Copyrighted article: Reno Evening Gazette, December 7, 1977, Page 68 -Sports Editor – Steve Sneddon The big fellow in the USA jacket looked genunely enthused about the fights. He congratulated the fighters. And he marveled at their ring abilities. Before Tuesday Night’s fights at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe Hotel, Greg Page, the No. 1 ranked
Fight report written by a local paper where Ludian was from…Nevada State Journal – Reno -By Steve Sneddon – Dated March 2, 1977 [Fight took place March 1, 1977] In a surprise, LaVonne Ludian of Las Vegas ran into a little more trouble than she expected in her tuneup for next Wednesday’s women’s welterweight championship
On (about) August 12, 1976, Lady Tyger Trimiar rematched with Diane Syverson in a four round bout. The two returned to the Olympic Auditorium, in Los Angeles, California in a four-round welterweight bout. We do not have a confirmed results on this at this time. Just two weeks ago, Syverson, of Los Angeles, won a
The year was 1976….Pat Pineda was the first to obtain a boxing license in the state of California. Pat had previously fought Teresa Kibby in March of 1976, fighting with her in a four-rounder at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, in Lake Tahoe (stateline), Nevada, promoted by the Father of Female Boxing, promoter Bill Dickson. Kibby
JOANN HAGEN, a fighter in the fifties, was the only female to defeat Barbara Buttrick. HAGEN was a tall, beautiful blond-haired woman. She was very graceful in her movements when she boxed in the ring. Some interesting tidbits on Hagan (from The Police Gazette-June 1950), Hagen had appeared on the Steve Allen Show in November
On July 24, 1924, page 7, there is a story on Lura Bennett, referring to her as the head of the company, that will perform at the Palace Theater in Indianapolis. The article talks about new programs added in the entertainment that lists: Fencing, Boxing Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu, singing and dancing combined into one act