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The "Best" , The "Coolest"
in the sport in 2022! |
Another year has
gone by and it is time to have the "Hot" Picks
for 2022!
WBAN has
elected to list more than one boxer in certain categories to give our due
respect for those fighters who have worked hard throughout the year to
qualify for that top pick!
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Claressa Shields
13-0-0 (2KO) |
Fighter of the
year
For 2022
Claressa "T-Rex" Shields
Flint, Michigan, USA
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Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, 13-0-0
(2KO) continues to be a major force in the sport from amateurs
to fighting as a pro. She has continued to be undefeated,
fighting in three different weight classes, and earning multiple
world titles in the sport. |
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Katie Taylor
22-0-0 (6KO)
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European Fighter
of the Year - 2022
Katie Taylor
Bray, Ireland
Katie Taylor
of Ireland , along with Amanda Serrano made a major impact in the
sport when they fought in a non-stop action bout wold out crowd at
the Madison Square Garden, in New York. |
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Best-Kept Secret of
Fighter 2022
Ebanie Bridges
New South Wales, Australia |
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5' 1" bantamweight Ebanie "Blonde Bomber"
Bridges, now 9-1-0 (4KO), of New South Wales, Australia is
quickly gaining momentum in 2022, when she had one of her best
fights so far, TKO'ing Shannon O'Connell in the eighth rounds.
Each fight Bridges just keeps getting better and better, and
when she stopped O'Connell she successfully defended her IBF
Bantamweight World title belt in the ten-round scheduled bout.
She is a fighter to keep your eye on! |
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Layla McCarter |
Most Inspirational of the Year
2022
Layla "Amazing"
McCarter |
| If you met this
fighter, eight-time world champion Layla
"Amazing" McCarter, 45,-13-5 (11KO) on the
street, you would never know all of the
accomplishments she has made in the sport.
She is not only one of the top female boxers in
the sport today, but she also pays her dues
outside the ring, supporting other fighters, and
more....She absolutely fits her ringname of
being totally "Amazing!". |
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Hottest Female Rising
Star(s) in 2022
Nina Hughes
5-0-0 (2KO)
Billericay, Essex, United Kingdom
Gabriela Fundora
9-0-0 (4KO)
Coachella, California, USA
Alycia Baumgardner
"The Bomb"
13-1-0 (7KO)
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Nina Hughes stayed very busy in 2022
fighting four times. In December of 2022, she was up
against Jamie Mitchell, where many assumed that the reigning WBA
Bantamweight world champion would more than likely easily defend
her title, against the 4-0-0 Hughes, but that night, Hughes won
the fight by a ten round unanimous decision and became the world
champion raising her record to 5-0-0.
Gabriela Fundora had five fights in 2022, winning all
five (with two by TKO). In 2021, she had five fights
with one that resulted into a nc. Fundora has also fought
many times out of venue with many of her fights thus far.
In her last fight in 2022, she won the WBC Latino Flyweight
title that was vacant against Naomi Arellano Reyes.
Alycia Baumgardner, 13-1-0 (7KO), is a
fighter to be reckoned with! She delivered Mikaela Mayer's first
professional loss winning a split decision and winning the IBF,
IBO, WBC, and WBO Super Featherweight titles. She stopped Terri
Harper in the fourth round of a ten-round scheduled world title
bout for the IBO and WBC Super Featherweight titles, and she
continues to plow her way, staying at the top of her game in the
sport! |
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Biggest Fights in the
Year 2022 (tied)
Katie Taylor -Amanda
Serrano
Madison Square Garden
New York (sold out)
Claressa Shields vs.
Savannah Marshall
The O2 Arena, London
(sold out) All-female card |
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2022 WBAN Fighters
of the Month
Special Mention!
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Marlen Esparza /Jan
Gabriela Fundora/Feb
Clarissa Shields/Mar
Ebanie Bridges/Apr
Taylor -Serrano /May
Delfine Persoon/June |
Jessica McCaskill /July
Evelin Bermudez/Aug
Marlen Esparza/Sept
Amanda Serrano/Oct
Clarissa Shields/Nov
Seniesa Estrada/Dec |
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| WBAN would like to give a
special mention to the female boxers who were our top picks
throughout the year of 2022, as our "Fighters of the Month".
