Category: Historical Timeline

  In the Minneapolis Tribune, dated Friday, April 7, 1978, the following was reported:  “In another first for women in boxing, Joan Marcolt, 24, St. Paul, will meet Debbie Kaufman, 24, Minneapolis, Saturday in the bantamweight division of the state AAU boxing tournament at Fred Moore Junior High School in Anoka.  It will be the

After eight-years in court in Massachusetts, Gail Grandchamp of  North Adams, Massachusetts wins her battle to fight as in a ruling by a state Superior Court judge who rules it was illegal to deny someone a chance to box based on gender. During her battle to win the right to box as an amateur, she passes the