Category: Amateur Boxing

USA Women’s National Boxing Championships – By Bonnie Canino

NORTH CAROLINA (SEPT 25, 2001) Late results on the USA Women’s National Boxing Championships that took place at the Marine Base Camp Lejune, in North Carolina, September 19 – 22, 2001…One Hundred and sixty five competitors had pre-registered for the USA Women’s National Boxing Championships, but only fifty-one women showed for the event.  This was

Amateur Event Peshtigo Boxing Club Peshtigo Wisconsin

PESHTIGO, Wisc. — Cassie Weigal of the Peshtigo Boxing Club, showed her versatility Saturday, Sept. 15, when she opened the club’s first ever amateur boxing program by singing acapella the Star Spangled Banner then donning her headgear and pounding out a decision over Liz Highland of the Oshkosh Boxing Club. Ten novice bouts, nine of

Amateur Boxing Event – Peshtigo Boxing Club, Peshtigo, Wisconsin

       Photos and story by Bill Harris – September 15, 2001 PESHTIGO, Wisc. — Cassie Weigal of the Peshtigo Boxing Club, showed her versatility Saturday, Sept. 15, when she opened the club’s first ever amateur boxing program by singing acapella the Star Spangled Banner then donning her headgear and pounding out a decision over Liz Highland

Dallas Malloy: She wouldn’t Take No for an Answer – By Sue TL Fox

  In March of 1993, Dallas Malloy became the first female to challenge the USA Boxing’s bylaw in a federal court. Her dream was to box against other women in the Olympic Games, a goal attainable only as a member of USA Boxing. For months she trained without any immediate hope of competing. Malloy’s lawsuit against

1992: Gail Grandchamp a Trailblazer in the sport

After eight-years in court in Massachusetts, Gail Grandchamp of  North Adams, Massachusetts wins her battle to fight as in a ruling by a state Superior Court judge who rules it was illegal to deny someone a chance to box based on gender. During her battle to win the right to box as an amateur, she passes the

Foyer Club de Grenoble France: Competitive Boxing at Last

It has long been Monsieur Chabut’s desire to find outside competition for the girl boxers who train at the Foyer Club de Grenoble.  Even when we took Kiki to Grenoble in 1980 this hope eluded us, as the only girls available, Isabelle and Marle-Pierre, were much lighter, only ‘sparring’ being allowed, though the match with the latter was

A Visit to the Foyer Club de Grenoble – (1984) by Medala

I recently paid a visit to the Foyer Club De Grenoble.  Before doing so I had written to M. Chabut, who runs the club, asking if I could call on him and see the girls in training, to which he readily agreed.  Imagine my surprise on arrival to find that he had arranged a small tournament for

Past Amateur Boxers: Grenoble boxers

  FOYER CLUB DE GRENOBLE IN FRANCE – 1980’S   The Foyer Club De Grenoble in France was a club for young (girls – boys) boxers and wrestlers from the age of ten to sixteen years of age.  The club was well equipped with a regulation ring, training equipment and changing facilities, and was managed

A federal judge in Michigan refused to allow

  MAY 1982 ISSUE – BOXING ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE Nineteen -year-old Jill Lafler to compete in the Golden Gloves. Jill, a student at Lansing Community College, who has been working out with the men’s boxing team, had tried to register last month for the gloves but was turned down. She appealed and Ingham County Circuit judge Raymond Hotchkiss