Category: Sue TL Fox

Dallas Malloy: She wouldn’t Take No for an Answer – By Sue TL Fox

  In March of 1993, Dallas Malloy became the first female to challenge the USA Boxing’s bylaw in a federal court. Her dream was to box against other women in the Olympic Games, a goal attainable only as a member of USA Boxing. For months she trained without any immediate hope of competing. Malloy’s lawsuit against

Mixed Match in Seattle: McGregor vs. Chow – 1999

   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

One on One Interview: Lady Tyger Trimiar

One on One Exclusive Interview with Lady Tyger Trimiar – by Sue TL Fox – February 23, 1999   T.L.Fox: What has been happening lately in your life? Lady: I just got featured in an article with VIVE Magazine, February issue. Actually, the article is about a current amateur fighter by the name of Alciver,

Historic Article: Pioneer Boxer – Bonnie Prestwood from the 1970s and 1980s

On February 11, 1999, WBAN was able to contact Bonnie Prestwood, another past World-class Bantamweight/Flyweight boxers in the World from 1978 – 1986.  Prestwood still resides in Indiana.  She told me that she boxed for about ten years.  She said that she had so many unofficial fights in small towns in many make-shift situations that

Welcome To WBAN™! By Sue TL Fox

During my early days in boxing, you could find the usual assortment of items at the gym: worn out heavy bags, one used and slightly droopy boxing ring, drippy showers, squeaky lockers and the gravely voice of an overly-excited trainer. And, yet, at the same time, I never felt more like I belonged. I loved

Biggest Upset of the Year – Sumya Anani vs. Christy Martin

The Coal Miner’s daughter must have been more naughty than nice in 1998.  How else to explain Sumya Anani’s delivery of a lump of early  Christmas coal to Christy Martin’s holiday celebration?    When the Kansas City native stunned the women’s boxing world with her upset win December 18, it was the kind of fight that