Category: History First

Hagen Wins Boxing Title For Women – June 1950

In Huntington West Virginia, it was reported in a news source dated June 21, 1950, published a boxing bout between Jo Ann Hagen, of South Bend,  vs. Nancy Parker, of Chicago.  The two fought in or about this time on a Monday night prior to this write up, and said that Hagen won the bout. 

First Reported Female Boxing Bout in New York

On November 19, 1932, in the Titusville (PA) Herald newspaper, there was a very small clip that there was a female boxing match in New York, and the most that was commented on was the following: WOMEN’S BOXING CARD WAS HELD IN NEW YORK THE OTHER NIGHT….IT WAS STAGED IN CONNECTION TO A MARATHON DANCE….SUCH

Early match in Women’s Boxing: 1876

In 1876, at the New York Hills Theater, the first reported and known female boxing match to take place in the United States was a fight between Nell Saunders and Rose Harland.  The two were not fighting for a purse though—-but a Silver butter dish!