(OCT 15) WBAN can see the progress that women’s boxing has made since 1998 when first being published on the Internet….BUT WBAN has listed its Top 10  “Pet Peeves” that continues to raise its ugly head in the sport!
 

	(This was written in May of 2003) Television Networks that continue to discriminate against women boxers.  Top on WBAN’s hit list is HBO, and Showtime.  These networks can give all of the excuses they care to about the "reasons" of why they do not put women on their televised segment on their cards----BUT in the opinion of  WBAN it is no more than a sleazy disguise for DISCRIMINATION. Update as of October 2006:  We now have Laila Ali who will fight a world title fight against Shelley Burton on an HBO card in November of 2006, and still they will NOT be televised, and yet there is a ton of hype about Ali.
	(This was written in May of 2003) Promoters continuing to find “soft” opponents for “their” fighters, and ignoring the fact that boxing fans pay good money to see a competitive match----not to see a superior opponent have a walk-through with an inept opponent. Update as of October 2006:  This practice has NOT stopped. We are still seeing very poorly matched bouts, that are not in the least competitive.
	(2003) Fighters that ARE the best not getting opportunities---especially on television.  AND seeing these boxers retire out of frustration. Update as of October 2006:  No change.
	(2003) Fighters ducking fighters….and getting away with ducking and being able to fight lamer than lame opponents---AND defrauding the public by phoney hype, etc. that they are the best in the sport, which in many cases is far from the truth. Update as of October 2006:  No change. A few examples of this is: We have YET to see Laila Ali fight Ann Wolfe, we never got to see Christy Martin fight Lucia Rijker, Sumya Anani fight Rijker (although now Anani has been stopped twice by Terri Blair, it is probably not a lot of interest in it.) When some fighters are offered some good fights, they turn them down, with so many lame excuses, we can't keep track of them.
	(2003) Promoters offering fights to women, just to cancel their events, or not fulfill their offer to that particular boxer. Update as of October 2006: We are also seeing boxers take fights, just to cancel out with short notice.
	(2003) Hometown decisions.  Making it nearly impossible many times  for a boxer from another area to win a fight without a knockout, and is lucky to get a way with a draw when they clearly won. Update as of October 2006: NO CHANGE in 2006. These decisions continue to be as controversial as usual.
	Low purses for women boxers, especially for high-profile fights, including world title fights.
	Legal binding contracts not being worth the paper they are written on for women boxers.
	Boxers and Boxers teams who declare to news media sources that “No one will fight them” and in reality, they are the very ones ducking competent competition, but they continue to buffalo the public.
	(2003) World Champions/former world champions and or top world contenders, fighting boxers that do not have even one win on their record.  Update as of October 2006:  No change, and the unbelievable lack of disgrace that some of these world champions have when fighting inexperienced boxers!  (Although there are SOME women boxers who have earned their world belts in the first place by taking on inferior opponents. They may think they are fooling the public with their "World Title Belts" but WBAN does know who the REAL Champions are.