International Females Boxers Association

The World Boxing Hall of Fame presented IFBA President Judy Kulis, a Special Recognition Award, for her work on behalf of Women’s Boxing, Sunday March 30th in Los Angeles. The WBHF honored women in boxing for the first time at a luncheon at Commerce Casino in the City of Commerce in front of a sold-out audience of 350 guests. The IFBA is happy to be the first Women’s Sanctioning Body to be …

ALBUQUERQUE (March 13, 2008) – A Fresquez Productions, Inc. press conference was held today at the Isleta Casino & Resort to formally announce “Finally,” the pay-per-view event (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT), headlined by Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders – “The Battle for Pound-for-Pound Supremacy”—on June 13th live from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New …

HOLM VS SANDERS IFBA PPV SUPER FIGHT
June 13 at Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE (March 12, 2008) – The long awaited, much anticipated showdown between two of boxing’s best, exciting and most popular females, Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo “KO” Sanders, will headline the June 13th “Finally” pay-per-view event (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT), presented …

The IFBA named Kelsey Jeffries and Holly Holm co-Fighters of the Year for 2007. Both fighters showed unprecedented courage in taking on all comers in defense of their individual IFBA titles.
Holly and Kelsey received their awards at the February 7th IFBA Championship Boxing show recently held at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Southern California. this is the second consecutive year Holm has …

Over a quarter of a million fans tuned into FSN to watch IFBA Women’s Championship Boxing on the Best Damn Sports Show Period. This marks the thrid event the IFBA has presented on BDSSP and there is more to come.. 
Since the first event back on March 22, 2007, the three IFBA championship boxing productions have experienced steady and solid ratings on the number one network for women’s boxing …

.Take a look at all the action through the lens of Paul Gallegos from the recent IFBA championship card from Pechanga Resort - Casino in Temecula, California at our Photo Achieve page

Temecula, CA (February 7, 2008)— IFBA World Champion Holly Holm of Albuquerque, NM, added to her impressive string of wins with a unanimous decision over New York’s Belinda “Brown Sugar” Laracuente Thursday night in a 10-round bout at Pechanga Resort and Casino. Holm notched victory number 21 (21-1-2 with 6 KOs) after holding off the determined challenger, who never allowed Holm to gain …

The co-main event on the February 7th card was a crowd-pleasing, 10-round battle between two evenly matched fighters
for the vacant IFBA Lightweight (135 pound) title—so even that Tampa, Florida’s Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback, the No. 1 Lightweight in the world, and the 6th ranked Jr.  Lightweight Melissa “Hurrican” Hernandez of Bronx, NY ended up with a split draw—leaving …

In the hotly contested third title bout of the February 7th card, in the 122-pound division, Lisa “Bad News” Brown of Toronto, CAN, defending IFBA Jr. Featherweight champ, held onto her belt against Jeri “Fists of Fury” Sitzes of Springfield, MO, in an unpopular decision that drew boos from the crowd. Sitzes came out aggressively in the early rounds, bruising Brown’s left eye with a …

In last July’s IFBA card, Tampa, Florida’s Chevelle Hallback defeated Terri Blair of Louisville Kentucky in a memorable eight-round decision, memorable for its ferocity and named by many as the bout of the year.

On Feb. 7th, the No. 1 ranked lightweight Hallback (now 26-5-1, 11KOs) will take on Melissa Hernandez (7-1-1, 2KOs) of Bronx, NY for the vacant Lightweight title. Hernandez was a …

As a co-main feature, the IFBA Jr. Featherweight crown will be defended Feb. 7th by Jr. Featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (12-3-3, 4KOs) of Toronto, CAN against Jeri Sitzes (14-6-1, 6 KOs) of Springfield, MO. The Trinidad-born Brown won her IFBA title in Albuquerque, NM, in March 2007 during a 10-round decision over hometown favorite Jackie Chavez of Las Lunas, NM.

Fresh from the defense of her IFBA Welterweight World title against Miriam Brakache in her hometown of Albuquerque Jan 11th, Holly Holm will stake her crown again in the co-main event of a standout three-championship IFBA women’s boxing card February 7th at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. (Pechanga Box Office open 10am to 10pm or call toll free (877) 711-2WIN and press 2) The show …

IFBA Featherweight Champion Kelsey Jeffries now 40-9-1, successfully defended her title on Sunday, December 23 in Eumsung, South Korea. Jeffries defeated challenger Jun Yun Jung of Korea by unanimous decision at 126 pounds. This marks the first title defense for the veteran “Road Warrior” in Korea and the eighth defense of her title since becoming the IFBA titleholder in 2004. Jun Yun Jung …

Woo Ji Hye defended her 130 pound IFBA title against 7th ranked contender Judy Waguthii of Kenya on November 17, 2007, winning by unanimous decision.

In the first round Waguthii looked strong, using her long lanky reach to jab and win two of the three judges cards.  Woo’s strategy to close the gap by crowding Judy subsequently took the advantage away as Woo continually pressed forward and an …

On November 9, 2007, in Dae Jeong, an hour outside of Seoul, the first contender for the Mini Flyweight World title stepped onto the scale. Eun Young Huh of South Korea seemed to easily make the 105 pd limit. Her opponent Il Lim Jun out of China, tipped the scale a 1/2 pound over on her first attempt. After about a half hour Il LIm stepped back onto the scale and hit the 105 pound mark.
In an …