Tonawanda TKO’s her male opponent in kickboxing vs. Boxing -1975
In 1975, Jackie Tonawanda made her mark in history at the MadisonSquareGarden, in New York, when she took on a Kickboxer Larry Rodania. Tonawanda KO’d Rodania in the second round. Tonawanda believed that doing this exhibition, she would gain her much needed New York boxing license that was being denied, by the New York commission, but the matchup did not further her cause. Along with two other women boxers, Lady Tyger Trimiar and Cathy “Cat” Davis who were also trying in vain to get the right to fight in New York.
Sue "TL" Fox, Multi-Hall of Famer, award-winning pioneer boxer rated #1 in the world in 1979, and creator/founder of WBAN™. She was named in the Feb. 2012 Commemorative issue of Ring Magazine as one of the Top-Ten Most Influential female boxers of all time. Since its inception on the Internet 27 plus years ago, WBAN has become the world’s leading authority for resource and information in female boxing. Fox outside the
ring is a professional musician and a retired police officer from Oregon. She also created and founded the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014. [In April of 2025, in Las Vegas, Fox will celebrate the 12th year anniversary of the IWBHF, and 27th year of WBAN as of May 18, 2025.]
