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New England Golden Gloves
Championship
Courtesy photos/press release
February 26, 2016 |
(FEB 26) Western New England dominated the open class
finals of the New England Tournament of Champions, part of the 70th
annual Lowell Sun Charities Golden Gloves Championship, winning
seven of 10 matches last night at historic Lowell Memorial
Auditorium. The eight men's individual open class winners earned
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Katie Taylor reigns supreme as Queen
Underwood bids farewell to 'Amateurs'
by Michael O'Neill
February 25, 2016 |
(FEB 25) It was a night of ‘mixed emotions’ at the Mount
Brandon Hotel & Conference Centre in Tralee on Saturday as Katie
Taylor enjoyed a second win of the weekend in Munster, on this
occasion overcoming the strong challenge of Seattle’s own Queen
Underwood..Full Story
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Ladies Fight Night announced at
Buckhead Fight Club!
Source/PR
February 25, 2016 |
(FEB 25) Atlanta, GA: Ladies Fight Night, a two day amateur
tournament will be held April 30 and May 1 at Buckhead Fight Club in
Atlanta, Georgia. Sanctioned by USA Boxing, Ladies Fight Night
welcomes girls and women- all ages and weight classes: Junior
Olympic, Novice, Open and Masters. Belts will be awarded to winners
in each class. Prematch now by..Full
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Clean sweep for Indian boxers at
South East Asia Games in Shillong
by Michael O'Neill
February 21, 2016 |
(FEB 21) Indian media outlets reported February 15th that several
of its leading boxers, both male and female were extremely angry at
the delays in finalising a new Indian Boxing Federation to replace
the previous organisation banned some two years ago by the AIBA –
indeed among the most severe critics was..Full
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Woman gets prison time
for car accident that killed Cleveland boxer
February 21, 2016 |
(FEB 21) The woman accused of
killing national boxing champion Cashmere Jackson was sentenced on
Thursday. Jackson, 26, was killed in a bizarre incident at a gas
station on East 55th Street in Cleveland on July 16. Sanderson
pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, involuntary
manslaughter
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Rhode Island: Kali Reis Wins by a
First Round TKO of Cisneros
February 20, 2016 |
(FEB 20) Last night at the Twin River Event Center, Lincoln,
Rhode Island, Kali "KO Mequinonoag" Reis, 150½m
won by a first round TKO 1:31, over Victoria "La Reina de Guerra"
Cisneros, 147. The two were scheduled for ten rounds for the vacant
UBF middleweight title.
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Serrano TKOs Gerula for WBO
Featherweight Title
by Bernie McCoy
February 18, 2016 |
(FEB 18) There is a possibility that Amanda Serrano
might have been in danger of becoming a well kept secret in New
York's female boxing community; until Wednesday night, that is. In
110 seconds, the hard punching southpaw from Brooklyn added the WBO
featherweight title belt to her already impressive array of boxing
gold and served notice to all those even vaguely interested in the
sport that this hard punching, heavy handed southpaw will, hence, be
a force to reckon with amid the burgeoning array of female boxing
talent suddenly garnering notoriety in the country's largest market.
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Former Champ Kenia Enriquez to Hold
2nd Annual Tourney
Source/PR
February 17, 2016 |
(FEB 17) Former world female flyweight champion Kenia
Enriquez will hold her 2nd Annual All-Female Amateur Boxing
Invitational Tournament on the weekend of March 26th and 27th, 2016
at the new home for Tijuana boxing, the Perro Salado Sports Hall in
the Zona Rio of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico. Enriquez,
who also held the NABF junior flyweight title in 2014, fought over
70 times as..Full
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Las Vegas: Latondria Jones Wins
second pro bout
Text & photos Mary Ann Owen
February 17, 2016 |
(FEB 17)
Last night at the Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas,
Nevada, TMT fighter Latondria Jones, 153½, fought to a
fourth round unanimous decision against Latasha Burton, 155½, of
Independence, LA. Both fighters came out swinging from the opening
bell, with Jones being aggressive and managed to take ...Full
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Latest News on the IFBA: Judy
Kulis Stepping down after 19 years; Messer - Caminschi named
Commissioner
Source/PR
February 16, 2015 |
(FEB 16) LAS VEGAS, NV – After guiding the organization she
founded for 19 years, International Female Boxing Association (IFBA)
President Judy Kulis announces today that she is stepping down from
her post.
