Final Two Week Countdown! International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Event in Las Vegas on October 22nd!

(OCT 6) We are now just merely two weeks away for our Annual International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Event, that takes place on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by WBAN and the IWBHF--President/founder Sue TL Fox.

Our theme this year is "Celebration" especially after what we have endured in the last two years.

We are set for a full house this year, and we worked with the Orleans Hotel and Casino to make additional room available for the General Tickets that include the Dinner, Meet and Greet, the event, etc. With that said we have an exciting line-up this year with the highest number of inductees in one year that is 16 IWBHF nominated recipients to be honored. For General Tickets, To Purchase IWBHF Tickets Go Here

This year's inductees are the following:

We will also honor two of our 2020-2021 IWBHF Inductees who will be awarded as last year with the Covid and other reasons could not attend the event. Those two inductees are Marischa Sjauw from the Netherlands, and Valerie Mahfood, from Texas!

This year's Special Award Recipients are the following:

We also have Eight (8) special recognition awards to be given that includes history-first Darlene Buckskin and her sister, Theresa Kibby (posthumous) for their pioneer days in the 1970s and being the first-ever Native American professional boxing sisters to receive a California License and other states, including Nevada to fight professional. We also have Pat Pineda---she was the first female boxer in the sport to receive a boxing license in the state of California. We also have Jerry Hoffman (posthumous), and Patrick Ortiz, the "before their time" promoters who supported women's boxing and having female fights on their cards and more. We also will be honoring Eddie Montalvo, who is a huge asset to the sport of women's boxing, and during his time with the IWBHF was our Executive Director until retiring; In addition, Lupi Gutierrez Beagle for her great contributions to the amateurs in the sport; We will be presenting a new special award this year with "women outside the Ropes." Our first recipient is Brenda Spinks; and lastly our Lifetime Achievement Award that will be awarded to Bonnie Canino, of Florida.

We are excited to have high-profile and celebrity Christy "The Coal Miner's Daughter" Martin who just was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame---and also inducted in our hall of fame in 2014 as a special guest. Martin will have her book-signing available during our "Meet and Greet"! To read the five-star book, you can purchase the book beforehand our event, or buy one at the event.

Some great History-Firsts to take place this year that include the following:

To begin with this year is the largest class of inductees being inducted----16 IWBHF Inductees; In an interesting history-first we have a daughter, retired world champion Tracy Byrd, and mother Rose Byrd being inducted into the hall of fame at the same time;
For the first time�.we will be inducting a boxing commissioner. Rose Trentman (Link to read about Rose), who served many years as a New York Boxing Commissioner; In the first time in history-----Twin sisters both will be in the IWBHF hall of fame. Dora Webber was inducted in 2021, and her twin Cora Webber in 2022---and did you know that both Dora and Cora fought 15 round bouts in the 1980's another footprint in the history of the sport; and in our special segment on the "Pioneer Boxers" at our event we will honor Darlene Buckskin, and Theresa Kibby, the history-first Native American professional boxing sisters to get a boxing license in California and other states; and the history-first professional female boxer Pat Pineda who was the FIRST to receive a professional boxing license in the state of California.

Other "Who's Who" to be at our event....

Our Top Host Speakers that include, Al Bernstein, retired world champions Daisy Lang, and Kathy Collins. In addition to opening speakers, Sue TL Fox, Wanda Countiss, and Amy Green.

Boxing Legend and Hall of Famer Al Bernstein for our event. Since 2003, Bernstein has served as the boxing analyst on Showtime for Showtime Championship Boxing. Prior to that In 1992 and 1996, he served as the boxing analyst for NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympic Games. From 1999�2002, he was a sports anchor for KVVU news in Las Vegas, and more.

Terri "The Boss" Moss, retired world champion and 2015 IWBHF Inductee, including one of our IWBHF Board members.) Shelley Williams, (IWBHF 2020 Inductee); Multi-World Champion and History-First WBAN P4P Belt holder, Chevelle "Fists of Steel" Hallback; "Girls Just Wanna Box Organization" with President Kristina Ejem and her team; Retired World Champion and IWBHF 2019 Inductee Lisa Holewyne, Sindy Amador, (retired world champion); Retired and History-First Heavyweight WBC champion and 2019 IWBHF Inductee Martha Salazar; Former WBC world champion and current female boxer Olivia Gerula; Blanca Gutierrez (President of Beautiful Brawlers, and multi-Hall of Famer); Jill Diamond (WBC International Secretary-Global Chair WBC Cares) Dora Webber, top fighter as a pioneer and with modern-day fights, and IWBHF 2021 Inductee...Rose Gracie and Carla Duran of the Brain Foundation, advocates to prevent brain injuries in the sport; additional IWBHF Board Members Oscar McCarver and Godfrey Hewitt.

Jake Gutierrez (Boxing Ring Announcer, and our IWBHF Master of Ceremony of Event in 2022); Eight-Time World champion Layla "Amazing" McCarter, and Boxing Trainer and Manager, Luis Tapia; Retired Multi-World Champion and 2016 IWBHF Hall of Famer, Sumya "The Island Girl" Anani, with Barry Becker; Stephen Blea our 2019 IWBHF Inductee, with Raylene Cardone; Mary Ann Owen (Las Vegas Photographer/2020 IWBHF Hall of Famer) with Butch Gottlieb; Chris Byrd (Retired Multi-World Champion); Wayne "Rocket Pocket" McCullough (Retired WBC World Champion) and his wife Cheryl McCullough; Brenda Zaragoza; top past photographer history-making Linda Platt; Los Angeles photographer Nate Wren; Jill Morley Award-Winning Producer/Director of "Fight Like A Girl" along with her exemplary team will be filming our event and interviews; Rick Nieto, a powerhouse creator for hall of fames; retired World champion Wayne McCullough, his wife Cheryl McCullough; Destiny Diaz, Las Vegas Amateur Boxer that will be part of our event; Deborah Hawkins of the NABF; Lee Samuels (retired from Top Rank; Kenny Bayless, one of Las Vegas' Top Referees;

Malissa Smith is the author of A History Of Women�s Boxing, the first comprehensive narrative of the sport The Ring magazine dubbed "The Bible of Women's Boxing." Smith speaks and writes frequently about the sport and with her two co-hosts, developed the popular WAAR Room podcast focused on sports justice. Smith maintains positions in boxing as a founding board member of the IWBHF, an elector for the IBHOF, and as a member of the The Ring�s women�s ratings panel. Maintaining her own wellness, she trains at the world-renowned Gleason�s Gym and writes pieces for her blog, Girlboxing.

We have Coyote Duran of Chicago, Illinois, �Coyote Duran�s Creation Nation� who is part of our IWBHF event who will be utilizing his talents as an artist to present some beautiful rendition(s) of our 2022 event. Duran said that when he was very young before he had become a writer and copy/content editor for RingTV.com, he began his journey into drawing---and with bit of imagination and a huge love affair with comic books and more.

We have also invited the very talented singer �The Wy Mac� who was featured on �Ireland�s Got Talent� to perform our �theme� song of the 2022 Celebration! She also was part of our event in our 2020-2021 IWBHF event.

The October 22, 2022 semi-formal induction ceremony will begin at 5:00 p.m., with the popular meet/greet with the honorees and invited special guests along with the now traditional signing of the 7� high historical banner by every female boxer.

Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m., with the induction ceremony scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.

TICKETS: General Seating $85.00 per ticket
*There are no VIP tables available. Tickets

Venue: Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Attire: Semi-Formal for Gala Celebration Event

A huge "Thank You" to our wonderful Sponsors for 2022!

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