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
Photo taken, just before Sue TL Fox stepped in the Ring with Gwen Gemini. She is featured with her father this night. He passed away two years later in Dec. of 1979.
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
(Inaccurate details in this report, but we believe it was Actually Charlene Anthony was the opponents name)Las Vegas News Copyrighted by Star-News, Pasadena, California, dated 04/01/1977 – by Don Riley – Knight News Wire Would you believe that three weeks ago ‘a middleweight feminine swatter from California won the “Fighter of the Month” honors?
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 March 1, 1977, at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe, in Nevada, Sue TL Fox, of Garden Grove, California, fought Lavonne Ludian, of Nevada, to a controversial “split” draw. Pre-fight article attached. After the draw, Fox was called in about February 1978, to have a rematch with Ludian. At the time Dee Knuckles called Fox by
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,
Photos on File with WBAN A YOUNG blond woman who gave up a nine-year career as a Roller Derby meanie to become a bricklayer, has finally decided to go straight…into prizefighting. Diane Syverson, also know as ‘Blondie’ and ‘Bombshell’, is of the few female boxers in the world, and after five professional fights, three
Article that was published in the Boxing Illustrated on Pat Pineda and more on the below listed page in history of the sport. WBAN has the orginal in our collection on this article.