The Sweeter Science: Ranking the Ladies

The Sweeter Science: Ranking the Ladies

by Joe Santoliquito | May 2004 – World Boxing Magazine: We all like rankings. They stimulate debate and give us a chance to show off our knowledge and argumentative skills. Some women’s alphabet organizations already have rankings, but they don’t have a women’s pound-for-pound top 10. Read the full article...
Two-time WIBA champion Sumya Anani added to April 24 Staples center fight card

Two-time WIBA champion Sumya Anani added to April 24 Staples center fight card

April 22, 2004 – EAST SIDE BOXING: Two-time Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) champion and Christy Martin conqueror, Sumya Anani, will take on Lisa Holewyne on Saturday’s Vitali Klitschko-Corrie Sanders fight card at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Holewyn’s original opponent, Lucia Rijker, was forced to withdraw due to a rib cartilage injury. Read the full article...

Rijker Out, Anani In; Will Lucia Be Next?

by Jack Dunne | April 2004 – MAXBOXING.COM: Anani has earned another distinction as well, and make no mistake about it, today Sumya Anani is the Most Feared fighter in the sport; a distinction previously belonging to Rijker.
March Thunder Tournament of Champions

March Thunder Tournament of Champions

Greater Kansas City Golden Gloves | March 5, 2004 – Kansas City’s ‘Island Girl’ is best kept secret!! Professional female fighter, Sumya Anani, defeated the poster girl of women’s boxing, Christy Martin, in 1998. Read the full article...
World Ranked Female Boxer Second to None

World Ranked Female Boxer Second to None

by Trevor Lewis | March 4, 2004 – THE CAMPUS LEDGER: On the sun-warmed, fine sand of a Jamaican beach, Sumya Anani, volunteer conditioning coach, Shawnee, Kan, wrestles with “The Fireman,” an apt nickname considering the man is a flame blower, and future trainer Barry Becker observes. Read the full article...