by Michael O’Neill – September 18, 2013 (SEPT 18) Ireland’s eleven strong team leave tonight for the Black Sea resort of Albena in North Eastern Bulgaria and the 2013 AIBA World Youth and Junior Championships, September 22nd/29th. Five of the Irish squad are from Mayo– Jacqui Lynch, Golden Gloves BC, Grainne Gavin, Castlebar BC, Ciara
Since the much-anticipated launching of Iron Mike Productions last month, Hall of Famer and living legend “Iron” Mike Tyson has had a string of major media appearances, granting interviews to Fox Sports Live, Extra, the Today Show, and Conan O’Brien, where he spoke about his upcoming show, “Being Mike Tyson,” as well as the current
(SEPT 18, 2013) It is with great sadness that we learned that Heavyweight Boxing Chmapion Ken Norton died today in a hospital in Arizona. Norton even in the 1970’s was supportive of women’s boxing. He saw Lavonne Ludian and Sue TL Fox fight in the late 1970’s. He was also friends with Clint Eastwood, and we have
by Sue TL Fox- September 17, 2013 Huge Flash Photo Slideshow (SEPT 17) Last Friday at the Mayweather Boxing Gym, in Las Vegas, Nevada, I had the pleasure of being able to attend the “Mayweather Experience”——that could have easily been described more like the “Fantastic Experience!” The event was geared for boxing fans, upcoming boxers,
by Ava Knight/IBF/WBC World Champion- September 16, 2013 (SEPT 16) Walking through the crowd with three belts, the WBC Diamond, WBC Silver World, and the IBF World, a crowd of people swarm to take pictures. Interview after interview of those people who follow boxing, and ask about the future of boxing, future fights and United States
by Sue TL Fox – September 16, 2013 (SEPT 16) WBAN has learned this week that the Louisiana Athletic Commission has had an emergency meeting, banning female boxers and MMA fighters from competing in the sport in Louisiana, in a “Sky is falling” approach to women in contact sports–if the female competitor in boxing or MMA
by Mark A. Jones – September 16, 2013 (SEPT 16) On September 13 at the Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island, CES Boxing presented an action packed boxing card titled, “Champion Breed” featuring as the main event, a WIBA welterweight title bout between Tori “Shu Nuff” Nelson, 147, Ashburn, Virginia, and Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes, 145.5,
By Michael O’Neill – September 11, 2013 (SEPT 11) WBAN joins sports fans throughout the World in congratulating newly elected International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on his election yesterda and sincerely hopes he will do everything within his power to ensure that not only female boxers but all ‘women in sport’ will quickly benefit from
by Sue TL Fox – September 10, 2013 (SEPT 10) WBAN has received an official retirement statement from Brazilian multi-world champion Rosilete Dos Santos, who is hanging up the gloves inside the ring—but she assures WBAN that she will be the spokesperson for the fight for more amateur female boxers in the next Olympics. Santos told
Source/WBF Release – September 8, 2013 (SEPT 8) Last night at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbruecken, Germany, the WBF Convention came to a conclusion with a big WBF championship quadruple-header presented by local promoters DOG Eventboxing. In front of a good crowd at the traditional venue, Berlin-based Cameroonian Bernard Donfack captured the vacant WBF International Light Heavyweight title