Monday, September 4, 1933 – page 5 – El Paso Herald-Post – writer/Henry Milemore
FRANCE TO HOLD WOMEN’S BOXING MEET
NEW YORK – Sept 4 – Putting the sports shot here and there—In France the women pugilists take themselves seriously and the FIRST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’s BOXING UNION is in the process of formation…..The present star over there is a stream-lined middleweight Mlle TAMARIS….At Vaudville resently , TAMARIS fought three rounds to a DRAW against Eugene Huat challenger for the world’s bantamweight title. (Unknown if Eugene is a female or a male). Will continue to research this.
Sue "TL" Fox, Multi-Hall of Famer, award-winning pioneer boxer rated #1 in the world in 1979, and creator/founder of WBAN™. She was named in the Feb. 2012 Commemorative issue of Ring Magazine as one of the Top-Ten Most Influential female boxers of all time. Since its inception on the Internet 27 plus years ago, WBAN has become the world’s leading authority for resource and information in female boxing. Fox outside the
ring is a professional musician and a retired police officer from Oregon. She also created and founded the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014. [In April of 2025, in Las Vegas, Fox will celebrate the 12th year anniversary of the IWBHF, and 27th year of WBAN as of May 18, 2025.]
