Tag: Kim Maybee

Article in the LA Times by Linda M. Fillmore    

On April 28, 1976, Pat Pineda, 20 years old, fought in the first reported professional boxing match against Kim Maybee, 18 of Los Angeles.    Maybee won the fight by a stoppage. ARTICLE:  APRONS and GLOVES – by Jim Murray /excerpt Women’s Boxing gets blasted in the Tucson Daily Citizen, dated Saturday, April 24, 1976, by

Pat Pineda poses with Floyd Patterson – 1976 On April 28, 1976, at the Forum, in Inglewood, California, the first women’s pro fight took place in California.  Pat Pineda, also the first female to obtain a California Boxing License, along with Diane Syverson, was stopped in the second round of a scheduled four round bout