When you consider all the many fights that go on each month with
the high amount of professional female boxers on the scene, it
is very difficult to be picked as a "Fighter of the month".
Congrats to each of these female boxers who was WBAN's
top picks for each month! |
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Top Amateurs in 2022
Special Mention!
Busenaz Cakiroglu (Turkey)
Irma Testa (Italy)
Amy Broadhurst (Ireland)
(current World Champion) 64kg
Kellie Harrington (Ireland) - the reigning Olympic champion
at 60kg
Nikhat Zareen from India/
Alyssa Mendoza USAYouth Champion
Yoseline Perez of the United States
Lisa O'Rourke (Ireland) World Champion
Aoife O'Rourke (Ireland) European Champion
Rashida Ellis (USA) World Champion
Tammara Thibeault (Canada) |
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Check out some of the
Top "Cool" Stories
on WBAN and in the Sport in
2022!
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Team USA earns three bronze medals at
2022 Youth World Championships, Perez advances to championship bout
Source: PR/Bob Trieger
November 24, 2022
Photo Credit: USA Boxing
*sent in with Press Release |
(NOV 24) LA NUCIA, Spain -- Team USA had a mixed day on
November 23rd, of results during the semifinals of the 2022
Youth World Championships, with three boxers earning bronze medals
and advancing one to this weekend’s finals in La Nucia, Spain.
Full Story
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The International Women's Boxing Hall
Of Fame 2022 Weekend!
by Girls Just Wanna Box
Source: Press Release
November 5, 2022 |
(NOV 5) On Saturday, October 22nd was a special night and BIG weekend for
Girls Just Wanna Box [GJWB] as the FIRST Gold Sponsor for the 9th
International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHOF) 2022. This
SOLD OUT event took place at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Full Story
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Press Release: Ziggurat Video
Game Systems: Boxing Manager 2
October 27, 2022 |
(OCT 27) It’s time for another session of “Rulers of the
Ring,” courtesy of Ziggurat Interactive and their upcoming sports
management simulation for PC and consoles, World Championship Boxing
Manager 2. In today’s fighter showcase, they’re introducing you to
Sue “Tiger Lily” Fox, one of the dominant female figures of the
Press
Release on Fox on Video Game - Boxing Manager 2
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2022: The year that Continues to
change Women's Boxing
October 13, 2022 |
When Katie Taylor first started
boxing, she had to do it under the guise of the name Kay due to
the fact that boxing was illegal for women in Ireland. That’s
right, Taylor had to pretend to be a boy in order to follow her
dream. Incredibly, two decades after the days when the Irish
boxer had to duck and dive the authorities in order to get into
the ring, Taylor headlined the biggest night in women’s boxing
when she fought Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden in April
of this year.
Full
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Pioneer Female Boxers will not be
forgotten…Celebration in Order to Give Honor to these fighters!
by Sue TL Fox
October 1, 2022 |
(OCT 1) Pioneer boxers
will not be forgotten….We have a special segment at the
International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
event this year on October 22nd, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a segment on "Special Awards" to pay tribute
to our past sister’s who are some of the true “footprints”
of what the sport is today.
Full Story
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Ramla Ali Makes A History-First by
fighting a Pro bout in Saudi Arabia
by Sue TL Fox
August 25, 2022 |
(AUGUST 25) 5'7" Super Bantamweight Ramla Ali born in
Mogadishu, Somalia, recently made a history-first along with her
opponent Crystal Garcia Nova, when they fought at the Jeddah
Superdome, in Saudi Arabia in a scheduled eight-round bout.
The fight did not last too long when in the first round (1:05) Ramla
won by a KO.
Full Story
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Another “History First” added to the
International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame October 22, in Las Vegas!
