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.
Full Copyrights: Women’s Titlists, Circa 1949 The Press-Courier – April 12, 1972, page 8 In an article published on April 12, 1972, a woman with 10 children talks about her past boxing experience and claim that she was a former boxing champion from a November 1949 fight. Her name was Mrs. Lancaster, of Lancaster, Tennessee.
On July 24, 1924, page 7, there is a story on Lura Bennett, referring to her as the head of the company, that will perform at the Palace Theater in Indianapolis. The article talks about new programs added in the entertainment that lists: Fencing, Boxing Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu, singing and dancing combined into one act
POLLY BURNS was the Women’s World Boxing Champion in 1900. A documentary was made about BURNS. The following article was written by Jim Doherty, named “A Woman Who Was More Than A Match For The Men.” RTE screened an amazing documentary in its ‘True Lives’ slot on Monday night. ‘My Grandmother Was A Boxer’ told