Day: December 1, 1976

In an exerpt from an Police Gazette, and reprinted in Ring Magazine, Ginger Rogers (not the actress) attempted to get into boxing.   Rogers from Boston knocked out her opponent Peggy  Sipan, of Buffalo, New York, in what was called a clearly “pre-planned fight.”  

  In the past there were popular magazines that would cover or talk about women’s boxing In the Ring Magazine, December 1976 they did a historical piece on the sport. WBAN’s Media Library Collection/Original on File