(MAY 1) Last night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, women’s boxing made yet another “footprint” in the sport for now seeing that women’s boxing should have been in the “mainstream” Long ago! In a history-first a female multi-world champion bout was featured in the main event, with a sold out crowd of
(APR 30) It has been a long haul for women’s boxing. For countless years, females being told that women’s boxing was not wanted or accepted. Through 24 years of covering the sport on WBAN for amateurs and professionals and witnessing the terrible lulls and the hopeful highs of the sport—-it is wonderful to see tonight’s card
The First “official” women’s match took place on July 16, 1979, in New York City, New York, between Toni Tucker vs. Gladys Smith. Both of the weighed in at about 155 lbs. As one reporter said, “The novelty brought a packed house—three times the usual crowd—and reports with photos.” This fight was published in the
First reported female boxing amateur team WBAN discovered dated on April 25, 1937 in the Salt Lake Tribune. The reported the following: “At the Westchester C ollegiate Center, Junior College in White Plains, New York, what is believed to be the first FEMALE BOXING TEAM in the United States that was formed by eight girls