Category: 1976

Yvonne Barclay is a Pioneer Female Boxer from the late 1970’s.  We will be publishing more information on her soon.

  In the past there were popular magazines that would cover or talk about women’s boxing In the Ring Magazine, December 1976 they did a historical piece on the sport. WBAN’s Media Library Collection/Original on File

According to the Bakersfield Californian, dated October 8, 1976, Page 25, they have a photo of ROSI REED, and stating the following: “Paul Monoz, manager-trainer of first amateur woman boxer in California, Rosi Reed, checks gloves on his charge before workout.  Mrs. Reed is scheduled to appear on Wednesday’s amateur fight card at Strilch.   [Note: 

Article that was published in the Boxing Illustrated on Pat Pineda and more on the below listed page in history of the sport. WBAN has the orginal in our collection on this article.

On (about) August 12, 1976, Lady Tyger Trimiar rematched with Diane Syverson in a four round bout.  The two returned to the Olympic Auditorium, in Los Angeles, California in a four-round welterweight bout.   We do not have a confirmed results on this at this time. Just two weeks ago, Syverson, of Los Angeles, won a

Documentation of the fight: Bermudez vs. Arvizu  Nevada State Journal, June 9, 1976, Page 11 On June 9 1976, there was an article talking about a female bout for the same day,  at the Hyatt Tahoe, Incline Village, Nevada, in a female bout, Marion Bermudez vs.  Ersi Arvizu.   In the Nevada State Journal, dated June 9, 1976, page 11,

As we continue to see the history of the sport mis-documented especially in regards to the “History Firsts” as you see referred to in this write up they are stating that the first ever TELEVISED women’s boxing bout to take place, occurred on May 27, 1976—-but we have earlier documentation that actually Barbara Buttrick was in the first

In the INCLINE VILLAGE-NEVADA News (UPI), the reported that on May 5, 1976, female boxer Caroline Svendsen dropped her guard to fix her bra , and she caught a right to her chin from which she never recovered. Svendsen, reported to be 35 years at the time, of Virginia City , Nevada, was stopped at 1:28 seconds of

BABY BEAR JAMES, aka “Tansy O’Brien” was one of the top female boxers in the world who fought professionally from 1976 – 1978.  Her boxing record was 5-2-1 (5KO).  Baby Bear James paved the road in many aspects as a pioneer fighter, being a trailblazer for many “firsts” in the sport.   She not only boxed

The year was 1976….Pat Pineda was the first to obtain a boxing license in the state of California.  Pat had previously fought Teresa Kibby in March of 1976, fighting with her in a four-rounder at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, in Lake Tahoe (stateline), Nevada, promoted by the Father of Female Boxing, promoter Bill Dickson.  Kibby