Mlle. Augagnier beat Miss Pinkney of England in a Savage Fight – 1902

Circa 1902

Police Gazette reported: “About 1902 Mlle. Augagnier beat Miss Pinkney of England in a savage fight. It was mix of straight boxing and Savate (French kickboxing). Pinkney was better with her fists and looked like a winner after about one and a half hours of bloody fighting, but Mlle. A. cleverly managed to kick Pinkney in the face. This blow made a terrible scar and stunned the English girl and then the French girl shot a smashing kick to Pinkney’s stomach and knocked her out. The French girl was carried by her admirers in triumph from the ring.” Perhaps, this fight was held in the context of the old tradition (since 18th century) of unregulated women’s prize fighting, especially brutal and bloody.