ALL HISTORIC PHOTOS ARE IN THE WBAN ARCHIVE COLLECTION The two diminutive fourteen year olds were nicely into the second round of their three-round sparring bout. The first had seen some crisp exchanges, the tallerof the two boxers, with the advantage of reach, scoring with a good straight right. Now that right darted out again
The months since your editor’s visit to Grenoble have brought quite a change in membership of the Club, and, sad to say, most of the girls featured in last issue’s article are no longer attending. Undoubtedly the most dramatic events were very fierce competitive fights involving the two Andujar sisters, lsabelle (aged 16) and Martine (aged 11). The
[Approx. dates 1980s] The Foyer Club Sports et Loisirs de Grenoble has been featured several times already in this magazine. Although the Boxing Challenge issued in the early summer on behalf of several young teenage girls has not, sadly, yet been taken up by any British girls, your Editor and a companion by invitation paid
[1980s – not exact date] In our last issue we published a short letter and two photographs sent us by Monsieur Emile Chabut, Director of a sports club in Grenoble. This includes a section for young girls, about twenty aged between 12 (and under) and 16, who want to wrestle and box. We have since
WBAN Has the original documents, newspaper clippings, letters, etc. of this event archived DOCUMENTS ON FILE No, there were no TV crews from all over the world, national TV, and very little local coverage considering that on May 12, 1978, was the FIRST sanctioned amateurs women’s bout in the world. Reported in the St.
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 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
Gary Mark Gilmore – who took an interest in an 11 year old female amateur boxer – Wiki info on Gilmore: (December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his Death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah. Gary became