In memory of Boxing promoter/writer Johnny Dubliss, WBAN posted a story he published in the WBB Glove magazine (now defuncted), October 1980 issue. Dubliss strongly supported female boxing and promoted cards featuring women. In the Chatter Box News in this issues he reported about guidelines that the California State Athletic Commission had made in regards
Aileen Eaton a famous boxing promoter who promoted many events at the Olympic Auditorium. She promoted the first all-female boxing card in Los Angeles, California in 1979.
Photos on File with WBAN A YOUNG blond woman who gave up a nine-year career as a Roller Derby meanie to become a bricklayer, has finally decided to go straight…into prizefighting. Diane Syverson, also know as ‘Blondie’ and ‘Bombshell’, is of the few female boxers in the world, and after five professional fights, three
The document that we will share is on Aileen Eaton. The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame inducted Eaton when she was posthumous. This is for historical purposes only. Copyrights: WomenSports by Jackie Lapin WBAN HAS THE ARTICLE IN THE WBAN ARCHIVE COLLECTION