four male bouts on the card.
Fight #1:
Light Flyweight Dan-Bi Kim, 7-2-1 (2KO) of Anseong City, South
Korea, will be facing Yokfah Sithrusin, 0-3-0, Thailand, in a
10-rounder.
Believe it or not with a 0-3-0 record, being stopped
in her last fight, Yokfah who was 0-1 had already managed to fight for an
international super flyweight title, fighting in a 10 rounder on
that bout. She then becomes 0-2, and in her third fight is
stopped by TKO. She is now fighting 10 rounds in this
fight. The BIG question is----is it for a title?
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Story
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One on One Interview with Heather
Hardy!
by Tiffanie Daniels of
Inside the Ropes
August 11, 2013 |
On Friday night I
had the pleasure of sitting down with Heather Hardy. We discussed
her career, and the film documenting her life, named "Hardy", which
will be released later this year. Before we get started with the
interview, let me give you some...Full
Story
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New International Tournament, the
Celtic Box Cup set for Dungarvan, September 27-28-29
by Michael O'Neill
August 11, 2013
Copyright – Dan McGrath, ‘Editorial Images’, Dungarvan
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(AUG 11) A new International Club
tournament, the Celtic Box Cup, was launched this week in the West
Waterford town of Dungarvan, home of the Peter Crotty Ironman Gym
and Dungarvan Sports Centre. The three day tournament, which was
launched by 8 times former Irish Champion, Waterford’s Neil Gough,
is scheduled to take place between September 27th and 29th. Several
top names, both male and female are expected to take part.Full
Story
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Cool Story of the Week: World
champion Jelena Mrdjenovich Training at the Mayweather Gym in Las
Vegas!
Story/Photos: Mary Ann Owen
August 10, 2013 |
(AUG 10) Yesterday at the famous
Mayweather Boxing Gym, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC
Featherweight World champion Jelena Mrdjenovich of Edmonton, Canada,
was training at the gym. The gym was packed as usual with many
fighters from all over the World. Jelena ran into a follow Canadian
Pro fighter 20-1,10 KOs Arash Usmanee who is training for his fight
Aug 23 in Verona, New York. Jelena said that she cannot wait
until she is back in the ring.
Full
Story with photos
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Adams, Taylor and Torlopova head
August AIBA world rankings - at Olympic weights
by Michael O'Neil
August 9, 2013 |
(AUG 9) No surprises in the
latest Women’s World Rankings lists , applicable from 01 August,
just issued by the AIBA from their Lausanne, Switzerland HQ.
That Olympic Gold medallist, Claressa Shields is at no. 4 is not
unexpected when one considers that she was unable to compete in
this year’s American Confederation Championships, due to the
age limit for AIBA International competitions becoming 19-40
instead of 18-35.
Full Story
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World Champion Rosilete dos Santos of
Brazil
Joins in the Fight on Behalf of WBAN's Petition for more Weight
Classes and Equality
August 7, 2013
Source/PR |
(AUG 7) World Champion Rosilete dos
Santos supports the expansion of weight classes for the female
boxers in the next Olympics Games. Rosilete dos Santos said
women's boxing needs more representation. The women's
boxing has been included in the Olympics Games in the last edition
in 2012. However, only three weight categories were included.
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Story
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Cecila Braekhus talks
about the Disappointment in only three weight classes for
females
August 7, 2013 |
(AUG
7) In the Danish News Media, stated that World champion
Cecilia Brækhus is sorry on behalf of the women. The reason is, that
the number of weight divisions for women at the Olympic games in Rio
will not increase from the three they had in London.
Full article in Norwegian
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Tomorrow Night in Mexico - Sandra Robles
to fight Rosa Diaz
August 6, 2013 |
(AUG 6)
Tomorrow night on September 7th, at the Las Pulgas, Tijuana, Baja
California, Sandra Robles, 2-1-0, of Tijuana, will be fighting in a
four-rounder on the undercard against Rosa Diaz, 4-1-0 (3KO), of
Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.
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Big fight on the Horizon:
Cecilia Braekhus to fight Oxandia Castillo
August 6, 2013 |
(AUG 6) On September 7, 2013, at the
Arena Nord, in Frederikshavn, Denmark, Cecilia "La Loba" Braekhus,
22-0-0 (6KO), is set to fight Oxandia Castillo, 12-0-2 (9KO).
The two will be fighting 10 rounds where Braekhis will defend her
WBC, WBA, and WBO welterweight titles.
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Women's Boxing: A Year Ago
Today!
by Sue TL Fox
August 5, 2013 |
(AUG 5) In the 2012 Olympics in London
WBAN celebrated one of the most significant and important
history-firsts in the sport when for the first time female
boxers competed in the Olympics. There were three weight classes
that included flyweight (106-112 pounds), lightweight (123-132
pounds), and middleweight (152-165 pounds) division. The
success of the 2012 Olympics featuring these star athletics was
overwhelming.
