Tag: Toni Rodriguez

Lydia Bayardo: The 70s Slugger They Called Squeaky

Written by Christopher Benedict By the time she turned eighteen, Lydia Bayardo had earned the hard-won reputation as a slugger on the softball field as well as in the boxing ring. Growing up in the coastal Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro, Lydia wielded one of the hottest bats on the Pirates, routinely responsible for

Baby Bear James – 1970’s Professional Boxer

Flash from the past notes:    Sue TL Fox of WBAN defeated Toni Rodriguez TWICE before this fight where she had won this world title bout in 1978. TL Fox FIRST defeated Rodriguez with little effort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and then defeated Rodriguez AGAIN in a rematch in Utah (both by unanimous decision.)   Rodriguez and Fox made history in the state of