(Information provided by newspaper articles and interview with Bill Dickson. I interviewed Dickson in October of 1999. Sue TL Fox) Caroline Svendsen, a 34-year old woman, who decided to become a boxer, was REPORTED to have been the first woman in the United States to receive a boxing license. WBAN has since uncovered new evidence in
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
On October 23, 1975, at the Expo Center, in Portland, OR, Caroline Svendsen fought Jean Lange in a four-rounder winning the EXHIBITION by a unanimous decision. There is no documentation with FightFax, nor the Oregon Athletic Commission that this fight was ever sanctioned. After researching the past fights in the 1970’s many of the fight were
Caroline Svendsen is no longer a curiosity – by Steve Sneddon It only took Caroline Svendsen 50 seconds to knock out Jean Lange Friday night in the first known pro bout between women sanctioned by a state athletic commission. After the quick victory in Virginia City, the 34-year-old Miss Svendsen hugs a well-wisher (left). Above,
Source/Article: Caroline Svendsen Scared? By Steve Sneddon – Reno Evening Gazette Wednesday, September 17, 1975, page 22 Photo: Caroline Svendsen Collection Caroline Svendsen is looking forward to per professional boxing debut, but she said, “I can’t say I’m not scared ” Miss Svendsen, the first woman professional fighter licensed in the United States, is scheduled