By Chris Middendorf – February 24, 2005 (FEB 24) WBAN received an open letter from noted matchmaker Chris Middendorf, who commented on the latest news that Ann Wolfe is planning to fight a male boxer. Chris told WBAN, “I read with real sadness that RPM has decided to totally devalue their fighter and the sport of
By Sue TL Fox- February 23, 2005 (FEB 23) Today in the Las Vegas Sun there was an announcement that the Mississippi Athletic Commission, has approved of world champion Ann “Brown Sugar” Wolfe to fight a male boxer. There were indicators that this may be a “history first” in the United States, and that it
(OCT 17, 2003) This last week in Curacao, Ana “Dinamita” Pascal, Panama, and a top-ranked women’s boxer fought a male boxer. Pascal, according to news sources took quite a beating, when the fight was stopped by the ref in the fourth round. Apparently the male boxer was a last-minute replacement, and the fight was then
MIXED BOUT – FOUR ROUNDS – SEATTLE WASHINGTON On September 29, 1999, the Washington State Department gave approval for Margaret McGregor to fight Loi Chow in a professional four-round bout that will take place on October 9, 1999, in Seattle, Washington. Quoted: “Washington state Department of Licensing has accepted the match, and boxing promoters and
Story by Sue TL Fox – September 4, 1999. Copyrighted. All rights Reserved. At the beginning of September of 1999, we discovered from a Bremerton Newspaper in the State of Washington, that there was going to be a “History’s First” with the first sanctioned bout between a man and a woman. The woman, 36-year
Copyrighted Photograph: Shirley Tucker vs. Toni Rodriguez – WBAN purchased the exclusive rights to photo. All Rights Reserved. One of the trailblazers and groundbreakers for the sport in the 1980’s goes to Shirley “Zebra Girl” Tucker. She not only became a veteran in the sport as a pro, but Shirley challenged the California Athletic Commission
MARION BERMUDEZ, A NATIONAL KARATE CHAMPION, COMPETED AGAINST MEN IN THAT SPORT, SHE ENTERED THE A.A.U. PHOENIX GOLDEN GLOVES, BEAT HER FIRST MALE OPPONENT! MARION BERMUDEZ caused headlines on March 28, 1975, when she entered a A.A.U. Arizona Golden Gloves Competition, and proceeded to beat her first opponent. Two of the Phoenix Amateur Athletic
Jo Ann Hagen, a very famous female boxer from the 50’s had a mixed boxing match with Norm Jones and defeated him in a four-round decision in Michigan City in 1952. If any boxing match should be declared the “first” the Hagen/Jones fight was the closest to equivalency of that honor… Hagen was also on
Pioneer female boxer Joann Hagen had a mixed boxing match with Norm Jones and defeated him in a four-round decision in Michigan City in 1952. If any boxing match should be declared the “first” the Hagen/Jones fight was the closest to equivalency of that honor…Hagen was also on the Steve Allan Show and had talked about
Mixed Match -The Bee, Danville, Virginia, Monday, September 25, 1922, page 11 In the time frame that Jeanne La Mar was in the sport of boxing, she continued to have problems finding female opponents, so at times, she would also do some matches with males in the ring. In this short description of