Category: WBAN Story

Biography: Diane Fischer of Dee Lee Promotions

Photo credit:  Diane Fischer – Courtesy to be published with biography Dee Lee…the mother…Dee Lee…the loving daughter…Dee Lee…the meat cutter…Dee Lee…Atlantic City’s hairdresser to the stars…Dee Lee…the community difference maker…and Dee Lee…the glamorous, fierce, groundbreaking boxing promoter.  Just who is the gorgeous red head named Dee Lee and why have so many people of all

For the History Books: Claressa Shields Wins “Best Boxer” Award at 2023 ESPYS Becomes First Female Boxer to Win the “Best Boxer” honor!

Boxing superstar Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields continued to make history this week, as the world’s top pound-for-pound women’s boxer was awarded the 2023 ESPY Award for “Best Boxer” prior to Wednesday’s award ceremony. Shields became the first ever female boxer to win the award that has been given out since 1993. “First I want to thank

BWAA Proudly Announces Lance Pugmire as the 50th Fleischer Award Winner

The Boxing Writers Association of America would like to proudly announce that Lance Pugmire is the 50th recipient of the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism that was first presented by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 1972. A 30-year newspaperman who grew up reading daily dispatches by prior Fleischer winners Norm

Punch Magazine – females with boxing gloves – dated July 3, 1912

The background of this photo may be part of PUNCH Magazine.  Wiki describes it as as the following:  Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term “cartoon” in its

Fighters From the Fifties – Barbara Buttrick vs. Vivian Foster

Barbara Buttrick was on the fight scene a good many years.  In these photos, we see her in a private bout held in a carnival tent in Iowa.  In August of 1954.  Her opponent was Vivian Foster.  Despite the weight difference–Barbara only weighed 95 lbs., Vivian quit after a third-round knockout.  [This document is in

Dallas Malloy Biography

  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