The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) is a sports hall of fame located in Vancouver, Washington. It is dedicated to women's boxing, and was started by Sue TL Fox and her website Women Boxing Archive Network. The Hall of Fame has a board of 11 members, who vote on nominees who are submitted to the IWBHF by the public.[1] Terri Moss, a 2015 inductee, says that the IWBHF helps show women's accomplishments in the sport.[2] Their primary mission is to "call honorary attention to those professional female boxers (now retired) along with men and women whose contributions to the sport and its athletes, from outside the ring, have been instrumental in growing female boxing."[3]
History
editThe International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame first surged as an idea in 2013, by Sue TL Fox, the Founder and Creator of Women Boxing Archive Network [WBAN]. That year the WBAN, a website dedicated to women's boxing exclusively, announced that steps were being taken to open the Hall of Fame.[4]
The Hall of Fame's first inductee class was announced in April, 2014, and its first induction ceremony took place on July 11, 2014, and was attended by among others, Claressa Shields, women's boxing gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[5]
On July 4, 2021, the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame announced that the event that takes place on August 14, 2021, at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been declared a "Proclamation Day" by the Honorable Carolyn G. Goodman, Mayor of the City of Las Vegas as "Women's Boxing Day." Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman said in the Proclamation Letter, "By virtue of the Authority given to me by the Laws of the State of Nevada and by the Charter of the City of Las Vegas, do hereby Proclaim, AUGUST 14, 2021 as "WOMEN'S BOXING DAY" in the city of Las Vegas and all Residents and Visitors to join me in celebrating the Inductees for the 2020-2021 International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame. We congratulate the women boxers and other inductees for their hard work and dedication to the sport of boxing."
Inductees
edit2014 class
edit- Barbara Buttrick
- Bonnie Canino[6]
- Regina Halmich[7]
- Christy Martin
- Christy Halbert
- Lucia Rijker
- Jo-Ann Hagen
2015 class
edit- Laila Ali
- Jeannine Garside
- Deirdre Gogarty
- Phyllis Kugler
- Sparkle Lee
- Terri Moss
- Laura Serrano
- Ann Wolfe[8]
2016 class
edit- Sumya Anani
- Jane Couch
- Elena Reid
- Ann-Marie Saccurato
- Giselle Salandy
- Marian “Tyger” Trimiar
- Britt Vanbuskirk
- Jackie Kallen[9]
2017 class
edit2018 class
edit- Myriam Lamare
- Belinda Laracuente
- Jessica Rakoczy
- Mary Jo Sanders
- Vonda Ward
- Julie Lederman
- Belle Martell
- Bernie McCoy[11]
2019 class
edit- Carina Moreno
- Wendy Rodriquez
- Bridgett Riley
- Martha Salazar
- Lisa Holewyne
- Terri Cruz
- Melissa Fiorentino
- Pat Emerick
- David Avila
- Stephen Blea
- Blanca Gutierrez
- Patricia Martinez-Pino[12][13]
2020 class
editSource:[14]
Boxers
edit- Sharon Anyos
- Lisa Brown
- Kelsey Jeffries
- Michele Aboro
- Melinda Cooper
- Valerie Mahfood
- Mary Ortega
- Isra Girgrah
- Jaime Clampitt
- Graciela Casillas
Non-boxing category
edit2021 class
editSource:[14]
Boxers
edit- Alicia Ashley
- Kathy Collins
- Gina Guidi
- Bonnie Mann
- Anne Sophie Mathis
- Ina Menzer
- Natascha Ragosina
- Marischa Sjauw
- Dora Webber
- Jo Wyman
Non-boxing category
edit2022 class
editInternational Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Announcement.[15]
Boxers
edit- Eva Jones-Young
- Margaret Sidoroff
- Hannah Fox
- Eliza Olson
- Tori Nelson
- Fredia Gibbs
- Brooke Dierdorff
- Tracy Byrd
- Yvonne Reis
- Delia Gonzalez
- Susi Kentikian
- Cora Webber
Non-boxing category
edit- Tom Gerbasi
- Rose Byrd (Posthumous)
- Jimmy Finn
- Rose Trentman
Relation to the IBHOF
editThe International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame has no working relations with the International Boxing Hall of Fame of Canastota, New York.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Nomination Form". wban.net. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ Fenelon, Michelle (July 11, 2015). "Women's Boxing Hall of Fame inducts Ali, 7 others". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ "IWBHF Induction Requirements".
- ^ "About the IWBHF". wban.net.
- ^ "History-First International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame 2014 Inaugural Induction Ceremony". iwbhf.com.
- ^ Connor Ruebusch (April 29, 2014). "International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame inducts historic first class". Bad Left Hook.
- ^ THOMAS DIERENGA (July 11, 2014). "Auf Max Schmelings Spuren: Regina Halmich zieht in die "Ruhmeshalle" des Boxens ein". BILD.de.
- ^ "International Women's Boxing HOF Announces 2015 Inductees". fightnetwork.com.
- ^ "Latest News Story on WBAN".
- ^ "Latest News Story on WBAN".
- ^ "Latest News on the IWBHF".
- ^ Fox, Sue TL (September 6, 2019). "The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Held in Brisbane, California". Women Boxing. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ Toro, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Class Of 2019 Announced". Fightful. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Announces 2021 IWBHF Inductees". World Boxing Council. April 28, 2021.
- ^ "The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Announces our 2022 Inductees as the largest class since it's [sic] inception!". womenboxing.com. November 12, 2021.