Lilly “Squeaky” Bayardo: Pioneer Female Boxer

SQUEAKY BAYARDO, a 127-pound featherweight fought against Cora Webber on the first all-female boxing card in Hawthorne, California on 2/11/79.   The fight ended in a draw.  The crowd roared as these two fighters went head to heard with each other.

Some of the highlights of Bayardo’s career her longetivity in women’s boxing,  she was World ranked  #2 in the lightweight divisions in 1979, and ranked #1 as a super-featherweight in 1984.

Some of BAYARDO’s noted fighters that she boxed was Yvonne Barkley, fighting with her on10/09/79, in HoustonTexas, and defeating her.   She also  KO’d Ginate Troy on 12/11/79 in San   Jose, California.

WBAN will be publishing a lot of details on Bayardo, but will temporarily place this page on her.