The International
Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Announces the 2015 Inductees!
(DEC 1) The International
Women's Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF)
has announced eight women who have been voted into the 2015
class. The group includes six boxers from the modern era of
female boxing (1990-2010), one pioneer female fighter of the
1950s and a ring official who trail-blazed past the gender
barriers in the field of refereeing.
The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF)
has announced eight women who have been voted into the 2015
class. The group includes six boxers from the modern era of
female boxing (1990-2010), one pioneer female fighter of the
1950s and a ring official who trail-blazed past the gender
barriers in the field of refereeing.
The IWBHF induction will be held on July 11, 2015,
Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale,
FL.,
The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF)
has announced eight women who have been voted into the 2015
class. The group includes six boxers from the modern era of
female boxing (1990-2010), one pioneer female fighter of the
1950s and a ring official who trail-blazed past the gender
barriers in the field of refereeing.
The IWBHF induction will be held
in
Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Hotel in
Ft. Lauderdale, FL., Schedule of Event:
2:15 - 4:00 p.m.: Meet and Greet (with a Cash Bar) including the photograph and
autograph session with inductees / celebrities present. We will have available
for purchase IWBHF Official posters, IWBHF Official programs, 2015 IWBHF
T-shirts, Everlast Gloves for autograph purposes;
4:00 - 6:30 p.m.: IWBHF Induction Ceremony. There will be a plated dinner for
guests.
The event will be world-wide live webcasted, with host Jake Gutierrez of
Las Vegas, Nevada, who has appeared on appearing on HBO, Showtime, ESPN, BBC, TSN, Telemundo, Univision, and various Pay Per View and Satellite Networks;
7:00 p.m.: The Finals of the Women's National Golden Gloves 2015 - Guests will
see many of our top rated USA amateur female boxers fighting in the finals at
this time.
The eight honorees include:Laura
Serrano of Mexico, whose
18 year, 25 bout career included wins over Chevelle Hallbeck and
Kelsey Jeffries along with her debut bout, in 1994, against
Christy Martin, adjudged a draw but a bout many ringsiders
considered a win for Serrano;
Dierdre Gogarty
of Ireland who compiled a 16-5-2 record over a seven year career
and was a participant in what is often considered the first
"major" female bout, a six round loss to Christy Martin in Las
Vegas in 1996; Jeannine Garside,
a hard punching Canadian, who compiled a 10-3-1 record, capping
her six year career with a 2010 win over Ina Menzer for the WBC
featherweight title.
The five Americans being honored are:
Laila Ali, who carried
a revered name into the sport of female boxing and lived up to
that name with a record of 24 wins without a loss, including 21
KOs; Terri Moss
who had 18 bouts during a busy five year career and, following
her retirement, has stayed involved in the sport outside the
ring as a highly regarded trainer, the force behind one of the
most successful "white collar" boxing programs in the country in
Atlanta and as a documentary film maker and author effectively
depicting and advocating for the sport of Women's boxing;
Ann Wolfe
a hard punching middleweight who has surely set the sport's
record for You Tube views of her spectacular one punch KO of
Vonda Ward. In an eight year career, Wolfe, ranked close behind
Lalia Ali in the middleweight ranks, put up a record of 24 wins,
one loss, generating 16 KOs. Following her retirement, Wolfe has
had a successful managing career most notably guiding
middleweight James Kirkland;
Sparkle Lee (non boxer
category) progressed from refereeing in the amateur ranks to
become the first female referee appointed to the NY State
Athletic Commission where she has been arbiter in several world
championship bouts; Phyliss Kugler
(posthumous pioneer boxer category) compiled a reported 55-1
record during the 1950s, her lone loss coming against Barbara
Buttrick in a return bout following a four round draw with
Buttrick, last July's IWBHF pioneer boxer inductee.
The 2015 inductees will bring to fifteen the number of honorees
inducted into the IWBHF in the initial two years and this July's
ceremony is expected to generate the same type of fan and media
excitement and exposure that the initial event engendered. The
IWBHF induction ceremony is a signal event that serves to raise
the awareness of the sport of Women's boxing by honoring those
individuals who have significantly contributed to the sport and
who, in many cases, continue to be active in support, advocacy
and growth of the sport.
Sue Fox. founder of WBAN, the "Internet site of record for
Women's boxing," and the prime mover behind the concept,
creation and implementation of the IWBHF, looks forward to July
11: "I'm thrilled to have our 2015 Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony in conjunction with the National Women's Golden Gloves
in Ft. Lauderdale, FL., again this year. The opportunity to
locate the ceremony where there will be so many associated with
the sport at one event will prove a very fitting way to honor
our 2015 IWBHF inductees."
