Jackie Tonawanda Spars With Muhammad Ali – September 26, 1976 Jackie Tonawanda got the opportunity to work out in the gym and spar with MUHAMMAD ALI at his training camp at the Concord Hotel Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. TONAWANDA’S remarks about ALI: “Ali’s hands were faster than ever, I’m glad they weren’t touching me. His combinations
The following (taken from the Original document) press release is in the WBAN Historical Data Collection: Double Main Boxing at Hyatt Lake Tahoe The Program on Wednesday, May 5, 1976, at 8:15 p.m will open with a four round heavyweight fight featuring Pete Zeibell and Marlen Johnson. Zeibell, Formerly of Chicago, now a resident of
On April 28, 1976, Pat Pineda, 20 years old, fought in the first reported professional boxing match against Kim Maybee, 18 of Los Angeles. Maybee won the fight by a stoppage. ARTICLE: APRONS and GLOVES – by Jim Murray /excerpt Women’s Boxing gets blasted in the Tucson Daily Citizen, dated Saturday, April 24, 1976, by
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
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
A midst tremendous controversy, the first women’s professional boxing bout in Connecticut took place on Saturday, January 10, 1976. In order to give you a firsthand report on the bout, Jo and Jeff Bray were at ringside. The fight was between Gwen Gemini of Springfield, Massachusetts, 23 years old, 152 lbs., her fourth fight, and
For the Cause of Women boxers – Boxing Illustrated: December 1974 Issue Who Would Have thought that close to 38 years ago Boxing Illustrated Magazine would have run an ad to find out how the public felt about women boxers participating in the Olympics It is becoming more and more apparent there is a growing
Who Would Have thought that 39 years as of 2013, ago Boxing Illustrated Magazine would have run an ad to find out how the public felt about women boxers participating in the Olympics – December 1974! (Copyrighted by Boxing Illustrated Magazine, December 1974. ) FOR THE CAUSE OF WOMEN BOXERS – DECEMBER 1974 It is becoming more
Photograph: WBAN has the original in our historical collection: On September 3, 1974, in a boxing ring that was staged outside and which collected many curious boxing fans to see Lady Tyger Trimiar, 21 years old, and seeking to be a female boxer in the sport, spars a male boxer to demonstrate her abilities. Trimiar