On June 12, 1978, at the Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Canada, female boxer Laurie Dennine from St. Paul, Minnesota, one of the boxers that Bill Paul had gotten into the sport, was set to fight a four-rounder against Mary Kudla, of Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Big Donn Kirton, the broadcaster on Radio in Canada, was invited
Photo by Jack Pokress/WBAN given permission to publish photo. In what was a questionable “changed decision” AFTER a fight that took place on June 7, 1978, in Atlanta, Georgia – Ernestine Jones TKO’d Cathy “Cat” Davis in the Third Round. After Davis was clearly stopped in the bout, her manager contested the fight and it was declared at
This HISTORY FIRST in the sport of women’s Professional Female Boxing was developed by Bill Paul. This was at the same time that he among others were fighting for the rights of the amateur female boxers contesting the AAU that would not let them participate as an amateur. This document is the Official certification of
In April of 1978, it was reported in the Tribune in Minnesota, that there were two history “firsts” for women in Minnesota Boxing. First Judy Klammer of Minneapolis, a huge advocate for female boxing was appointed to the state boxing commission by Governor Rudy Perpich. She was reported to be the “First Womna” To
In 1993, we heard a lot about Dallas Malloy being the First Woman to Box in the Amateurs…But was she? WBAN uncovered amateurs fighting in a sanctioned amateur event much earlier than 1993, infact it was 1978! No, there were no TV crews from all over the world, national TV, and very little local coverage