WBAN has on file an archived photo of a female boxer from 1896. The photo was originallty published through the Police Gazette, but later it was republished in 1976, Ring Magazine
In an article in the Police Gazette magazine, they wrote the following: Dolly Adams….Here is a tough girl that even challenged the great JIM CORBETT to meet her in the ring. CORBETT declined the offer to fight her , but she is reported to have taken a title form Hattie Leslie, in what was described as