May 5, 1976
Caroline Svendsen Gets KO’d when she adjusts her bra!
In the INCLINE VILLAGE-NEVADA News (UPI), the reported that on May 5, 1976, female boxer Caroline Svendsen dropped her guard to fix her bra , and she caught a right to her chin from which she never recovered.
Svendsen, reported to be 35 years at the time, of Virginia City , Nevada, was stopped at 1:28 seconds of the second round by ERSI ARVISO, of Los Angeles, California. They referred to the fight as a SPECIAL EVENT FIGHT (ah…exhibition? perhaps….)
Svendsen said at the time that she believed she was the first woman to be licensed to box. It was the pro debut of ARVISO.
Note: FightFax, nor the Nevada Athletic Commission have any documentation on this fight as being SANCTIONED.