Women Boxing Archive Network (also known as WBAN) is an American-based women's boxing website. The website reports women's boxing news, archives women's boxing history, publishes women's boxing results, creates their own women's boxing world ranking and profiles women boxers. The website was founded and is owned by former professional boxer (ranked number 1 in the world in 1979) Sue Fox; it began in May 1998.[1]
Type of site | Women's boxing, Sports |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Sue Fox |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | yes |
| Launched | 19 May 1998 |
| Current status | Active |
History
editIn 2013, WBAN started planning for the inaugural International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame.[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] The first induction took place in 2014 and since then it has occurred annually.[4]
WBAN World Champions
editSimilar to the magazine The Ring, WBAN has created their own lineal world champions. It was designed to recognize the "best of the best" of boxing championship title holders. WBAN does not act as a sanctioning body, or has sanctioning fees. The only thing that is paid by the promoter is the belt to be made.[5] WBAN uses BoxRec as their preferred rankings website, as the belt is only contested between boxers that are ranked 1st and 2nd. The title was first contested on June 13, 2008, on a televised PPV Event called "Finally", in Isleta Casino, Albuquerque, New Mexico between Holly Holm and Mary Jo Sanders.[6] Holms took the title home with a 10-round Unanimous Decision win.[7]
Current WBAN world champions
edit- As of 29, September 2019
| Weight class | Champion | Date won |
|---|---|---|
| Super bantamweight |  Amanda Serrano (Puerto Rico)
|
September 14th, 2019 |
| Featherweight | Amanda Serrano (Puerto Rico)
|
January 14th, 2017 |
| Super featherweight |  Diana Prazak (AUS)
|
June 14th, 2013 |
| Lightweight |  Chevelle Hallback (USA)
|
June 13th, 2008 |
| Super Lightweight | Holly Holm (USA)
|
December 3rd, 2010 |
| Welterweight | Holly Holm (USA)
|
June 15th, 2012 |
| Super Welterweight | Holly Holm (USA)
|
June 13th, 2008 |
| Super middleweight | Claressa Shields (USA)
|
January 13, 2018 |
List of WBAN world champions
edit| Number | Champion | Reign | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amanda Serrano
|
January 14th, 2017 |
| Number | Champion | Reign | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amanda Serrano
|
September 14th, 2019 | [8] |
| Number | Champion | Reign | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diana Prazak
|
June 14th, 2013 | [9] |
| Number | Champion | Reign | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevelle Hallback
|
June 13th, 2008 | [10] |
| Number | Champion | Reign | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Myriam Lamare
|
October 10th, 2009 | |
| 2 | Holly Holm
|
December 3rd, 2010 | [11] |
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Sophie Mathis
|
December 2nd, 2011 |
| 2 | Holly Holm
|
June 15th, 2012 |
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly Holm
|
June 13th, 2008 |
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claressa Shields
|
January 13, 2018 |
References
edit- ^ "About WBAN...The Grass Roots of Women Boxing Archive Network". Women Boxing. 1999-05-09. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "About Us". IWBHOF. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "induction". IWBHOF. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame inducts historic first class". Bad Left Hook. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "About Women Boxing Archive Network (WBAN) championship belts". WBAN. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Holly Holm-Mary Jo Sanders Clash on June 13". Boxing Scene. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "WBAN Update: Check out these Top Boxing Champions who have fought for the Prestigious WBAN belt - Past and Present". WBAN. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Amanda Serrano Wins Second WBAN World Title Belt with history-first the belt fought for at the Madison Square Garden". Women Boxing. 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Female boxer Frida Wallberg hospitalized following brutal KO loss to Diana Prazak". Blood Yellow. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "History First for Women's Boxing". Bleacher Report. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Quotes from the Pound for Pound Queen Holly Holm". Pro Boxing Fans. 2011-08-04. Retrieved 2019-09-28.