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Del Pettis Talks about her boxing history in 1987

Full copyrighted article:  https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/women-in-gloves/  Dated:  September 3, 1987 – by Jeff Carlson Boxing is boxing. Whether the fighters are male or female, the blood is one color, the bruises look the same, and the same skills apply to winning a bout. The only difference in equipment is that women wear breast protectors and men wear

The Glove: Amazing past historical events recorded in the December 1980 Magazine

WBAN has the original magazine in our Archive Library of documents In about 1980, Beverly Patrick, an advocate for women’s boxing was involved with the magazine called WBB Glove. She was the “Chairwoman” of the magazine and came from Virginia.  Also members involved in this magazine was photographer, Jack Pokress, from New York, and directors

This was Women’s Boxing at It’s Very Best – by Alastair Segerdal

WBAN owns the rights to photo:  Shirley “Zebra Girl” Tucker/ we purchased the rights from Alastair Segerdal.  Copyrighted/All rights reserved. Santa Rosa, a small town of some 70,000 inhabitants and set amidst beautiful countryside 54 miles north of San Francisco, plays host to its favorite daughter, Shirley “Zebra Girl” Tucker in her bid to win