Full Copyrights: Women’s Titlists, Circa 1949 The Press-Courier – April 12, 1972, page 8 In an article published on April 12, 1972, a woman with 10 children talks about her past boxing experience and claim that she was a former boxing champion from a November 1949 fight. Her name was Mrs. Lancaster, of Lancaster, Tennessee.
“Leaping Lena” Levy, a name that resonates with resilience and innovation, has received the Trailblazer Pioneer Special Award from the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame. This honor is not just a recognition of her past achievements but a celebration of the groundbreaking role she played as one of the most significant Pioneer Trailblazers who
Boxing was introduced at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. Women’s boxing was a displayed event at the third Olympic games. However, women’s boxing didn’t strike root in the Olympics, while men’s debutants – boxing and freestyle wrestling also having their debut at the St. Louis Games, survived until the present day. Debuts and
APRIL 14, 1884: Check out THIS female Pioneer Boxer! The article states the following: “No Woman did more to popularize female boxing than ANNA LEWIS. It was she who ORIGINATED the challenge for the first championship match. She met HATTIE STEWART on April 14, 1884, but lost the fight. LEWIS was a native of Washington