Photo and Story written by Alastair Segerdal and Copyrighted by WBAN. Published as an exclusive in Glove Magazine, February 1981. WBAN purchased all rights to Alastair Segerdal’s Collections Photos and Memorabilia. All Rights reserved. This material cannot be used on other publications without WBAN’s Permission. I want to introduce you to a 19-year old
“KAREN BENNETT – A GREAT PIONEER IN WOMEN BOXING, SHE WAS WORLD RANKED #1 BANTAMWEIGHT IN 1979, and WORLD RANKED BANTAMWEIGHT IN THE 80’s” KAREN BENNETT lived and trained in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had many fights as a Bantamweight, and was the Women’s World Boxing Champion WWBA in the 80’s. BENNETT was very
SQUEAKY BAYARDO, a 127-pound featherweight fought against Cora Webber on the first all-female boxing card in Hawthorne, California on 2/11/79. The fight ended in a draw. The crowd roared as these two fighters went head to heard with each other. Some of the highlights of Bayardo’s career her longetivity in women’s boxing, she was