In a “Setting the Record Straight”, we found that the original story that reported the HISTORY-FIRST female pro fight that took place in 1976, featuring Yvonne Barclay was a tad bit off. The first pro bout that WBAN discovered that took place in Canada between two pro female boxers was on June 2, 1959, featuring Myrna
In February of 1977, about a week before there was going to be a boxing card take place at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Sue TL Fox was contacted by boxing manager Dee Knuckles, who managed her, and also managed Gwen Gemini of New York, who was living in Los Angeles. Fox said,
So do you think that Caroline Svendsen was the first female in the United States to obtain a boxing license as reported worldwide in 1975….Try again with setting this little part of history straight for female boxers getting boxing licenses! According to the Charleston Daily Mail, in the Saturday Evening edition, dated September