Category: Historical Publication

History made in Venezuela: All Women’s Boxing Card

 On Saturday night, June 18, 2016, at the Polideportivo José María Vargas, La Guaira, Venezuela, history was made when the WBA presented an all-female card, featuring six female bouts, with four WBA world championships and three WBA Regional titles.  WBAN was told that not only was it an all-female boxing card, but that the referees,

Major Boxing Control Bill to Be Reintroduced Amateur boxing in Wisconsin would take a giant step forward with the adoption of a bill to bring the state into the 20th or even 19th century – by Bill Harris

Amateur boxing in Wisconsin would take a giant step forward with the adoption of a bill to bring the state into the 20th or even 19th century. In the last session the bill was vetoed by then-Republican governor, Scott McCallum, now job seeking as Democrat Jim Doyle has taken over leadership of a state that

Historical Document: Junior Missy Gloves – 1982

  Junior Missy Gloves had hired Dorsey Agency to contact boxing fans who followed the Junior Missy Gloves, after Mr. Doyle Weaver, the director and founder of the organization was losing the property where he was training the young females. WBAN’s Media Library Collection/Original on File – donated to WBAN by boxing enthusiast Copyrighted by

Overview of research of the early beginnings of women’s boxing – 1776 – 1800s

Dr. Vanessa  Toulmin, who contributed the following research originally wanted to write a     book on the subject. She was interested in lady boxers because her research     area is travelling fairs and showpeople and for her doctorate, she     interviewed about a 100 showpeople from their 50’s upwards. One of these was     a lady called Annie Hickman, daughter