1980s Female Amateur Boxers from France: Latest Addition to the History of the sport on WBAN and Youtube. I just added some very rare edited footage to Youtube of these young female amateur boxers from the 1980s in Grenoble, France. (The footage is very old and raw looking due to the age of the footage.
November 10, 1981 – A nun that loved to box: What a cool story that I found in our WBAN Archive collection. As most of you are seeing I am now digging into the huge (massive) collection of women’s boxing that I have accumulated over 22 years. In this story it states the following. “What
WBAN has the original magazine in our Archive Library of documents In about 1980, Beverly Patrick, an advocate for women’s boxing was involved with the magazine called WBB Glove. She was the “Chairwoman” of the magazine and came from Virginia. Also members involved in this magazine was photographer, Jack Pokress, from New York, and directors
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
WBAN owns the rights to photo: Shirley “Zebra Girl” Tucker/ we purchased the rights from Alastair Segerdal. Copyrighted/All rights reserved. Santa Rosa, a small town of some 70,000 inhabitants and set amidst beautiful countryside 54 miles north of San Francisco, plays host to its favorite daughter, Shirley “Zebra Girl” Tucker in her bid to win
[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
The course of women in boxing has drawn diverse persons to the sport. Jackson “Jack” Pokress is one of those people. Pokress possessa a many faceted personality and has had a varied career. He has been on the Fire Department for 24 years, with the past 10 of which he has served as Commissioner
[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
Aileen Eaton a famous boxing promoter who promoted many events at the Olympic Auditorium. She promoted the first all-female boxing card in Los Angeles, California in 1979.