SO WHAT DID
DON KING DO FOR WOMEN'S BOXING IN THE 70'S AND 80'S
"Yes, there was women's
boxing in Don King's life before Christy
Martin. . . I
uncovered some interesting boxing trivia about this infamous boxing
promoter!" by Sue TL Fox - December 10, 1999
ARCH 1980
DON KING ADDRESSED WOMEN'S BOXING IN THE FIRST WOMEN'S BOXING
MAGAZINE THAT WAS EVER PUBLISHED! IT WAS CALLED THE WBB, THAT
WAS LATER RENAMED " WBB GLOVE". CHECK OUT HIS EDITORIAL
ABOUT THE SPORT! Is a womans place in
the boxing ring? By Don King, WBB magazine, March 1980
WOMENS BOXING is something that was unacceptable
in the past. Its not new, its been going on a long time, but I think
that its becoming more acceptable.
Todays hue and cry is equality, equality of the
sexes, and whatever a woman wants to do I think thats her personal
decision.
I think its the decision of the fans to go see
what they want to go see, and the ones that dont like it they shouldnt
go see it, they shouldnt be a part of the encouragement.
Truthfully, being a member of a minority it would be
very difficult for me to go against any minority trying to do anything
they support and advocate, so whatever the women want to do I think its
a personal decision and I certainly do support the women.
AS FOR PROMOTING womens boxing, I certainly would
consider it,. Ive been approached on several occasions to look at the
women. In fact, I have a womens program that they brought me on
videotape that I viewed and there certainly is one of those matches in
there, on of those girls who was just an exciting prizefighter. Really, Ive
seen a lot of them and a lot of them are just doing things in a
quasi-feminine style, but this girl was just throwing hooks and jabs and
moving back, stepping in and throwing uppercuts, hey, she could fight and
I got the film of it.
I was really excited about this girl, and I just may
put her in there in between bouts someday. I think it would really be
something super because then you would not view that as in a feminine
situation, where theyre delicate and dainty and they cant help
themselves. When you see this young lady, she can perform.
Ive never been opposed to womens boxing. Ive
always been for human rights, equal rights. Don King
1987- DID DON KING DO
ANYTHING TO HELP WOMEN'S BOXING AFTER VIEWING THE TAPE HE MENTIONED?
APPARENTLY NOT.....LADY TYGER TRIMIAR WENT
ON A MONTH LONG HUNGER STRIKE AGAINST DON KING IN 1987.....In an exclusive Interview with Lady
Tyger Trimiar, I asked
Lady Tyger what Don King did about her staging a hunger strike against
him. Lady Tyger told me that he said that he would do something for
women's boxing. I asked her if he fulfilled his promise....her
response...."He did nothing." Sue TL Fox, 12/10/99
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