International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame

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 . The Hall of Fame has a peculiar form of selecting candidates in that it allows fans to nominate them.[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

The 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]

Inductees

2014 class

2015 class

2016 class

2017 class


2018 class

Relation to the IBHOF

The International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame has no working relations with the International Boxing Hall of Fame of Canastota, New York.

References

  1. ↑ "Nomination Form". wban.net. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Fenelon, Michelle (11 July 2015). "Women's Boxing Hall of Fame inducts Ali, 7 others". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.iwbhf.com/induction.htm
  4. ↑ "About the IWBHF". wban.net.
  5. ↑ "History-First International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame 2014 Inaugural Induction Ceremony". iwbhf.com.
  6. ↑ Connor Ruebusch. "International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame inducts historic first class". Bad Left Hook.
  7. ↑ THOMAS DIERENGA. "Auf Max Schmelings Spuren: Regina Halmich zieht in die "Ruhmeshalle" des Boxens ein". BILD.de.
  8. ↑ "International Women's Boxing HOF Announces 2015 Inductees". fightnetwork.com.
  9. ↑ http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2016-1/news013016inductees-2016-announced.htm
  10. ↑ http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2017/news010917-2017-iwbhf-inductees.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.iwbhf.com/news03-05-18-press-release-iwbhf.htm

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