Tag: Linda Platt

Copyrighted photos:  Linda Platt First International Woman Boxing Photographer Linda was born in Washington, D.C. Her father loved boxing and introduced her to the sweet science at a very young age. She relocated to Las Vegas in late 1979 where she began attending weekly boxing cards at the Silver Slipper Casino making friends and photographing

Linda Platt is one of the first, if not the first, female boxing photographers in the country and possible internationally. She covered boxing from December 1979 through late August 1989. Her work has appeared on Entertainment Tonight. She photographed boxing matches for  UPI, Reuters and AP. Her photos were published twice in Sports Illustrated, with