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Begins Today: Ninth Edition of
Women's European Elite Championships Open in Bucharest, Romania
by Michael O'Neill
May 31, 2014 |
(MAY 31) The ninth edition of the European Women’s Elite
Championships gets underway this weekend at the Polyvalent Hall in
Bucharest. Romania. (May 31st-June 7th Inc). The 2014 EUBC tournament
will also act as a qualifier for the inaugural 2015 European Games in
Baku, Azerbaijan, as confirmed by EUBC President Franco Falcinelli who
said: “After the success of the previous eight European Women’s
Editions, it is my pleasure that the Romanian Boxing Federation will be
hosting this important EUBC event ..Full
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Seven United States Boxers to Compete
for Gold at the Cheo Aponte Tournament in Puerto Rico
by Julie Goldsticker
May 31, 2014 |
(MAY 31) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Seven American boxers will box
in final round action at the Cheo Aponte Tournament tonight in Caguas,
Puerto Rico. Female flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas), male
lightweight Genaro Gamez (San Diego, Calif.), female lightweight Melissa
Parker (Fountain, Colo.), male light welterweight Abraham Nova (San
Diego, Calif.), male welterweight Jose Alday (Odessa, Texas), female
middleweight Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.), and male super heavyweight
Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, Kansas) will all take the ring for today’s
championship bouts...Full
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Tonight in Argentina: Maria
Maderna to fight Angela Mariales
May 30, 2014 |
(MAY 30)
Tonight at the Auditorio Presidente Néstor Kirchner, Mercado
Central, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Maria Maderna, 12-8-3 (1KO), will be
fighting Angela Marchieles in a ten-round in the lightweight division.
Maderna will be defending her WBO Lightweight title.
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Three women will make Commonwealth
Games history just by being in Glasgow this year
Source/PR
May 29, 2014 |
(MAY 29)
Kristy Harris, Shelley Watts and Kaye Scott are among the 11
boxers named in the Australian team today by the Australian
Commonwealth Games Association. Women’s boxing will be contested
for the first time in Games’ history in Glasgow.
Women’s boxing made its Olympic debut with Australia sending
only one athlete to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Glasgow 2014
will offer women the opportunity to contest medals in three
weight categories – 51kg, 60kg and 75kg.
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A History Of Women’s Boxing -Book
Launch Party on June 25, 2014
Source/PR
May 27, 2014 |
(MAY 27) Brooklyn, NY— A History Of Women’s Boxing, the first
comprehensive book to study the rich history of women’s participation in
the sport is set to release on July 16, 2014. In anticipation of the of
the release, join author Malissa Smith at a book launch party on June
25, 2014 at the world renowned Gleason’s Gym in DUMBO, Brooklyn from
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. ..Full
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Tonight in Mexico: Jackie Nava Back in
the Ring
May 23, 2014 |
(MAY 23) Tonight
at the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium, in Tijuana, Mexico, in the
co-main, Jackie Nava will be making an effort to win a WBA Super
Bantamweight belt against Alys Sanchez of Venezuela. In a second
co-main on the card, David "Tornado" Sanchez of Mexico will fight Breilor
Terna, of Venezuela, for the WBA Superflyweight title.
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Confirmed: Lucia Rijker, Christy
Martin, Regina Halmich, Barbara Buttrick and more will be at the Induction!
by Sue TL Fox
May 22, 2014 |
(MAY 22) WBAN is excited to
announce that ALL of the inductees WILL be present at the
history-first for the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame.
We just confirmed the last two for the induction ceremony.
Germany's boxing star Regina Halmich and her father will
be flying in from Germany to be at the event. Lucia Rijker
will also be flying in to be at the event. ..Full
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Ashley Stops Dennisson in Uprising
Main Event
by Bernie McCoy
May 22, 2014 |
(MAY 22) Alicia Ashley was
awarded a TKO win over a game, but outgunned, Nohimme Dennisson
at the top of Uprising Promotion's seven bout boxing card, Wednesday
night, before the customary sell out throng of local fight fans at the
Five Star Banquet Hall in ..Full
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AIBA Provisionally Approve New
National Boxing Federation in India / Update on suspension of
Danish Boxing Association
by Michael O'Neill
May 17, 2014 |
(MAY 17) There is much relief in
India today at the news that ‘the International Boxing
Association (AIBA) Executive Committee (EC) has approved the
application of Boxing India (The Bout outside the Ring) as
provisional new AIBA member for India until ratification by the
AIBA Congress, following recommendations by the AIBA Evaluation
Committee’. ..Full
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Retired World Champion Bonnie Canino
Inducted into the History-First International Women's Boxing Hall of
Fame!
Press Release/Brian Ackley
May 16, 2014 |
(MAY 16) Bonnie Canino spent so
many years in the ring, she lost count of how many black eyes
she had.
But she definitely remembers the first.
“I was four, and I got my first one fighting against my
brother,” she recalled.
Canino, nicknamed “The Cobra”, will be one of seven inaugural
inductees in the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame on
Thursday, July 10 as part of the festivities at the women's
national Golden Gloves championships in Fort Lauderdale.
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Video:
Amaris Quintana Prepares for her upcoming fight on May 30th!
May 15, 2014 |
(MAY15) ) On May 30th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, in San Diego,
California, Amaris Quintana will be fighting in the mainliner of six rounds.
Check out the latest video on Quintana where she is shadowboxing. She
is definitely one to look out for in the near future, loads of talent on the
scene!
