Story written by Christopher Benedict “You know, this is a man’s world. We live in a man’s world. We have to constantly defend what we believe in,” Cora Degree, formerly Webber, said to me during our recent talk. “But that’s a good thing, because we’ve proven ourselves quite a bit from where it was.” She’s
Written by Christopher Benedict Boxing and show business have long gone hand in hand. In many ways, the two are inseparable and sometimes indistinguishable. The roll call of professional prizefighters who appeared on film and television either during their career or after they hung up the gloves is a lengthy one and includes the likes
Christopher Benedict is a writer, historian, and longtime advocate for women’s boxing who lives in Huntington, New York. Beginning with a sit down interview and feature-length story on Heather “The Heat” Hardy in 2015, his boxing writings have appeared on the Ringside Report, True School Boxing, The Grueling Truth, and Women’s Fight News websites, as
SO WHAT DID THEY SAY IN THE NEWS IN JULY 13, 1979 from a report about the ALL-FEMALE Boxing Card in California? Dulcie Lucas fighting on all female boxing card – 1979 This is what was said in 1979: “FEMALE BOXING is a Natural for television. Boxing has proven to be a highly-skilled, telegenic sport. Female
Photo by Alastair. WBAN purchased copyrights of photo of Cora Webber. All rights Reserved. More on Cora Webber: Additional info on Webber Cora Webber defeated 2016 IWBHF Inductee of Lady Tyger Trimiar May 15, 1981 in a six round bout. She also re-entered the sport and defeated Belinda Laracuente in 1997. BoxRec is not
One on One Exclusive Interview with Lady Tyger Trimiar – by Sue TL Fox – February 23, 1999 T.L.Fox: What has been happening lately in your life? Lady: I just got featured in an article with VIVE Magazine, February issue. Actually, the article is about a current amateur fighter by the name of Alciver,
Lady Tyger—She had a dream. . .since the age of 10 years old, she visited the neighborhood gyms and watched fighters spar with each other. She watched boxing on television. One day she told people at the gym that she wanted to be a boxer, and to have a trainer. Lady Tyger remembers that when
Lady Tyger Trimiar, former World lightweight champion, made headlines in April of 1987, when she went on a “hunger strike” for over a month, losing 30 lbs., in protest to how women boxers were treated and paid. Her hunger strike was directed at infamous DON KING. Two other female fighters were also on a hunger
Sue Carlson donated her boxing gear to a historical museum: documendation-of-boxing-license historical society-collects-boxing-gear -2 historical society-collects-boxing-gear-3 It is Monday, January 23, 1978, and in the Minneapolis Auditorium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, history is being made. Minnesota’s [reported] first professional women’s boxing match is being featured as a preliminary event on an otherwise all male fight card.