Source: IWBHF Press Release
January 30, 2022 |
(JAN 30) LAS VEGAS, NV – Our upcoming International Women’s Boxing
Hall of Fame event which is the premier celebratory event in Women’s
boxing, is excited to announce that we have a unique “History First”
that takes place on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at the Orleans Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Full
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Good Move for Matchroom--they sign
WBAN's 2021 Yearly awarded "Best-Kept Secret" Boxer Alycia
Baumgardner
Source: PR
January 5, 2022 |
(JAN. 5, 2022) Good news to hear that Matchroom Boxing has signed
WBAN's 2021 "Best Kept Secret" yearly awarded' Alycia Baumgardner to
a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. The
following press release said the following: Baumgardner (11-1 7
KOs) burst onto the World scene with a stunning KO win over Terri Harper
in Sheffield, England in November, ripping the WBC and IBO World
Super-Featherweight titles from the Doncaster star in the fourth round
of her first World title fight.
Full Story
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IWBHF 2022 Inductees! Hannah Fox vs.
Fredia Gibbs first Vegas Fight WBAN ever covered!
by Sue TL Fox
Copyrighted photos:
Mary Ann Owen
January 16, 2022 |
(JAN 16) This will truly be the most surreal part of the
upcoming International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony event that takes place on
Saturday,
October 22, 2022, at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas,
Nevada! Here is a little trivia for the boxing folks that have
followed WBAN for many years on the net---over 23 years now, believe it
or not! Many have asked or wondered, WHY did I choose the
ORLEANS HOTEL & CASINO, in LAS VEGAS, NEVADA as our International
Women's Boxing Hall of Fame event, that we are holding annually.
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The International Women's Boxing Hall
of Fame Inducts first-ever former Boxing Commissioner
by Bernie McCoy
February 22, 2022 |
(FEB 22) The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF)
inductees skew heavily, in number, toward the retired boxers upon whom
the sport has made it’s often arduous climb to it’s rightful place in
the spectrum of professional sports. That circumstance is entirely as it
should be, for without these athletes, their finely developed skill in
the ring and their indomitable struggle for rightful recognition outside
the ropes, Women’s boxing might still be a second rate attraction,
drawing sideshow attention for many of the wrong reasons.
Full Story
(AUGUST 21, 2022) Yes, I understand folks that we at times want
to bury the true history of the sport---especially when "today's"
promoters want so badly to claim a "History-first". Please for
those doing that, don't erase the blood, sweat, and tears of those
before today's boxers.
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2022 New Zealand Boxing Awards
by Benjamin Watt
December 11, 2022 |
(DEC 11) We are in the fourth year of the New Zealand boxing
awards this year and for the third time, we have a female boxer for
Boxer of the year. This year has been a fantastic year for Boxing
after the Covid Pandemic. Most
entertaining boxer of the year
Mea Motu - For three years in a row, the award would go
to her stablemate Andrei Mikhailovich. However this year Mea Motu
takes the award for multiple reasons including...Full
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Laura Serrano, Alicia Ashley and
JoAnn Hagen Set to be inducted into the IBHOF
Source: PR
December 7, 2023 |
(DEC 7) The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum
announced today the members of the Class of 2023. Living inductees
include champions Timothy Bradley Jr. (USA), Carl Froch (UK) and
Rafael Marquez (Mexico) in the men’s ...
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Ring 8 paid tribute to “women of
boxing”, at the 35th Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony
Copyrighted Photo Credits:
Peter Frutkoff
Special Recognition:
V.B.A. Ring 8 / Bob Duffy
December 13, 2022 |
On December 11, 2022, Ring 8 paid tribute to “women of boxing”,
at the 35th Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony, highlighted by
celebrated honorees Christy Martin and Katie Taylor, at the Russ’s
On The Bay in Howard, Beach New York. A huge thank you for Peter Frutkoff, photographer of all the photos on this article, and
V.B.A. Ring 8 and Bob Duffy!
Full Story
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WBAN is looking forward to seeing
women's boxing continue to grow in popularity as we have
seen in 2022---let's see us "Rock" in the sport
in 2023!
Sue TL Fox
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