On February 11, 1999, WBAN was able to contact Bonnie Prestwood, another past World-class Bantamweight/Flyweight boxers in the World from 1978 – 1986. Prestwood still resides in Indiana. She told me that she boxed for about ten years. She said that she had so many unofficial fights in small towns in many make-shift situations that
Documentation of the fight: Bermudez vs. Arvizu Nevada State Journal, June 9, 1976, Page 11 On June 9 1976, there was an article talking about a female bout for the same day, at the Hyatt Tahoe, Incline Village, Nevada, in a female bout, Marion Bermudez vs. Ersi Arvizu. In the Nevada State Journal, dated June 9, 1976, page 11,
Documentation: Tucson Daily Citizen, December 13, 1975, Page 12 Photo/Karen Mast On October 10, 1975, at the Community Center, Tucson, Arizona, in what was probably the FIRST Professional female bout to take place Marion Bermudez, who had boxed a couple of males in the ring in the amateurs, made her pro debut this night. Her
MARION BERMUDEZ, A NATIONAL KARATE CHAMPION, COMPETED AGAINST MEN IN THAT SPORT, SHE ENTERED THE A.A.U. PHOENIX GOLDEN GLOVES, BEAT HER FIRST MALE OPPONENT! MARION BERMUDEZ caused headlines on March 28, 1975, when she entered a A.A.U. Arizona Golden Gloves Competition, and proceeded to beat her first opponent. Two of the Phoenix Amateur Athletic