The mission of the WBAN
Resource Team is to provide an online educational source for the active,
inactive, retired boxers in the sport, and all others in the boxing
community that are involved in boxing. Our goal is to have our
Team, that are listed in their given field share their knowledge, and be able to answer
questions and provide on online source for those needing information or
help. The WBAN Resource Team will also provide
comprehensive and authoritative information with online articles, video
training tips, and a variety of related resources. The segment was
created by WBAN's Sue TL Fox. [More about us]
3rd Annual Ventura County
“Battle of the Badges”
Source: Press Release -Retired Boxers Foundation
December 5, 2011
(DEC 5)
For the second year in a row, Alex Ramos, Founder and President of the
Retired Boxers Foundation, joined Michael Bradburn of Camarillo Boxing
and Fitness Center to help out at the 3rd Annual Ventura County “Battle
of the Badges.” Mike Bradburn...Full
Story
Who Said Engineers are Boring?
by Anca Neagu (Engineer)
December 5, 2011
(DEC 5)
I started training in 1999 (two years after obtaining my Master’s in
Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin) and competed
in boxing between 2000 and 2005. During this time, I won the San Antonio
golden gloves three times, won 2 silver medals (one at USA Nationals,
one at Pal Nationals), and 2 bronze medals (USA Nationals). I competed
on the US National Team in 2000...Full
Story
Watch out for the ‘mitt men’
by Mischa Merz
WBAN Resource Team Member
November 22, 2011
A pair of focus mitts do not instantly make someone a boxing trainer.
But it’s very easy for the untrained eye to think so. Pads are all about
sound and movement, that’s why they are used in open training sessions
and any TV piece on boxing. Wow, that sounds good, that guy hits hard.
But is it, to paraphrase Shakespeare, just a lot of sound and fury
signify nothing? Full Story
Ann-Marie Saccurato - WBAN
Resource Team Member - Boxing Tips #3 (NOV 12) Saccurato has a strength/conditioning coach certification for combat
athletes, and also certified under the National Strength and Conditioning
Association. She is not only a multi-world boxing champion, but she is
superb trainer that will take anyone to task in the gym. Saccurato's
education is in sports science in terms of performance training and
strength/conditioning that are the most n...More
with VIDEO BOXING TIPS
Sugar Ray Leonard Mainliner at PAL
Boxing Event
Story by Sue TL Fox
Footage/Photos/WBAN
October 9, 2011
(OCT 9) While nine amateur and
professional boxing bouts provided action inside the ring, the
main event, Saturday night, at the Clark County Events Center in
Ridgefield Washington, on the outskirts of Vancouver, was the
appearance of three time world champion Sugar Ray Leonard. The
event was a PAL fundraiser sponsored by the City of Vancouver
Police Department.
Full Story
Educate don’t be at risk
by Bonnie Canino /
WBAN Resource Team Member
October 9, 2011
Education will make you smarter. It will give you
the knowledge and the answer. Then it’s up to you to put it in play and get the
experience you need. In this case I am speaking about being a smart boxer,
fighter, coach, and trainer. Sharing my knowledge, my explanation about it with
the experiences I have seen in my 32 year career. Full Story
Ann-Marie Saccurato - WBAN
Resource Team Member - Boxing Tips #2 (OCT 7) Saccurato has a strength/conditioning coach certification for combat
athletes, and also certified under the National Strength and Conditioning
Association. She is not only a multi-world boxing champion, but she is
superb trainer that will take anyone to task in the gym. Saccurato's
education is in sports science in terms of performance training and
strength/conditioning that are the most n...More
with VIDEO BOXING TIPS
WBAN Resource Team Member: Alex Ramos featured in video
on Brazilian TV Network September 21, 2011 (SEPT 21) Earlier this week
Brazilian TV Network featured a boxing story, that had part of the feature with
Alex "The Bronx Bomber" Ramos. The video is in Spanish, which Ramos is fluent in
that language. The Brazilian network, that is based in Mexico, Guadalajara, sent
a TV crew to California to do the interview in a local gym. The network is the
second free-to-air TV Network in Brazil. At this time, they reach
Full Video
Ann-Marie Saccurato - WBAN
Resource Team Member - Boxing Tips #1 Saccurato has a strength/conditioning coach certification for combat
athletes, and also certified under the National Strength and Conditioning
Association. She is not only a multi-world boxing champion, but she is
superb trainer that will take anyone to task in the gym. Saccurato's
education is in sports science in terms of performance training and
strength/conditioning that are the most needed in the boxing world. As a WBAN
Resource Team member, she will be providing video tips...More
with VIDEO BOXING TIPS
WBAN is set to have a FUNDRAISER for
the Retired Boxers of the Sport
by Sue TL Fox
August 15, 2011
(AUG 15) This
year the sport of women's boxing is set to see one of the biggest
women's boxing fights in the history of the sport when Anne Sophie
Mathis of France, fights Holly Holm on...Full
Story. .
