Photos by: Jenifer Ives /Hamid Lahrizi November 3, 2013 (NOV 3) PROVIDENCE, R.I. Last night on the “The Connecticut Classic,” card presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, at the Foxwoods Resort, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, Shelito Vincent, of New London fought Canadian Alisah McPhee in a six-round bout. In what was one of the most exciting
WBAN’s Archive has the ORIGINAL documented newsletter in the our Archive Files In the NEWAWA GRAPEVINE newletter, dated April 1976, Page 4, they reported the following History-first boxing bout that took place in Connecticut. They wrote the following at the time. First for Women – A “Tyger” in Our Tank – Amidst tremendous controversy, the first
A midst tremendous controversy, the first women’s professional boxing bout in Connecticut took place on Saturday, January 10, 1976. In order to give you a firsthand report on the bout, Jo and Jeff Bray were at ringside. The fight was between Gwen Gemini of Springfield, Massachusetts, 23 years old, 152 lbs., her fourth fight, and