Cathy “Cat” Davis was one of the best known women boxers from the 1970’s to early 1980’s. Through the five years that WBAN has been on the net, it has received countless emails from long-time boxing fans of Davis. And they would always ask the same question—What ever happened to Cat? Well, I am pleased
Source: Video tape of a documentary on Cathy “Cat” Davis—one of the most recognized and controversial women boxers of the 1970’s. The documentary was about Cathy “Cat” Davis’ boxing career, and it also had many interviews of other persons. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were interviewed and asked their opinion about women’s boxing. I was surprised
Lady Tyger—She had a dream. . .since the age of 10 years old, she visited the neighborhood gyms and watched fighters spar with each other. She watched boxing on television. One day she told people at the gym that she wanted to be a boxer, and to have a trainer. Lady Tyger remembers that when
By Jack Newfield – Published November 1979 – Volume. One – Originally printed in the VOICE Vol. XXIII No. 41 “The Weekly Newspaper of New York, October 16, 1978 Cat Davis is a kinky media phenomenon, a product of the Great American Hype Machine, just like Tiny Tim or Jerry Rubin. She has been profiled by People
In August of 1978, Cathy “Cat” Davis was the first woman to ever make it on the cover of RING MAGAZINE. Unlike the response the public had over the highly publicized 1996 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED issue of Christy Martin, you would have thought that the world had come to an end. After Davis was featured on
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
SOURCE: NORTH CAROLINA LAFAYETTE NOVEMBER 1977 MARGIE DUNSON Sal Algieri and Cathy “Cat” Davis are currently battling the New York Boxing Commission and it’s head, Floyd Patterson. Patterson doesn’t want women boxing in New York. “Patterson claims women shouldn’t fight for medical reasons,” Algieri claimed angrily. “What medical reason? If Patterson wants a court fight, we’ll
Copyrighted Article by Margaret E. Welsh/Fighting Woman’s News- August 19, 2011- Photos: Valerie Eads/C 1977 (AUG 19) This past report states the following: On July 14, 1977, I went to Allentown, PA to see a boxing match between Cathy “Cat” Davis and Toni Lear. Unfortunately, Lear was scratched by the Athletic Commission doctor because of an ear
You can see Cat Davis of Hopewell Junction on a CBS-TV boxing show Saturday, Dec. 11, 1976, out of Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas. She’ll be in the eight-round co-feature, defending her world lightweight title against Betty Rogers of Seattle. The best-looking gal in the sport’s history scored a three round technical knockout over Margie Dunson
On Thursday, February 26, 1976, in Portland, Maine, Lady Tyger Trimiar fought Margie “KO” Dunson. According to the Newport (R.I.) Daily News, dated February 27, 1976, Friday, they reported the following. “For Marian Trimiar, who is known in the ring as “Tyger or “Black Kojak”, 22 years old, defeated Dunson, 25 years old, by a