Post by Ryan Wissow on Aug 8, 2007 15:35:00 GMT -5
on September 8th on an ELORDE promotion in Manila, Philippines, Gretchen Abaniel will be fighing Il Lim Jun, for the vacant WIBA Intercontinental Minimumweight Title (102 pounds).
the WIBA is directly responsable for legalizing womens professional boxing in the Philippines. womens amateur boxing was legal on the island, but not womens pro boxing.
WIBA worked with GAB, the boxing authority in the Phillipines, to change the laws in their books to allow women to fight professionally in the Philippines.
whoever wins this fight in Manila will likely get a shot at the winner of the Nao Ikeyama - Krisztina Belinszky fight that is taking place on November 18th in Okayama, Japan, for the vacant WIBA Minimumweight World Title (also 102 pounds)
RYAN