In 1876, at the New York Hills Theater, the first reported and known female boxing match to take place in the United States was a fight between Nell Saunders and Rose Harland. The two were not fighting for a purse though—-but a Silver butter dish!
The true history of women's boxing
In 1876, at the New York Hills Theater, the first reported and known female boxing match to take place in the United States was a fight between Nell Saunders and Rose Harland. The two were not fighting for a purse though—-but a Silver butter dish!
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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.]