Sue TL Fox said, “As a former pioneer boxer and historian of the sport, my research into the history of women’s boxing began in September 1996. At that time, there was virtually NO HISTORICAL information on the internet about our early trailblazing female fighters”.
Fox continued, “I was a pioneer female professional boxer and full-contacted karate fighter in the late 1970s, and when I saw for a fact that the internet in 1996 had pretty much nothing on my boxing career or others—I began a two-year mission of conducting extensive research, keeping notebooks of contacts, gathering original documents and artifacts before officially launching WBAN online in 1998.”
“The little information I did find on the net, was so incorrect that I began to write a book entitled, “Women’s Boxing: Setting the Record Straight”. I completed about 10 chapters to realize that all of my research would serve better “worldwide” so everyone could have access to my research. That research data is not only on WBAN, but in 2012, I developed the history-first Historical Data Base for those who are researching the history of Women’s Boxing.”
Fox said, “Over the past 28-plus years, collectors from around the world-many of whom preserved women’s boxing history long before it gained wider recognition-have continued to contribute, sending boxes of historical documents, videos, 8mm film, and memorabilia.”
“In today’s world, WBAN’s collection of original historic artifacts, and more fills a room in one of her rooms.” and documents—thank you.”
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