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Finland: Wahlstrom Defends
WBC title against Dahiana Santana
February 15, 2016 |
(FEB 15) There is a very interesting matchup that will take place
on March 18, 2016, at the Espoon Metro Arena, in Espoo, Finland,
when Eva Wahlstrom, 16-0-1 (3KO) will be defending her WBC Super
Featherweight title against the battle tested Dahiana Santana,35-7
(14 KO). WBAN was ringside in the past seeing Santana in boxing
action. This should be a very entertaining bout!
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Olympic Games: Zika updates from
around the World as Rio 2016 draws ever closer
by Michael O'Neill
February 13, 2016 |
(FEB 13) The International Olympic Committee (IOC), National
sports federations round the world and of course athletes themselves
are all seeking the latest updates on the Zika outbreak and what
effect it could have on stars and visitors alike when the XXX1
Olympiad opens its doors to welcome ‘the world’ in August.
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Battle-tested Reis makes long-awaited
to return to Rhode Island to fight for female world title
Source/PR CES
February 12, 2016 |
(FEB 12)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even with an imperfect record and maybe a few
too many blemishes in recent years, Kali Reis wouldn't change a
thing. "I'd rather have the experience, because I've had the
losses," Reis said, "but I haven't gotten beat. "I've...Full
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"Shotgun" Shannon O'Connell Gets
Another Shot at The WBC Silver Super Bantamweight Title
Source/PR
February 12, 2016 |
(FEB 12) Queensland, Australia's "Shotgun" Shannon
O'Connell (11-4-1) gets another shot at the WBC Silver Super
Bantamweight title when she faces Thailand's Anrey Onesongchaigym
(8-2-1). After signing with Hosking Promotions of
Bendigo, VIC, Australia, last summer, Shannon O'Connell...Full
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Five Exciting Events at Gleason's Gym
Something for Everyone
Source/PR
February 8, 2016 |
(FEB 8) On February 11-13, 2016, Gleason's Gym will host the
eighth annual Masters Clinic and boxing show. The cost of the
Clinic is $369.00. If you are interested please contact Bruce
Silverglade at (718) 797-2872-The boxing show will be at Gleason's
Gym on February 13, 6:00PM - $20.00 admission. All our bouts
are sanctioned by..Full
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Austeja Auciute on the trail of
Olympic Gold
by Michael O'Neill
February 7, 2016 |
(FEB 7) Austeja Auciute is a name that will be familiar to many
though not all WBAN readers. For several years now she has been one
of the mainstays of the Irish Women’s Youth and Junior teams, in
World, European and major Club tournaments far from her Stranorlar
home base of Finn Valley ABC in County Donegal. Now....Full
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The USA Knockouts Bounce Back with a
strong victory over the Mexico Guerreros in World Series of Boxing
Week Two Action
by Julie Goldsticker/
USA Boxing
February 6, 2016 |
MIAMI, FLA. (February 6, 2016) - Team USA's elite athletes put on
an impressive performance tonight in a battle with southern neighbor
Mexico at the Miccosukee Sports & Entertainment Dome in Miami. The
USA Knockouts squad bounced back from a week one loss with a 4-1
victory over the Mexico Guerreros in World Series of Boxing action.
Female flyweight Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas) and lightweight
Mikaela Mayer (Los Angeles, Calif.) both won unanimous decision
victories before the WSB action began in Miami.
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Tomorrow night: Bosques vs. Juarez in Mexico
February 5, 2016 |
(FEB 5) Tomorrow night Puerto Rican Noemi
"La Rebelde" Bosques vs. Mariana "Barby"
Juarez is headlining at the Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Distrito
Federal, Mexico and is
presented by Televisa Deportes and will be broadcast to the
entire country (Mexico) completely live on Channel 5, in a
another episode of the rivalry between Mexico and Puerto Rico....Full
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EnPOWERment Training with Lucia
Rijker!
by Sue TL Fox
February 4, 2016 |
(FEB 4) Check out this fantastic opportunity to be
part of a full weekend of "Empowerment" with instructor Lucia Rijker.
Rijker said in a press release: "I am exited to announce and
remind you of this amazing opportunity to a New full Weekend of
"EMPOWERMENT". In the past we have done several
successful Women Empowerment (WE) 1 day workshops and now we...Full
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