Full Story
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San Antonio’s Celina Salazar Accepts
Julaton's Challenge in Cancun on Aug. 17
Source: PR
August 5, 2013 |
(AUG 5) Budding star Celina Salazar
has eagerly accepted the challenge of former junior featherweight
world champion Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton on Aug. 17, in Cancun,
Mexico. It’s Mexican versus Filipina when Salazar (4-1-2) and
Julaton (12-3-1) clash at the beautiful beach resort town of Cancun.
Golden Boy Promotions along with Cancun Boxing will be presenting
the 10-round featherweight female bout. Televisa will show the major
female boxing event in the U.S. and Mexico.
Full Story
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Zulina Munoz Wins by a First Round KO
Photos by Pepe Rodriguez/WBC
August 5, 2013 |
(AUG 5) On Saturday night at the
Deportivo Agustín Ramos Millan, Toluca, Mexico, Zulina Munoz,
115, won by a first round KO [1:49] over Maribel Ramirez, 113½.
In a second female bout, Sandra Hernandez, 114¾, had a six-round
split draw with Katrina Hernandez, 114¾. Final judges scores
were 56-54, 54-55, 55-55..... Full
story with Photos
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St. Vil Wins IWBF Welterweight Title
by Mark A. Jones
August 4, 2013 |
(AUG 4) Last night at the Whitehall Athletic Club, Whitehall, New York,
as part of a co-main event, Melissa “Little Miss Tyson” St Vil,
142, Brooklyn, NY, won the International Women’s Boxing
Federation (IWBF) welterweight title pounding out a ten-round
unanimous decision over Sarah “The Knockout” Kuhn, 143, Albany,
NY.
The familiar boxing phrase, “Speed kills” has always been a
constant in the sport and held true last night as St. Vil, who
has a track & field background employed supreme foot speed
moving in and out of Kuhn’s range with a two-fisted attack.
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Rola El Halabi Wins WBF World Title
Source/WBF
August 4, 2013
Photo: Facebook |
(AUG 4) Not much more than two
years ago she was in hospital with gunshot wounds in hands,
knees and feet following an attack from her estranged stepfather
just minutes before a world title fight, and no one expected her
to ever lace on the gloves again. Now she is the World Boxing
Federation Women's World Light Welterweight Champion!
The Comeback story of Rola El Halabi continues to grow, and on
Saturday night, August 3, it peaked when she defeated Hungarian
Dalia Vasarhelyi at the Laubach Arena in Laubach, Germany to
lift the WBF World title left vacant when...Full
Story
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Amateur Female Boxer Anna Crutchfield Brings Home a Ringside World
Belt!
by Sue TL Fox
August 4, 2013 |
(AUG 4) Yesterday at the 2013 Ringside
World Championships that were held at the Independence Events
Center, in Independence, MO, female amateur boxer Anna
Crutchfield won the Ringside World Belt in the finals when she
defeated Basimah "Boom Boom" Baker. The tournament had 62
Divisions, 6 rings, 4 Days, 7 Sessions, running from July 29th
to August 3, 2013.
Full Story with photos
(AUG 2) WBAN has just created a
special community Facebook, titled, "Equality For Female
Boxers - 2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro." This segment is
dedicated solely for the most crucial issue facing the
sport in regards to the female amateur boxers who are
aspiring to compete in the next upcoming Olympics. There was a
devastating decision by the International Olympic Committee [I.O.C],
on July 25, 2013, that will directly affect the elite amateur female
boxers in the upcoming Olympics in the ...Full
Story
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Super Flyweights Zulina Munoz vs.
Maribel Raminrez Headline on Televisa Deportes/Fox Deportes
August 2, 2013 |
(AUG 2) LOS ANGELES, August 2 -
The Agustin Millan Gymnasium in Toluca, Mexico will be the scene
of one of the most exciting tripleheaders of the summer this
Saturday, August 3, as Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo
Promotions present three championship bouts on Televisa Deportes
and FOX Deportes featuring some of Mexico's top talent....Full
Story-
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"Inspire Me" A Night of Amateur
Boxing in Tribute to R. Douglas Brocking
Photos and Story
by Sue TL Fox/Harvey J.
August 1, 2013
Flash
Photo Slideshow
*All photos at end of report |
(AUG 1) Last Saturday night at the
Evergreen Campus, in Burien, Washington, WBAN covered this event
ringside. Before the event began, we first met up with Bad
Girls Boxing Lori Steinhorst, along with three-time WBC World
Champion Ann Marie Saccurato, Mary McGee, daughter of R. Douglas and
Fitness Expert Lia Brocking, Gloria Salas, and Tricia Turton.....Full
Story
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Hard-Hitting Documentary, "Fight Like
A Girl" to Screen at Hamilton International Film Festival-with Free
Boxing Clinic for Girls
Source/Press Release
August 1, 2013 |
(AUG 1) On Saturday, August
3, 2013 at 1:30 p.m., at the Hamilton Theater, 7 Lebanon St., in
Hamilton, New York, there will be a screening of Fight Like a
Girl. The Documentary is an empowering story of four
women who battle their personal demons through competitive
boxing and find success in and out of the ring. ...Full
Story
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