Written by Christopher Benedict In a few days’ time, Kim Maybee would be making her professional boxing debut. More than that, she would be making history as a participant in the first ever female fight in California. If she was at all nervous, the casual demeanor of this gregarious eighteen-year-old Cal State freshman in a
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