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WBAN Celebrates 16 Years on the Net!
by Sue TL Fox
May 13, 2014 |
(MAY13) ) As unbelievable as it even sounds to me, WBAN is
celebrating this month 16 years on the net! Little did I know that
when I began my journey of covering the sport that WBAN would become one
of the major forces in the sport.In May of 1998, I went live on the net
to simply straighten out the crazy history...Full
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Cool Story of the Week:
Boxeadoras Tijuanenses Se Abren Espacio En Una Arena Masculina
May 13, 2014 |
(MAY13) WBAN just posted a very cool video [in Spanish and English] of
Kenia Enriquez and her sister Tania Enriquez. It has some great behind
the scenes with these two boxing sisters.
In Espanol
In English
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Press Release: Farida El Hadrati to
fight for WBF Title
Source: WBF
May 13, 2014 |
(MAY 13) Current French national
Light Welterweight Champion Farida El Hadrati, 4-0 (3), is set
to take her career to the next level when she fights for the
vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens International title
on Sunday May 18 in her hometown Clermont-Ferrand.
Her opponent will be 21-year-old former European
title-challenger Kremena Petkova, 10-10-1 (1), from Bulgaria,
who very recently....Full Story
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Rola El Halabi Successfully Defends
her WBF Title; and wins the vacant WIBA and UBF Titles
Source/WBF
May 11, 2014 |
(MAY11) Last night in Germany, WBF Light welterweight Champion Rola
El Halabi successfully defended her title after what was described in a
press release that the fight was a "grueling war" with American Victoria
Cisneros in Ulm, Germany. Both fighters went all out in this heated
affair, and it was clear from the start..Full
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Reigning Youth World Champions Shakur
Stevenson, Jajaira Gonzalez and Darmani Rock to Compete in the 2014
Youth Olympic Games in China
by Julie Goldsticker
May 8, 2014 |
(MAY 8) COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three of USA Boxing’s fastest
rising stars will represent the United States at the 2014 Youth Olympic
Games, August 16-28 in Nanjing, China. Newly crowned youth world
champions Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.), Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora,
Calif.) and Darmani Rock (Philadelphia, Pa.) are slated to compete in
the global, multi-sport event, pending approval by the United States
Olympic Committee. ...Full
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Mainliner: Amaris Quintana to
fight Susana Uribe
Source/PR
May 7, 2014 |
(MAY 7) The ladies take center stage once again when California Hall
of fame promoter Bobby D. Presents showcases San Diego's Own "Diamond
Girl" Amaris Quintana (7-2-2, 1KO) in the main event of the next edition
of "San Diego Fights" on Friday, May 30th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in
Mission Valley.
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PORTLAND, OR--(May 6, 2014) Barbara Buttrick, 84 year old
Englishwoman and ground breaking pioneer in the sport of Women's boxing,
has been elected to the initial class of the newly established
International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame. She will be inducted, along
with six other female honorees, at a ceremony on July 10 in Fort
Lauderdale, FL, in conjunction with a scheduled national Female Golden
Gloves tournament. Buttrick, who founded the Women's International
Boxing Foundation (WIBF) in 1989, said from her home in Miami, FL, "I'm
very excited and proud to be chosen..Full
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Amanda Serrano to battle Belinda
Laracuente at Millennium Theater in Brooklyn on May 15
Source/PR
May 6, 2014 |
(MAY 6) On Thursday, May 15 Dmitry Salita's Star of David
Promotions presents a huge night of boxing that will be headlined by a
10-round WBC International and WBC USNBC Cruiserweight battle between
undefeated fight's Steve Bujaj (12-0, 9 KO's) of New York and Junior
Wright (10-0, 9 KO's) of Evanston, Illinois. One of the featured
undercard will be a 6-round Super Featherweight bout that will pit one
of the best female fighter's in the world, Brooklyn's own Amanda "The
Real Deal" Serrano (20-1-1, 15 KO's) and Belinda "Brown Sugar"
Laracuente (26-28-3, 9 KO's).
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Three wins for Taylor in Cork and
Dungarvan makes it 143 wins from 150 fights since 2002
by Michael O'Neill
(additional reporting IABA.ie)
May 5, 2014 |
(MAY 5) ) Ireland's Katie Taylor overcame the challenge of
Carol Stream,Ill based, Kristin Carlson to record her third win in three
days, this time in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford on Saturday night with a
unanimous 3-0 judges verdict...Full
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Boxing Action Worldwide on the
Weekend
by Sue TL Fox
May 5, 2014 |
(MAY 5) It looks like we will have quite a bit boxing action on
Saturday, May
10, 2014. WBAN has listed quite a few bouts according to
Boxrec and other sources. First off, in Whitehall, New York card, Ronica
Jeffrey, 13-0-0 (1KO), Brooklyn, New York, is scheduled to fight Carla
Torres, 3-2-0, Cleveland, Ohio. The bout is reportedly to be for
the vacant WIBA Featherweight title. This will be a rematch for
the two, whereas Jeffrey defeated Torres by a four-round unanimous..Full
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Melanie Zwecker to fight Grecia Nova
for WBF Title
May 4, 2014 |
(MAY
4) With the vacant WBF
International Women's Featherweight title on the line, German
Melanie Zwecker will fight Grecia Nova on Saturday May
10 at the Pfinzhalle in Russheim, Germany. Zwecker, 30, 5-0 (2) from
Karlsruhe, only twenty kilometers from Russheim. In
preparation..Full
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May 2014 WBAN World Rankings!
May 2, 2014 |
(MAY 2)
Dee Williams has just posted the WBAN computerized
World ratings for May 2014. This system is based on Dee's computerized rankings, and they are
independent ratings. You can see our top #1's in the sport---which
is NO easy task with WBAN! Congrats to all our top ten in the sport. To check out the latest rankings,
Go Here!
