Darlina Valdez, of Santa Fe, was in the women’s first bantamweight world championship before more than 1,000 screaming fans in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She fought a 15-round (three minute rounds) battle and won a unanimous decision over Holly McDaniel of Muncie, Indiana. Apparently the fight was a crowd pleaser, and it was reported that the
MAY 1982 ISSUE – BOXING ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE Nineteen -year-old Jill Lafler to compete in the Golden Gloves. Jill, a student at Lansing Community College, who has been working out with the men’s boxing team, had tried to register last month for the gloves but was turned down. She appealed and Ingham County Circuit judge Raymond Hotchkiss
The First “official” women’s match took place on July 16, 1979, in New York City, New York, between Toni Tucker vs. Gladys Smith. Both of the weighed in at about 155 lbs. As one reporter said, “The novelty brought a packed house—three times the usual crowd—and reports with photos.” This fight was published in the
The Acceptable Face of Women’s Boxing – A report from an ALL-FEMALE CARD in Hawthorne, California in 1979. by Alastair Segerdal – Reports from California -“One of the few magazines that would publish information about women’s boxing in the late 70’s. I have contacted many of these fighters and people that were involved in the
On February 11, 1979, in Hawthorne, California, the First All-Women Boxing Event took place in the world. It was Elimination Rounds for the World Championships that would be held in July of 1979. WBAN has in our archive the videos of some of the bouts that took place that night. Here is the following: Lady
WBAN Has the original documents, newspaper clippings, letters, etc. of this event archived DOCUMENTS ON FILE No, there were no TV crews from all over the world, national TV, and very little local coverage considering that on May 12, 1978, was the FIRST sanctioned amateurs women’s bout in the world. Reported in the St.
Copyrighted Photo: WBAN purchased the copyrights to photo of Shirley Tucker –All Rights Reserved. On Tuesday night, December 6, 1977, at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe Hotel, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, there was a professional boxing card, featuring four female bouts on the card. This was a history-first for female boxing in the state of Nevada.
According to the Bakersfield Californian, dated October 8, 1976, Page 25, they have a photo of ROSI REED, and stating the following: “Paul Monoz, manager-trainer of first amateur woman boxer in California, Rosi Reed, checks gloves on his charge before workout. Mrs. Reed is scheduled to appear on Wednesday’s amateur fight card at Strilch. [Note: