(FEB 22) The International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) inductees skew heavily, in number, toward the retired boxers upon whom the sport has made it’s often arduous climb to it’s rightful place in the spectrum of professional sports. That circumstance is entirely as it should be, for without these athletes, their finely developed skill in
Copyrighted photos: Linda Platt First International Woman Boxing Photographer Linda was born in Washington, D.C. Her father loved boxing and introduced her to the sweet science at a very young age. She relocated to Las Vegas in late 1979 where she began attending weekly boxing cards at the Silver Slipper Casino making friends and photographing
Copyrighted photo by Linda Platt Mrs. Trentman was the first female NY State Boxing Commissioner and had the longest tenure of any commissioner from 1985 to 2000 in New York State. She was appointed by Mario Coumo. From 1978 to 1984, she was a freelance sports writer for El Diario for sports editor, Victor Calderon;