Alex Ramos: One Last Fight
WBAN Resource Team Member Story
by Bernie McCoy
August 15, 2011
(AUG 15)
Calling boxing a contact sport is much like calling the atomic bomb
an explosive device. Professional boxing, along with pro football,
easily surpasses the definition of a contact sport; they are both,
simply stated, collision sports. Key differences between boxing and
football are that football players wear quite a bit more equipment
and they are considerably ..Full
Story
Newest Members of the WBAN Resource
Team
by Sue TL Fox
July 27, 2011
(JULY 27) WBAN has just recently
added three new WBAN Resource Team Members. For those of
you who do not know about the newest addition to WBAN, the
WBAN Resource Team is a group
of people in various fields related to the sport. We have
physicians, trainers, people who have put on promotions,
matchmaking, management of boxers, and more. They can answer general
questions to help active . ..Full
Story
USA Boxing Scholarships Available!
by Angel Bovee /
Chair, USAB Athlete Advisory Council
July 15, 2011
(JULY 15) ATHLETES --There
are USA Boxing Scholarships available for athletes attending
college or technical school for this fall. Deadline to apply is
SEPTEMBER 1st!
The USA Boxing scholarship program was created to assist USA
Boxing athletes attending a two or four year collage, a technical
and/or vocational school. The grants are awarded annually based on
an athletes...Full
Details
WBAN’s Top Ten TIPS for Women Boxers!
By Sue TL Fox
Updated July 12, 2011
(original article 2003, 2006)
(JULY 12)
Get Photographs taken! Many times the boxers fight and fail to
get any photographs of their fights. For one, it will be something
you will want later in life after you have stopped boxing. But, it
is also important to have photos on file, for news articles, and for
promo purposes. If you see photographers..Ten
Top Tips
Mischa Merz Joins The WBAN's Resource Team July 12, 2011
(JULY 12) WBAN would
like to announce that we added a new member to our WBAN Resource Team.
Amateur Boxer, Author, Journalist, Mischa Merz, of Australia joins the
team! Check out
our WBAN Resource Team Members
Video: Jerry Hoffman Interviews Christy
Martinon! July 9, 2011
(JULY 9)
Check out this entertaining
interview by Jerry Hoffman, WBAN's Resource Team member, where he
goes one on one with former amateur boxer Christy Martinon! Video
on youtube
Nutrition Pugalistica -
Giving the body what the body needs Part II
by
Amit S.Katz
July 8, 2011
In my first installment we established that the body needs
four things 1.Oxygen 2.Water 3.Fuel and 4.Minerals. I covered the
difficult part of the equation, obtaining a good source of minerals.
So if Water and Oxygen are the easiest part of the equation, then we are
left with Fuel. Full Story
Do Not Stress Over Your Competition In Boxing
By Stan
Popovich -July 3, 2011
Many boxers sometimes get anxious when they go against a tough opponent. They
get nervous on who they are competing with and they get so worked up that
they lose focus on their performance. In the end, they make mistakes and end up
beating themselves up if they do not win. As a result, here is a list of
techniques that a boxer can use to help manage the stress of going against the
competition.
The first step is to learn as
much as you can on your opponent. Although this may seem obvious, some athletes
may think they already ...Full
Story
Concussions: Latest Topic on WBAN Resource
Team Website -By Sue TL Fox
June 29, 2011
Resource: Boxers Interested in a
career in boxing--read firsthand experience of Sugar Ray
Leonard!
(JUNE 28) We have received a press
release that there will be a book signing by Sugar Ray Leonard, on June
30, 2011 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., at Village Books, in the Pacific
Palisades. Leonard's book, "The Big Fight---My Life in and Out of the
Ring
Full Story
Top-Notch
Boxing Trainer: Freddie Roach -
Roach ready to work with USA Women’s
team
By Raquel Ruiz
(JUNE 27)The 2011 National Championships
came to an end with three new women national champions in the Olympic weight
classes, and Freddie Roach said he is ready to work with them during the
summer..Full
Story
Book:
Unclaimed Destiny "The Heart of a Champion" by Rusty Roseberger
June 27, 2011
(JUNE 27) In “Heart of a Champion,” boxer Rusty
Rosenberger tells his story of how he was cheated out of the World Title by his
manager Lou Duva. In 1979, Rusty had already become the New Jersey Middleweight
Boxing Champion. He was well on the road to his goal of the World Title when his
manager encouraged him to rapidly lose weight and then take some pills right
before the title bou..Full
Story
Blunt trauma and sudden death in young
athletes
By
Dr. David Geier
June 25, 2011
(JUNE 25) I have written recently about deaths in youth sports related to cardiovascular
events and commotio cordis. But there is another large cause of sudden death in
sports that is important to discuss, and that is sports-related death due to
blunt trauma. Full Story
Chevelle
Hallback Announces “Fists of Steel Boxing Academy”
by Amy Greene
(JUNE 20) IFBA and WBAN
Independent champion Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback is opening her own
boxing gym. The grand opening of “Fists of Steel Boxing Academy” is scheduled
for Friday, June 24 from 5:30-8:30 PM, in Tampa Bay, Florida at 3020 “B” W.
