Category: Flash from the Past

Punch Magazine – females with boxing gloves – dated July 3, 1912

The background of this photo may be part of PUNCH Magazine.  Wiki describes it as as the following:  Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term “cartoon” in its

Fighters From the Fifties – Barbara Buttrick vs. Vivian Foster

Barbara Buttrick was on the fight scene a good many years.  In these photos, we see her in a private bout held in a carnival tent in Iowa.  In August of 1954.  Her opponent was Vivian Foster.  Despite the weight difference–Barbara only weighed 95 lbs., Vivian quit after a third-round knockout.  [This document is in

Jenny Reid is set to be Inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame on October 7, 2023

In the top left photo, Reid lands a left to  Therese Robitaille’s chin, Copyrights:  The Whig-Standard, dated July 30, 1991; and in the bottom right photo Robitaille (left) backs away from a right delivered by Reid, copyrights:  Rob Cowperthwaite/The Kingston Whig-Standard/Postmedia Network.] Jenny Reid, born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Toronto, Ontario, she was

Only Set of Twin Professional Female Boxers: Cora and Dora Webber

CORA AND DORA WEBBER, were the only set of twins to enter the sport of professional boxing.  Cora Webber, the eldest of the twins began boxing in 1979, while still in her teens.  Dora  began boxing five years later, and quickly became very noted for her skills and abilities.   Cora and Dora did share one