Tag: Pioneer Female Boxer

Pioneer Female Boxer: Jackie Tonawanda

  Jackie Tonawanda,  0-1-0 (0KO),  dubbed “the Female Ali” was born by the name of Jackie Garrett, in the State of New York, USA, on Sept. 4, 1933. Tonawanda was a pioneer female heavyweight boxer from the 1970s and 1980s.  She was a well-known figure in the sport and was featured in many newspaper articles

Toni Lear Rodriguez: Pioneer Female Boxer

  Photo taken by Alastair.  WBAN purchased copyrights of photo. All Rights Reserved. Toni Rodriguez began her fighting career as a welterweight in about 1976.  Rodriguez eventually dropped about 20 pounds and switched to the featherweight division.   Rodriguez went on to fight for the sanctioned World Champion featherweight division against Baby Bear in  1979.  Rodriguez

Susie Catkins: Pioneer Female Boxer

  Photo and Story written by Alastair Segerdal and Copyrighted by WBAN.  Published as an exclusive in Glove Magazine, February 1981.   WBAN purchased all rights to Alastair Segerdal’s Collections   Photos and Memorabilia.  All Rights reserved.   This material cannot be used on other publications without WBAN’s Permission. I want to introduce you to a 19-year old

Carlotta Lee: Pioneer Female Boxer

Carlotta Lee, who not only boxed but was a registered nurse, who graduated from the University of Houston.  Lee was a  stablemate with Graciela Cassillas.  Lee said at the time, “I think that it’s nice for females to get out and do different things.  They have the abilities just like men.  To me, boxing is

Jackie Holley: Pioneer Female Boxer

JACKIE HOLLEY, a 27-year old in 1984, and a World lightweight Boxing Champion was a very dedicated boxer. She had won the World Title by fighting 15 rounds. She worked long hours training in the gym, but HOLLEY felt it was worth it.   She loved the sport and the excitement that women boxing brought to

Barbara Buttrick – Pioneer Female Boxer

 NATIVES By “Michelle Genz” /April 12, 1998 – The Miami Herald   – It’s nearly impossible to imagine former women’s boxing champion Barbara Buttrick with a bloody nose, harder still to imagine the diminutive English-accented 68-year-old bookkeeper bloodying someone else’s. But as “The Mighty Atom of the Ring,” she not only bloodied but broke three noses

Graciela Casillas – Pioneer Female Boxer

  Graciela Cassillas, born in Los Angeles, California, one of the top female boxers and Martial Artists in the sport that had over 30 pro fights, was one of the true talents that fought in the late 1970’s – 1980’s.  She retired from competition in 1986 having earned the WKA and IWBA Bantamweight championship.  Cassillas said

Pioneer Boxer: Karen Bennett

  “KAREN BENNETT – A GREAT PIONEER IN WOMEN BOXING, SHE WAS WORLD RANKED #1 BANTAMWEIGHT IN 1979, and WORLD RANKED BANTAMWEIGHT IN THE 80’s” KAREN BENNETT lived and trained in Las Vegas, Nevada.    She had many fights as a Bantamweight, and was the Women’s World Boxing Champion WWBA in the 80’s. BENNETT was very

Lilly “Squeaky” Bayardo: Pioneer Female Boxer

  SQUEAKY BAYARDO, a 127-pound featherweight fought against Cora Webber on the first all-female boxing card in Hawthorne, California on 2/11/79.   The fight ended in a draw.  The crowd roared as these two fighters went head to heard with each other. Some of the highlights of Bayardo’s career her longetivity in women’s boxing,  she was