Kennedy Ave. The official opening date is July 5. “It's going to be a great
evening,” Chevelle said, Full Story
Contamination of athletic mouthguards
By Dr. David
Geier
(JUNE 9) Athletic mouthguards or
mouthpieces are critical pieces of equipment in contact sports like football,
hockey, and boxing. The American Dental Association recommends them for all
contact sports. But despite the fact that mouthguards are important protective
equipment in these sports, athletes often pay little attention to their care and
sanitation. A new study published in the May-June 2011 edition of Sports Health
sheds light on the microorganisms that can contaminate protective mouthguards.
Full Story
Boxing stars meet and greet
Source/Ricardo Condo
(JUNE 7) The newly opened Extreme Boxing Gym will
be having it’s Grand Opening and will also be hosting a boxing meet and greet
this Saturday June 11th from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm. The event will include an
amateur boxing exhibition, an autograph signing session so fans can have an
opportunity to take pictures with boxing superstars and get autographs, a car
show, food, live music, a children’s play area, and everyone in attendance..Full
Details
(June 1, 2011)
I have been training now in boxing for well over 25 years,
that ranged from boxing clients who wanted to get in optimum condition, to
amateur and pro boxers. As an owner of my own gym, the Old School
Boxing, located in Atlanta, Georgia, I have learned throughout the
years of working the mitts, that there is a definite art to holding the mitts:
Communication, body language, wording of combos ..Full Story
Tony's Corner: Fitness Tip of the Month
by Tony
Rumanes
(MAY 28, 2011)
WBAN Resource Team member, Tony Rumanes, gives a monthly
fitness tip, on his "Tony's Corner" Segment. He wrote the following:
ti . Do not overcook your carbohydrates, sweet potatoes, oatmeal, etc.., the
carbohydrate can turn from a low glycemic carb, to a high glycemic carb, which
the body utilizes like sugar. This will spike your insulin levels and cause a
storage of fat...Full Story
Nutrition Pugalistica -The Basics: Giving the body what the body needs
by
Amit S.Katz
(MAY 28, 2011)
All living beings, from a single cell organism
through to humans, require 4 basic substances in order to live, and they
are;
1.Oxygen;
2.Water;
3.Fuel;
4.Minerals - The first three are pretty easy for humans to obtain from
even the most negligent of lifestyle, you have merely to breathe, drink a glass
of...Full Story
Speedbag Video
Added of female Amateur Boxer
(MAY 26) We just added a new Speedbag video
of a young female amateur boxer "Rhi" who is preparing to fight in her first
amateur fight.
Video
of Rhi on Speedbag
New Members Added to
the WBAN Resource Team-by Sue TL Fox - May
25, 2011
(MAY 25) We have just added one new Physician,
C. David Geier, Jr., M.D., Director, MUSC Sports Medicine,
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Geier is very active online with
athletics who are need of contacting him. We will have some of his
articles on the WBAN Resource Team website, and will link many of his valuable
resources directly to his website. We have also added multi-world boxing
champions Bonnie Canino, and Sumya Anani. Both have their
unique training and fitness tips and advice. Check
out the latest on our Team, go here!
Latest News: WBAN Resource
Team
by Sue TL Fox -May 21, 2011
(MAY 21, 2011) I am in the process of developing an extensive Resource
Team for WBAN, where women boxers can utilize many of the
resources in regards to training, boxing, health, fitness,
performance training, contract, and management issues, and more.
Currently I have Fitness/Trainer Tony Rumanes on board,
Multi-world champion, Ann Marie Saccurato who will do video training
and performance tips (she is absolutely fantastic with her knowledge
in this field); am working with getting one or two physicians on
board; Lifestyles ..Full
Story
All-Women's Boxing Camp held in
Coachella Flash Photo Slideshow
May 21, 2011 -Photos:
Sue TL Fox
(MAY 21)The Bad Girls Boxing Camp held
their one-week boxing camp that began on May 16th. Lori Steinhorst of the BGB, had several amateur and pro female
boxers attending the week long camp...Full
Story
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