Day: November 7, 2013

Daughters of Boxing Legends: Freeda George Foreman

  Middleweight Freeda George Foreman, born on October 16, 1976, in Houston, Texas, boxed in the years 2001 and 2002.  She joined forces shortly after other Daughters of Boxing Legends were joining the sport.  She is known best as the daughter of the former World Heavyweight champion, George Foreman. Shortly after Roberto Duran’s daughter joined

Daughters of Boxing Legends: J Marie Moore

    Always athletic, J’Marie started at a young age from swimming at 4 to running track. She began to stand up with the “boys” from the Any Boy Can program as she excelled in sports, and learning the basics, and morals taught to the youth by her father, Archie Moore. J’Marie talks about her

Pioneer Female Boxer: Jackie Tonawanda

  Jackie Tonawanda,  0-1-0 (0KO),  dubbed “the Female Ali” was born by the name of Jackie Garrett, in the State of New York, USA, on Sept. 4, 1933. Tonawanda was a pioneer female heavyweight boxer from the 1970s and 1980s.  She was a well-known figure in the sport and was featured in many newspaper articles