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Photo credit:  Alastair Segerdal [WBAN bought his collection before he passed away] Shirley “Zebra Girl” Tucker wrote the following:  Recently I read about Grace Casillas being crowned Champion of the WWBA Bantam title.  While I do think that she is deserving of top rating, under myself, I must make it very clear and that as

Paula Trichell had almost made a career of fighting one opponent alone six times which was Louise Loo.  Unfortunately in this era of boxing, there were sparse opponents and many pioneer female boxers would end up having to fight the same opponent many times.  Trichell was from Rohnert Park, California. An article reported that Paula

HISTORIC PHOTOS ON WBAN ARCHIVE COLLECTION The Hyatt opened it’s grand ballroom to four women bouts Tuesday evening but fight fans went away disappointed that the Bonnie Prestwood-Karen Bennett World Bantamweight title fight lasted only two rounds. What supposed to be the most entertaining and exciting fight of the evening turned into a second round

Sue Carlson donated her boxing gear to a historical museum:  documendation-of-boxing-license  historical society-collects-boxing-gear -2    historical society-collects-boxing-gear-3 It is Monday, January 23, 1978, and in the Minneapolis Auditorium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, history is being made.  Minnesota’s [reported] first professional women’s boxing match is being featured as a preliminary event on an otherwise all male fight card.

Source:  Fighting Woman News – Volume #2, No. 6/Writer/Journalist – Margaret E. Walsh On July 14th (1977), I went to Allentown, PA to see a boxing match between Cathy “Cat” Davis and Toni Lear.  Unfortunately, Lear was scratched by the Athletic Commission doctor because of an ear infection.  Mona Hayes was flown in from Walla

Gary Mark Gilmore – who took an interest in an 11 year old female amateur boxer – Wiki info on Gilmore: (December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his Death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah.   Gary became

Boxing Illustrated Magazine – June 1977 Issue

This photo was in the Boxing Illustrated Magazine, dated September 1977 On April 16, 1977 on Wide World of Sports, in a rematch of Theresa “Princess Red Star” Kibby and Lavonne Ludian, in a four rounder, Kibby won by a four-round unanimous decision.   The two had previously fought at the Silver Slipper Casino, where Bob

  ALL HISTORIC DOCUMENTS ARE IN THE WBAN ARCHIVE COLLECTION Credits: Boxing Illustrated Magazine, February 1977 For Historical purposes only.